12v DC Air Conditioning Conversion Progress
Well, I'm knee deep into my Spring camper project. I posted about this earlier about all of the work I plan on doing but this update is specifically to the AC conversion. As a recap for those that di...
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Got an update for you all! The 12v DC under dinnete Air Conditioning conversion is about 90% complete. I'm waiting on a few additional parts but everything is in place, wired up and running. I've done a couple of preliminary tests so far with pretty good results. For my battery I currently have a single 100AH Battle Born battery (that is almost 5 years old at this point). I also have 200w of solar on the roof (that will be expanded to at least 400w and possibly 500w or 600w soon). With a 100AH battery, 200w of solar in late afternoon, with the AC in eco mode, I was able to run the AC for almost an hour and pulled 45AH out of the battery. This would give me close to 2 hours of runtime on a single 100AH battery. I can't complain with that result, it's actually better than I suspected.
The AC was in eco-mode so in the video the cool air was only 60+ degrees. It gets colder on non-eco mode but I haven't done complete testing yet. Eco-mode seems to run the compressor less but doesn't necessarily lower the amperage draw when it is running. Amps drawn tend to be around 50 to 60 amps when the compressor is running.
I will follow up with more in depth testing once I have everything 100% finished. I have a complete video series I've been recording and will release when the project is complete.
Lastly, for those that haven't seen my previous posts, I'm moving the AC off the roof to eliminate the height, weight and gain additional solar capacity.
