

| Subject: | Re: Idea for A/C and camping |
| From: | Otmar Ebenhoech |
| Date: | Fri, 19 Jun 1998 18:12:21 -0700 |
>How about taking the working parts of a fridge, rigging it to mount in on >of the sliding windows(above the stove, close to the propane) so that the >cold part is inside and the warm part is outside? Rig a fan to blow over >the cooling fins, and you've got a good AC unit that runs on propane and >doesn't drain your battery (except for the blower, which could run off a >solar panel). I think this would work great. Maybe I'll even start >scouring the junkyards in search of an old fridge. > >Craig Sorry, Propane fridges do about 50 Watts of cooling. AC does about 5000 Watts. -Otmar- 72(front),73(rear),76,78,82,87(parts) Stretch bus 82 A3 GTI Westfalia turning into a hybrid electric Stretch Several EVs (Electric Vehicles) Have owned way too many VWs to list. :-) http://www.evcl.com/strvan/strvan.html http://www.evcl.com/Picprev.html Electric Vehicle Components Ltd. (650) 494-9255
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