The indoor units come in various shapes/styles, including 'cassette' for in_ceiling or air duct. Some of the dealers may appreciate the challenge. Give one a call.
I would question about road vibrations on a unit designed for a building/static setting. And there is a minimum refrigerant line length. On August 5, 2014 4:25:55 AM CDT, EVDL Administrator via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: >On 4 Aug 2014 at 17:19, someone wrote: > >> Have you looked at the split duckless ac units. > >And someone else responded: > >> Using Duck-tape? ;-) > >Exactly! They work fine, as long as you install them with duck tape. >;-) > >Seriously, ductless mini-splits are an interesting idea. However, you >might >have to do some significant tweaking to fit one into your EV. > >I first encountered mini-split aircons in South Korea in 2000, and was >impressed at how quiet and effective they were. I was there again this > >summer, and 14 years later, they're absolutely everywhere. I happened >to >look out a window into the central courtyard of a Seoul office / retail > >complex. I saw what must have been well over a hundred mini-split >outdoor >units, all stacked up 6-8 units high! Regrettably I didn't have time >to >stop and snap a pic. > >I use a mini-split here too. In fact it heats and cools the room I'm >typing >in right now. I like it well enough, but let me tell you, it's not as >small >as it looks in the pictures. > >The early Samsung aircon-only units I saw in Korea were wide, but not >especially high or deep. That may still be true of aircon-only units. > >However, the 9kbtu Mitsubishi heating/cooling unit hanging on the wall >to my >left right now is HUGE. > >The size of this system is mostly in the coils, I think. The outdoor >coil is >about 26" by 18". I'd guess that's for improved efficiency and heat >pump >effectiveness (it will heat down to something like -5F). > >You might be able to mount the outdoor coil where the ICE's radiator >lived, >if you weren't going to fill that area with batteries. I can't imagine >the >indoor coil fitting into the heater box of any car I've seen, though. > >One possibility would be to use standard auto coils and repurpose the >compressor. It's inverter-driven, so I'd guess that it would probably >run >on 165-175vdc. The reversing valves might be usable too, depending on >what >controls them. You'd probably need some EE / IT chops, because there >seems >to be quite a bit of micro-driven electronics controlling the >compressor and >valves. > >Mini-splits aren't cheap, but I'd guess that buying one and chucking >the >coils would still be cheaper than buying a purpose-built EV aircon >system. >I expect that adapting it wouldn't be trivial, though. > >David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA >EVDL Administrator > >= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ >= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not >reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my >email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . >= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > >_______________________________________________ >UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA >(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140805/95d27dec/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
