At a $1.29 a bag you could pay for a good Toyota in a month of driving in
Texas when we get 30 consecutive days over 100 f.
I always try to include that little (f) when I give temperatures cause
the Canadians are scared that Texas is hell.

Stan

On Sat, 30 Mar 2002 19:40:48 -0800 mike <mwmiller@CWNET.COM> writes:
> 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?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- 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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