Thread: Crazy Air Con Idea????

Thanks John!!! They system looks good (not fussed on the fake wood though ). Do you have a price?

However it says it is only ~7000 btus. Seems a bit small???

Our resident AC expert posted this in another thread when I asked about an ideal AC system:

Originally Posted by ladas

Ideally the best type is to use a 24,000 btu mini bus evaporator, mounted at high level - either just behind the driver, or above the back door, these are available on order from Repco who are now part of the OEX/Ingram group.

Haultech use a 6HP diesel to drive their truck AC system:
Haultech Engineering

And the minibus rooftop AC systems like Gerry has draw around 60+A I recall when I last looked at the specs...

Originally Posted by clean32

i haven't thought about, but then i have an ARB under the back seat,

how about a small compressor like of a japper, honda civic etc, mounted beside and up a bit from the injector pump. maybe a walk around U PULLIT with a tape measure?

It may help to mention here that most if not all Honda 4 cyl engines rotate counterclockwise, therefore the compressors are not compatible unless mounted the other side of the fan belt...

JC

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Thanks John!!! They system looks good (not fussed on the fake wood though ). Do you have a price?

However it says it is only ~7000 btus. Seems a bit small???

Our resident AC expert posted this in another thread when I asked about an ideal AC system:


Haultech use a 6HP diesel to drive their truck AC system:
Haultech Engineering

And the minibus rooftop AC systems like Gerry has draw around 60+A I recall when I last looked at the specs...

Thanks for pointing that out.

My rangie mods have resulted in less volume to heat/cool and less glass area than a County, so I assumed something meant for the cab of a big rig would have been suitable.

I will see if I can call into CoolDrive through the week and see what they have to say.

Originally Posted by Bush65

Thanks for pointing that out.

My rangie mods have resulted in less volume to heat/cool and less glass area than a County, so I assumed something meant for the cab of a big rig would have been suitable.

I will see if I can call into CoolDrive through the week and see what they have to say.

I would be interested in what they have to say as well. The cabs of most big rigs are huge and I would expect them to be a similar size to a county...

Originally Posted by Bush65

I have a similar problem and thinking of using one of these Kool Truck C307

12V, 15A. There is an agent close to me.

Have a word with Taff on this forum before getting one. He had one (or something very very similar) on his 90 for a while - he wasn't impressed at all. I think it went back to the supplier...

Jon

i'd not caught any of this thread until i received a pm and thought it would be more relevant to post here than replying to pm as a few seem interested.
i need to be careful but i'll write it as factual as i can

that Kool ideas unit that is pictured earlier in this thread is the exact same unit i tried in the 90. i wasn't that convinced on the unit so i made sure it was returnable before i bought it.
i met terry when he was in perth and had a face to face chat about how best to maximise the results.
i built a cargo barrier behind the front seats (def 90) and put on a perspex screen effectively making a single cab and positioned ther condensor just behind my steering guard with the fans pushing air over the unit and obviously when moving - ram air also doing it's bit.
i got the system all charged to correct levels and for some reason it would only blow 'warm' air. - the day itself if i remember correctly was mid/late 30's
i was able to get hold of terry (through a friend who knows him) on the phone and handed him over to the guy who was charging my system.
on terry's advise we charged in more gas and was able to get 1 corner of the evaporater 'cool'.
got terry on the blower again and was told that it was because "i had the fans pushing air into the condensor as opposed to pulling"
no worries says i and jumped in the car, took it up to 90kph (thinking the ram air + the fans "pushing" would more than compensate for them not "pulling".
unfortunately still no difference.
i've removed the unit from the car - given it back and am still waiting on my cash. - i've been told many times it's coming but hey, we'll see!

when i met terry in perth he did say that he had a few problems on some units fitted into trucks and that it was because of some of the plastic lines and that he was going to replace them with copper lines.
i can't comment on wether this has helped the unit because mine had the plastic lines.
i'd also like to add that i think the unit was designed as a system to keep a cab a comfortable temp when a truckie is bedding down for the night. i'm sure that for this purpose it would be ideal, but as a stand alone unit (from my experience) can't cope.

sorry for the long winded reply

Originally Posted by Bush65

I have a similar problem and thinking of using one of these Kool Truck C307

12V, 15A. There is an agent close to me.

Originally Posted by isuzurover

However it says it is only ~7000 btus. Seems a bit small???

Is that BTU/s, BTU/min or BTU/hr?

Originally Posted by justinc

It may help to mention here that most if not all Honda 4 cyl engines rotate counterclockwise, therefore the compressors are not compatible unless mounted the other side of the fan belt...

JC

nahh ya just cross the belts over, you know like they do with the old leather drive belts on saw mills that drive off of a traction engines PTO wheel... Helps with alignments and belt jumping too.