Probably work great but stopping every 30-40 minutes for more ice would get
to be a drag pretty quickly I think.

Mike
:>)

> From: phil stanhope <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM>
> Reply-To: phil stanhope <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM>
> Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 18:55:49 -0800
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Air Conditioner
>
> Has anyone heard of these ice assisted evaporating AC
> units? They plug into your cigarette lighter and they
> say it only needs to be refilled with ice every 30-40
> minutes for maximim cooling.
>
> http://www.swampy.net/icemystr.html
> http://www.swampy.net/im30.html
>
> Snake Oil or??
>
> Phil84' Westy Tiico (The Millenium Falcon)
> 60' Morris Mini1340CC
> 84' Westfalia Wolfsburg edition--FOR SALE-SE
> VENDE!!!!!!(Florida Title/2nd owner)
> AC, PS, 4spd. Super clean interior, Captains chairs,
> rare removeable center bench seat for 6 passenger
> capability. Body has some rusty seams
> Rolling Chassis-(Has NO engine)-Perfect for a
> conversion project!!! Tiico? Subaru?
>
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> --- Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM> wrote:
>> Back in the early sixties Chrysler came out with
>> their electronic
>> ignition, a turbine car that ran on Wesson oil or
>> anything clean enough
>> not to clog the injectors. Ford came out with
>> Overhead can 427 engines
>> and GM was experimenting with an Automotive AC unit
>> that cooked the Freon
>> in/on/around/near the Exhaust manifold and powered
>> the required heat to
>> force the Freon gas through the system. Problem was
>> the Freon got to over
>> 600 degrees in about fifteen minutes and the
>> pressures became
>> extraordinary. The extreme pressure literally cut
>> the orifices out of the
>> regulators and exploded the condenser and
>> evaporators. They continued
>> working on the system until 1965 to be installed on
>> the newly released
>> Toronado. The first Toronado that came through the
>> dealership I was
>> working with had appendages cast into the exhaust
>> manifolds to mount this
>> system but the innovative system had been abandoned
>> by release time.
>> So there have been a lot of people working on a zero
>> horsepower AC unit
>> for many years.
>>
>> Stan Wilder
>>
>> On Sat, 30 Mar 2002 21:18:40 +0800 David Wilhite
>> <dnmwilhite@EARTHLINK.NET> writes:
>>> I use the hang in window air conditioner on my van
>> when camping
>>> during the summer myself, but have always been
>> thinking of other
>>> solutions.
>>>
>>> I was wondering if anybody has considered the
>> following method.
>>> Install an AC motor in the engine bay with a belt
>> going to the
>>> compressor.  Put a double clutch on the vehicle
>> air conditioner
>>> compressor to handle the belt from the AC motor
>> and the engine.  Use
>>> a transformer/invertor to change the 120 VAC to 12
>> VDC to run the
>>> interior air conditioner duct fan and the fan up
>> front behind the
>>> radiator.  This would be ideal, because there
>> would be no
>>> modifications to the vanagon body itself and no
>> appreciable space
>>> would be used.
>>>
>>> I haven't researched how much horsepower the air
>> conditioner
>>> compressor uses or if a double clutch unit is
>> available.  My
>>> thinking is that these would be the two hang ups
>> for following
>>> through on this idea.
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>> 86' Syncro GL (for sale)
>>> 84' Subaruvanagon Westy
>>> 01' KLR650
>>>
>>
>>
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