AC Experts: How to Spoof or Disable Thermostat?

[greenrvgreen]

I want to run a roof AC continuously, no matter how cold the intake air gets. I know there is some sort of thermostat in the intake area that tells the AC when it has hit the "desired" temp. Can this be fooled in some way, or removed?

I don't care how inefficient the AC gets at lower temps, I want the compressor to run until I turn the unit off. Any ideas?

[Ductape]

Just be prepared.

It may run until you shut it off or it may run until it ices up and self destructs.

[Mandalay_Parr]

Just turn the temp way down.

[time2roll]

Would help to post the make and model. Wall thermostat? BTU?

[Tyler0215]

Why?

[GordonThree]

inside the ceiling panel for my AC there's a schematic that shows what all the connections are. Just pull the ones for the compressor and condenser fan off the thermostat and jumper them appropriately with stiff pieces of wire.

as I recall, it was three wires. common power in, fan high and compressor. jumper those three and she'll run till she burns out!

be wary of ice-up on the cooling fins, as the temp drops, humidity is going to increase as it's hard to extract water from cold air without freezing it.