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orange4boy · 11-30-2008, 04:52 PM

The best place to find kits is with EV conversion services. You will need deep cycle batteries to run it. Running it using your alternator is not the way to go as the efficiency losses are much greater and the load on it will be huge.

Electric AC will use a lot of power. Rough guess(and this is probably very conservative): 750 watts. That's 53 amps.

Standard AC: Engine HP to belt (friction) to AC.
Alternator Run AC: Engine Hp to belt to alternator(45-50%Efficient) to electric motor (60-80%efficient) to AC.

If this is for fuel efficiency leave your A/C stock and do all the Ecomods you can and learn how to hypermile.

You will be far better off.

11-30-2008, 04:52 PM	#11 (permalink)
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