Espar equivalent

[AMonger]

Is there an equivalent to the Espar for AC? Something that sips gas from the tank to run AC?

2012: Ron Paul or not at all.
The lesser of two evils is still evil.

 

[cableguymn]

Is there an equivalent to the Espar for AC? Something that sips gas from the tank to run AC?

2012: Ron Paul or not at all.
The lesser of two evils is still evil.

apu.. Some run a RV roof unit off a generator. Short of that, I can't think of anything.

 

[jjoerger]

A 12volt fan and a block of ice.

 

[westmicher]

I was thinking how wonderful it would be if someone made an Espar type unit that included a small generator to produce about 15 amps of 12 volt power to charge our battery bank as well as heat our truck. That would be nice!

 

[jjoerger]

You can make one with a lawn mower engine and alternator.

 

[cableguymn]

You can make one with a lawn mower engine and alternator.

cept for the noise factor.

 

[chefdennis]

There are several 12 volt AC units available..Ray at Espar of Michigan http://www.esparofmichigan.com/ carrys the Dirna units, but they ain't cheap by any stretch... RLent has one...

 

[RLENT]

There are several 12 volt AC units available..Ray at Espar of Michigan Espar of Michigan carrys the Dirna units, but they ain't cheap by any stretch... RLent has one...

..... and four Trojan L-16 batteries to power it

 

[chefdennis]

RLENT wrote:

..... and four Trojan L-16 batteries to power it

...And those ain't CHEAP either....

 

[RLENT]

...And those ain't CHEAP either....

Nope they ain't .... but then neither is fuel

 

[Rocketman]

The price wouldn't be my concern as Rlent stated, they would easily pay for themselves in fuel savings even over a generator. The extra weight in the van would be my problem with them. With me in it...my van has weight issues already

 

[LDB]

How does 4 times 2V give 12V of power?

 

[chefdennis]

LDB wrote:

How does 4 times 2V give 12V of power?

Turtle wrote:

You should see an L-16 floor scrubber battery. It's kind of like a taller golf cart battery, but about an inch wider. It's 120 pounds. And that's for 6-volts. They also have it in 2-volts, same size and weight. One 2-volt cell at 120 pounds. You need six of those for a 12-volt battery. That's essentially a 720 pound 12-volt battery. 1200 AH, 2850 RC.

The key words being "They Also"

 

[LDB]

Yes but when you look up the L16 specifically named it is 2V so that is why I asked.

 

[Turtle]

How does 4 times 2V give 12V of power?

It doesn't. It gives you 8V of power.

RLENT's L-16 are the 6-volt batteries.

The L16 is a BCI (Battery Council International) battery size, like the Group 27, Group 31, Golf Cart. The L16s are mostly designed for floor scrubbers, in the 6-volt configuration. For the 2-volt configuration, that's mostly for renewable energy installations, like wind or solar, off-the-grid type stuff. You usually see these in larger systems where 12 or 24 of them are connected in series for a 24-volt or 48-volt bank.

This link is for Concord Lifeline Batteries, but it gives a good table of different battery sizes, capacities and other specs one can use for comparisons.

 

[LDB]

Now I see the variation. I guess if you could spare the space and weight for a half dozen of the 2V's you'd have quite a hotel power system.

 

[ttruck]

Is there an equivalent to the Espar for AC? Something that sips gas from the tank to run AC?

2012: Ron Paul or not at all.
The lesser of two evils is still evil.

yes espar now has one for gas just read about it yesterday cost not sure but it is a viable fix for gas units.

 

[chefdennis]

From reading this ( http://www.espar.com/www/espar.com/applications/airconditioners.html ) the Espar AC unit is Eletric , not gas or diesel...

TTruck, do you have a link for what you rad?, Id like to read about a gas powered AC unit...

 

[60MPH]

RLENT wrote:



...And those ain't CHEAP either....

And all that lite either