Ice/Cooling Vests: Hypermilers Dream Come True

[SVOboy]

Where'd you find that picture? Looks pretty sweet,

[Wayneburg]

Found the pic here:

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/0...p_body_ar.html

Putting the output near the throat like the cop is doing in the picture cools down 4 major arteries that go directly into the heart. Cooling down the blood there will allow the heart to pump that cooler blood throughout the body.

[SVOboy]

Makes sense to me, now if we could just hook that up to some sort of non-a/c a/c system,

[thebrad]

Originally Posted by SVOboy

Makes sense to me, now if we could just hook that up to some sort of non-a/c a/c system,

You'd have to deal with decay, but what about a junction in that hose where it meets an ice box full of ice?
I think the fan would have enough power to blow the coolness through, but would the icebox generate enough chill?

[SVOboy]

I was more thinking of something small that could be powered off of a/c power, so that you wouldn't have to be finding ice all the time...but i don't know if such mini-a/c things are made.

[thebrad]

Not entirely helpful, but maybe this list could be a catalyst to someone else's ingenuity.
http://www.wikihow.com/Cool-Yourself...r-Conditioning

[thebrad]

Could this work?
http://www.eicsolutionsinc.com/200bt...onditioner.htm

[Wayneburg]

Originally Posted by thebrad

Could this work?
http://www.eicsolutionsinc.com/200bt...onditioner.htm

It weighs 10 pounds. Is that too much? Does it weigh more than the air conditioner in a car? I'm new to hypermiling, that's why I ask.

[SVOboy]

Originally Posted by Wayneburg

It weighs 10 pounds. Is that too much? Does it weigh more than the air conditioner in a car? I'm new to hypermiling, that's why I ask.

It's not so much about the weight as it is the load a belt-driven a/c system puts on the engine.

[thebrad]

Originally Posted by Wayneburg

It weighs 10 pounds. Is that too much? Does it weigh more than the air conditioner in a car? I'm new to hypermiling, that's why I ask.

I would venture to guess that it weighs less, although most cars share their ac condenser with the radiator core. There is still the weight of hoses and use of freon. Even if they weighed the same, one perk is that this is easily removable.