If you want to read through all the verbage from those who don't know, think they know, have an idea, you might find what you are looking for here:

http://www.greenhybrid.com/discuss/f10/how-much-current-does-c-compressor-draw-18234/

I am sure the information is available from Toyota so far as current draw and so on.

Seems that this would be a rather major undertaking, maybe even requiring installation of a traction battery package, which is what the AC system runs off of.  Can't see where you would come out ahead, but then I don't do conversions.

mcneely

---- Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> I was looking through the Hayne's manual this evening for a parts
> replacement for my wife's 2003 Prius. I noticed when flipping through the
> manual that the 2004-on Prius have electrical AC compressors. Can anyone
> comment on what kind of current it would take to run an AC compressor on
> electricity? One of the big problems with diesel vanagon AC, besides the
> power issue, is the mounting and location of the compressor and a way to
> reliably drive it with a belt. An electrical solution would obviate that.
>
> Any comments?
>
> Jim

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David McNeely