Has anyone tryed this "poor mans ac"??
08-02-2011, 10:03 AM
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I think the dry ice could work. Put dry ice pellets in a cooler the has a coiled tube in which you would pump air through. The tube would not be open to the "dry ice air" at any point of its journey. You would have to keep the cooler sealed for leaks except for a vent since you don't want a co2 bomb.
Think I'll make one the weekend...
Think I'll make one the weekend...
08-02-2011, 10:39 AM
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08-02-2011, 11:09 AM
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08-02-2011, 11:33 AM
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Of course you need shore power or a genny to run either of these units.
08-02-2011, 11:42 AM
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I know this subject has been beaten like a dead horse, but I have to try to cool my cabin someway. Don't have room for a generator and getting a converter big enough to run an ac unit is too expensive right now, not concidering the cost of the ac unit itself. I have been thinking of making this and see if it cools us down any.. Take a blower motor and a heater core and pipe cool (lake) water through it....Depending on the water temp it should blow out cooler than the amb temp in the cabin. Maybe there is a company that already has this setup you can buy, or maybe its a complete waste of time?? Has anyone tryed this or have heard of it before. Any suggestions on cooling the cabin during overnights?? Im all ears. I do have fans to draw cooler outside air in but still is very hot and stuffy.
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08-02-2011, 12:11 PM
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West marine has them now but I looked on Criags list and found one for $200.
They work great for a go fast cuddy, you do need a AC source. Like the reviews say it's loud but on our old dock that was a good thing,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...id=HM3_AC_0802
They work great for a go fast cuddy, you do need a AC source. Like the reviews say it's loud but on our old dock that was a good thing,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...id=HM3_AC_0802
08-02-2011, 12:34 PM
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I know this subject has been beaten like a dead horse, but I have to try to cool my cabin someway. Don't have room for a generator and getting a converter big enough to run an ac unit is too expensive right now, not concidering the cost of the ac unit itself. I have been thinking of making this and see if it cools us down any.. Take a blower motor and a heater core and pipe cool (lake) water through it....Depending on the water temp it should blow out cooler than the amb temp in the cabin. Maybe there is a company that already has this setup you can buy, or maybe its a complete waste of time?? Has anyone tryed this or have heard of it before. Any suggestions on cooling the cabin during overnights?? Im all ears. I do have fans to draw cooler outside air in but still is very hot and stuffy.
Robert
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If the water temp is above that (which most likely it will be), you will only lower the ambient temperature (sensible) and will not remove moisture (latent).
The nifty marine AC unit was the suitcase one that actually was an air conditioner that you had two hoses connected to it. It was basically a water cooled AC unit that used raw water to cool the condensor and then dumped the warm water back into the lake. 120 volt and the size of a suitcase.
I agree with the others about the ice cooler. You would need 2200 pounds of ice to accomplish 12,000 btuh of cooling.
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08-02-2011, 01:20 PM
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The 1st sign of those ice coolers not working......cheap price.
Look for a used permament mount A/C unit around 6000BTU (to avoid storage issues) and a Honda 1000 gen. and you are good to go, plus you have the abilty to run other AC items.
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