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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HMS Beagle wrote:adamis wrote:
Here is an interesting test. Granted, it was done in ideal conditions but still quite impressive. The 100ah Victron LiFePo4 battery lasted for 2 hours and 40 minutes. They are supposedly going to do an outdoor test tomorrow.
https://youtu.be/2LL7lE4wXvs
Interesting test, even if they presenter is completely clueless on just about every aspect of it. Since it was in a closed room with the thermostat set below ambient, it would have run the whole time without cycling (and would be heating the room a bit). I doubt it would use much more outside in hot temps, the high side pressure will increase just a bit. If you added 400 watts of solar you could keep it going pretty much as long as the sun shines.
Yeah, I think for 95% of cases, this scenario works pretty well. Initially I was thinking I would need 400AH of batteries but in reality, I may just need 400w+ of solar (already have 200w) and I should be okay for most of what I would need.
I am interested to see the outside test results.
