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Has anybody thought of installing solar voltaic cells on the roof of car to drive a small air con to back up the engine driven one? In that way we will save some fuel and reduce green house gas.
TT, Jan 29 2008
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We still do not have solar voltiacs which could power a car air con.It would power a small car fridge - you require a lot more power todrive a air con. May be a day will come when we will have heavy duty solarvoltiacs or highly efficient air con which could run on solar energy.
Some luxury models have solar-driven (maybe?) exhaust fans. These run while the car is parked in a hot area. There are also aftermarket/as-seen-on-TV models. No air conditioning, though.
useing a battery bank of sufficiant numbers(10x12v deep cycle=120 volts)small window unit draws 80 watts@110(surge @start 1500 w)so you need 2k w inverter to supply 110 to a/c (drawing only 50w @compressor idle) solar panels need only supply 80w to break evan (during cycling extra 30w goes into batterys) AT FULL SUN (THIS DOES WORK FOR ME)i have a big black truck.