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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / General Car Topics / July 2007I installed a home AC unit in my pickup truck
I installed a home AC unit in my pickup truck now the rear window is out and a camper shell Is covering the bed and the small home AC unit was nearly a perfect fit in the rear window opening And I placed it right behind the driver's side and made some mounting brackets to secure the unit The AC exhausts into the camper shell and I opened the side windows of the camper shell for the exhaust to escape. I bought a Daewoo 500 BTU unit at Costco for 100.00 and it draws 480 amps with its rotary compressor It has a 10.7 energy efficient rating. By having the AC unit right behind me I have the cold air blowing right on me just like the car AC does By blowing cold air from the dash. And I bought a voltage inverter from eBay and the remount control that came with the unit is perfect We have not had any extra hot days yet but it does keep me cool and for under 200.00 I'm very happy >I installed a home AC unit in my pickup truck now the rear window is > out and a camper shell [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > We have not had any extra hot days yet but it does keep me cool and > for under 200.00 I'm very happy IDIOT..... > >I installed a home AC unit in my pickup truck now the rear window is > > out and a camper shell [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > IDIOT..... Why??? >I installed a home AC unit in my pickup truck now the rear window is >out and a camper shell [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >We have not had any extra hot days yet but it does keep me cool and >for under 200.00 I'm very happy Post some photos. >>I installed a home AC unit in my pickup truck now the rear window is >>out and a camper shell [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Post some photos. This should be good :) > I installed a home AC unit in my pickup truck now the rear window is > out and a camper shell [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > We have not had any extra hot days yet but it does keep me cool and > for under 200.00 I'm very happy How's this working for you today? I'm considering the same thing as I' just picked up a $500 diesel cae for a veggy oil test bed and I don't want to sink a couple thousand in the broken AC system. My concern on this setup though is burning out the brushes in the car alternator. What size inverter are you using? 1000 Watt? Thanks, Ken >> I installed a home AC unit in my pickup truck now the rear window is >> out and a camper shell [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > What size inverter are you using? 1000 Watt? > Thanks, Ken Why would it burn out the brushes in the Alternator? Am I missing something here? On Jun 30, 11:31 am, kdel...@hotmail.com wrote: > > I installed a home AC unit in my pickup truck now the rear window is > > out and a camper shell [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Works fine you need to have an inverter with enough watts to start the compressor Daewoo claims the AC pulls 480 watts but it takes around 1100 to start the unit and this model AC has a rotary compressor easier to start. I have a 2000 watt inverter a 1500 inverter I think would do it. The way I have the unit in the back window opening it blows over my head and it would be a lot better if it blew in my face like a in dash unit does. I need to keep the RPMs up at a stop light to keep enough amps flowing to my battery or the compressor will kick off. This was rather easy to set up in the back window opening of the truck and having a camper shell hides The unit. I don't know how you would mount this in a car but it works fine in the back window opening of a pickup with a shell and not only that people must think they're seeing things It's a lot better than not having an AC on the hot days I will post a picture soon On Jun 30, 11:31 am, kdel...@hotmail.com wrote: > > I installed ahomeACunit in my pickup truck now the rear window is > > out and a camper shell [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > What size inverter are you using? 1000 Watt? > Thanks, Ken Works fine you need to have an inverter with enough watts to start the compressor Daewoo claims the AC pulls 480 watts but it takes around 1100 to start the unit and this model AC has a rotary compressor easier to start. I have a 2000 watt inverter a 1500 inverter I think would do it. The way I have the unit in the back window opening it blows over my head and it would be a lot better if it blew in my face like a in dash unit does. I need to keep the RPMs up at a stop light to keep enough amps flowing to my battery or the compressor will kick off. This was rather easy to set up in the back window opening of the truck and having a camper shell hides The unit. I don't know how you would mount this in a car but it works fine in the back window opening of a pickup with a shell and not only that people must think they're seeing things It's a lot better than not having an AC on the hot days I will post a picture soon On Jun 30, 11:31 am, kdel...@hotmail.com wrote: > > I installed a home AC unit in my pickup truck now the rear window is > > out and a camper shell [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Works fine you need to have an inverter with enough watts to start the compressor Daewoo claims the AC pulls 480 watts but it takes around 1100 to start the unit and this model AC has a rotary compressor easier to start. I have a 2000 watt inverter a 1500 inverter I think would do it. The way I have the unit in the back window opening it blows over my head and it would be a lot better if it blew in my face like a in dash unit does. I need to keep the RPMs up at a stop light to keep enough amps flowing to my battery or the compressor will kick off. This was rather easy to set up in the back window opening of the truck and having a camper shell hides The unit. I don't know how you would mount this in a car but it works fine in the back window opening of a pickup with a shell and not only that people must think they're seeing things It's a lot better than not having an AC on the hot days I will post a picture soon |
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