I'm not knocking any gadget that anybody wants to try.
I'm a fresh air nut, shame we haven't got any in my town ........ have to
get about 60 miles out to get fresh air.
I built a crazy little air vent that worked good for me.
http://williamwareagency.com/forsale/stanvan/vent.htm   and that doofus
AC that is in the third picture.
I'd think that you could build a good cooler with a tube type oil cooler
circulating water that was in a ice chest packed with ice, use a little
sink pump in a coil of copper tubing in the cooler to keep the water
flowing and a good Chinese PepBoys fan to blow past the oil cooler. What
a mess though.

Stan

On Sat, 30 Mar 2002 20:23:11 -0800 phil stanhope <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM>
writes:
> But what if you can make your own Ice for short trips?
> Did you check out this link:
> http://www.swampy.net/im30.html
> It has a BIG separate Igloo cooler that it pipes cool
> water from. That cooler looks like it holds 10 gallons
> of ice.
> THey quote:
> " a 48 quart Ice Chest filled with ice will give from
> 4 to 5 hours of cooling. The water contained in your
> Ice Chest is cooled by ice or ice substitutes like
> reusable Freeze Packs which are available in many
> local stores in most areas. Another great feature is
> that you can always get cooler air from an IceStrMystr
> than a standard Evaporative Cooler, even after the ice
> melts. This is posible because of the two stage
> cooling process. A fully charged 105 amp hour deep
> cycle battery should last from 8 to 12 hours on low or
> medium speeds without charging."
>
>
>
>
>
> --- Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM> wrote:
> > 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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