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Old 01-14-2009, 10:01 AM   #2 (permalink)
ConnClark
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TEC's are very very inefficient. An electric motor driving a conventional AC system would be more effective from a power consumption point of view.

Plan on using 90 watts of power for every 10 watts of heat you remove from the interior of the car using TECs
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