Anyone with 12v Air Conditioning Experience?
Having spent the better part of a week in a hot, dry and smokey campground that doesn't allow generators to run (I posted previously about this issue in another thread) it got me to thinking about som...
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500amp-hr at 12v battery bank is about 6kwh. Probably 5kwh usable with lithium.
The air/con you listed is just shy of 1500w when running. Your 5kwh of usable power gives you 3.3hr of run time.
500w of solar will only recharge about 2kwh per day, so 1.3hr unless you run the generator to recharge the batteries.
Not really any better than a stock 15k btu 120v air/con but only 12k btu so it will have to run longer consuming more power.
The air/con you listed is just shy of 1500w when running. Your 5kwh of usable power gives you 3.3hr of run time.
500w of solar will only recharge about 2kwh per day, so 1.3hr unless you run the generator to recharge the batteries.
Not really any better than a stock 15k btu 120v air/con but only 12k btu so it will have to run longer consuming more power.
