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Originally Posted by mechman600
I have also contemplated refrigerant compressors for portable A/C units, powered by an inverter. Probably a colossal waste of power.
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I was also thinking that a split system A/C unit might be a good idea. With reverse cycle it could do heating as well as cooling. The conversion of electrical power to heat using a resistive wire is 1:1 whereas a good A/C unit will have a conversion of 1:4 or better.
Also with many of the manufacturers touting the benefits of "Inverter" technology surely there is a way to hack an A/C unit to supply DC direct, bypassing their "Inverter" and thereby getting rid of any AC to DC losses?
Put the outdoor compressor under the bonnet, maybe where the radiator used to be, bit of a fiddle adapting the indoor unit into a dash but it could probably be stripped down and maybe use the cars own cabin fan and basically just replace the heater core or A/C core with the split systems indoor unit's core?
I am sure there is a reason why this won't work but i can't see it.
