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It's hot, your car A/C is busted...now what?; Do it yourself!
Topic Started: Aug 10 2007, 05:04 PM (301 Views)
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kenny
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That's cool! :thumb:
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JBryan
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Where do you get AC power at sufficient current to run that thing. It would take a fairly substantial inverter.
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kenny
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JBryan
Aug 10 2007, 06:28 PM
Where do you get AC power at sufficient current to run that thing. It would take a fairly substantial inverter.

Imagine what that high-drag thing on his roof does for his MPG at 70 MPH! :hair:
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apple
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when it's super hot, i'd just as soon have the windows open and get used to it.
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DivaDeb
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JBryan
Aug 10 2007, 09:28 PM
Where do you get AC power at sufficient current to run that thing. It would take a fairly substantial inverter.

There's a video on the Houston fox website. He explains (and shows) how he did it, JB, if you want to see him talk about it. He just graduated from engineering school (I think that's what the story said)


Kenny, I wouldn't worry about the drag...in Houston traffic, he'll be lucky to have the opportunity to drive 25 mph
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DivaDeb
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apple
Aug 10 2007, 09:36 PM
when it's super hot, i'd just as soon have the windows open and get used to it.

I sure wouldn't in Houston. Driving there is a nightmare even in a comfortable car.
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DivaDeb
Aug 10 2007, 08:37 PM
JBryan
Aug 10 2007, 09:28 PM
Where do you get AC power at sufficient current to run that thing. It would take a fairly substantial inverter.

There's a video on the Houston fox website. He explains (and shows) how he did it, JB, if you want to see him talk about it. He just graduated from engineering school (I think that's what the story said)


Kenny, I wouldn't worry about the drag...in Houston traffic, he'll be lucky to have the opportunity to drive 25 mph

Yeah, like I said he used an inverter. I give his alternator another thousand miles before it begins to smoke. There is a reason why car manufacturers drive the AC compressor mechanically from the engine rather than from the electrical system. But he is a civil engineer so that explains a lot. :tongue:
"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne


There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it".


Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody.

Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore.

From The Lion in Winter.
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I have air conditioning in my Jeep: All the windows and both doors are lying on the floor in my garage. LOL
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apple
Aug 10 2007, 10:36 PM
when it's super hot, i'd just as soon have the windows open and get used to it.

When it's super-hot I'd just as soon be somewhere else.
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Aug 10 2007, 11:26 PM
Yeah, like I said he used an inverter. I give his alternator another thousand miles before it begins to smoke. There is a reason why car manufacturers drive the AC compressor  mechanically from the engine rather than from the electrical system. But he is a civil engineer so that explains a lot.  :tongue:

One of my sons, a mechanical engineer, says that there are only 3 things you need to know to be an civil engineer are:

1. Sh!t flows downhill

2. Don't put concrete in tension

3. Payday is on Friday!

:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

My dad (who was originally trained as an electrician) says something similar about plumbers.

:biggrin:

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JBryan
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Electrical and mechanical engineers build weapons. Civil engineers build targets. :tongue:

Actually, civil engineering mistakes can kill lots of people so they have to know what they are doing. My grandfather was a civil engineer.
"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne


There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it".


Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody.

Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore.

From The Lion in Winter.
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Pianolicious
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Depending on the climate you are in, do this:

1.) Get a cooler/ice chest. Drill two holes in the lid about 3" around.

2.) Get about 3-feet of flexible plastic hose, like a hairdryer or vacuum cleaner hose.

3.) Poke many holes in the hose.

4.) Fish the hose through the holes and seal the openings with duct tape.

5.) Fill the cooler with ice and snake the hose around at the bottom of the cooler.

6.) Attach an electric blower of some kind (vacuum cleaner, hair dryer whatever and keep it ABOVE the cooler in case it leaks or drips.

7.) Turn it on.

8.) Guide the hose around like a wand.

OR

Get a swamp cooler (evaporative cooler) from your local discount retailer and use it in the car with an inverter.

If it's humid it won't work too well but a cool breeze is a cool breeze.
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