Off Grid Solar Powered RV Air Conditioning – Is it Possible?
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Get all the gear details, more of our solar AC thoughts and research on our site here: http://www.gonewiththewynns.com/off-grid-solar-rv-air-conditioning We had a simple question: Is it possible to power an Air Conditioner off solar when living off the grid? With our RV we decided to do a temporary wiring swap and test run our AC to see if running an air conditioner off our solar, battery and inverter is realistic or not. Enjoy our vids? Want to say thanks, buy us an espresso or a tank of fuel? Click over to our Tip Jar and see how to share the love: http://www.gonewiththewynns.com/tip-jar Our Cameras Used in THIS Video: Sony Alpha a6000 with 16-50mm lens http://amzn.to/1JfXvh8 Sony 18-105mm f4 G lens http://amzn.to/1QW7UFK Tripods & Selfie Stick: Gitzo GT2542 Traveler Tripod http://amzn.to/1U3dJ7y Joby GorillaPod SLR with Ball Head http://amzn.to/1JRlYz1 Sony Action MonoPod VCT-AMP1 http://amzn.to/1PO5Qgy Audio: Sony Gun Zoom Mic ECM-GZ1M http://amzn.to/1U3bn8X Gutman Windscreen for Sony Zoom http://amzn.to/1Q6AHVs Editing: MSI GS70-096 Crimson http://amzn.to/1U3bYaC MSI GS60 Ghost Pro 002 http://amzn.to/1Qv3O87 ASUS PA248Q LED IPS 24.1" Monitor http://amzn.to/1hXxw7u Adobe Premiere Pro CC http://amzn.to/1JRiCfr Magic Bullet Looks http://amzn.to/1hXybFT Get our entire camera & editing gear list, reviews & opinions on our site here: http://www.gonewiththewynns.com/best-travel-camera-video-photography Music: License Purchased on IStock If you wanna get social with us we're all over the place, hop in and join the adventure here: http://www.gonewiththewynns.com/join-us Thanks to our friends the RV Geeks for helping us temporarily wire the A/C. Check them out at http://www.thervgeeks.com/ © Gone With the Wynns 2015
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how much are you in total including lithium batteries, panels, controller, anything and everything involved guys???? Roughly how much, please don't forget to included the soft start.... Is the soft start a start capacitor???
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She's pretty hot, and probably the main source of heat that is being felt in that rv.
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what was the running apps on the compressor and fan in AC unit I'm guessing 20 😁
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yes soft start is excellent but I understand it is extremely expensive piece of equipment most people can't afford that what you didn't say how much that cost a lot I suspect
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I am an AC mechanic when your compressor comes on momentarily it goes to lock rotor amps I suspect your compressor pulls about 15 amps running fan 3 amps it appears lock rotor amps on your RV is 80 understand that it drops down to right at 20 amps put an amprobe on it check amperage hope that helps you
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Great video, Solar powered cooling systems do exist, however not the AC you are using.
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Take this off grid video down We have invested millions in trailer parks n soon u guys will be a threat to our business
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i feel like these two are professional kid show actors...i despise acting. .....but yet i watched.
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before you even start...the video is paused. I run my 15,000 BTU rooftop unit all day every day with my solar SYSTEM. 8 6 volt battery 48 volt, 10 280 watt panels 7500 watt inverter....as long as there is full sun....clouds...and its the swamp cooler...a double whammy of no. If you have sized your battery bank to be a 50% draw at a full days load...you are undersized. a 25% discharge rate for a full 24 hour load is the optimal situation.
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I'm not sure if this would work in this case but your getting the "fault" light when the compressor start's because the compressor is basically a motor/pump and almost every electrical motor will pull more amp's in the first few rotations of the motor when it first start's to spin-up. Some electric motors have a capacitor connected to them to help the motor start-up and also help reduce some of that initial increase (pull) of ampere's. If I'm not mistaken an air conditioner motor come equipped with a capacitor already connected to it, ( someone who knows more about this please correct me if I'm wrong) would adding or changing the capacitor with a higher farad rating help ? or a small bank of capacitors ?? just a thought, I'm curious to know the answer. :-)
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WHAT KIND OF LITHIAM BATTERYS HOW MANY WHAT SIZE AND WHATS THE COST OF THE BATTERYS ????
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Ok it works. But for how long. Say the Ac is pulling 1200 w. You should have like 2500 w of pannels. So when there's cloud or not the right angle of sun, you would be left with 1800 or so of solar. So you should attempt for the pannels to run the Ac.I suggest you try not to pull from the batteries with any kinda big load at all. You will kill the batteries. What will happen is wires and batteries will start to get hot and in this clip you never mentioned how much the batteries cost hahaha.
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we need solar powered air conditioners.
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All inverters are not made the same. They are not really meant to drive heavy current motors which air conditioning units are. 8 times out of 10 this will not work with inexpensive inverters on the market.
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+ oye one.. the heat out put is a factor of watts times the heating season preformance factor or Hspf. my mini HSPF is 10.4. .. these people talking about soft start are likly talking about a inverter unit.
Hotspot Energy offers a mini that accepts direct input from 24v+ solar panels . It has A SEER OF OVER 35.
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adding wind turbine?
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In the process of building my 53' trailer/semi unit... 5Kw solar and I plan on using AC as much as needed.
Thing is, if you have more energy coming off your solar than drawing from your inverter, then there is no negative effect on the batteries. You started with 100%, what did you end up with?
New, best way to go is the mini-split AC units that also heat; not seen them in RV yet, but they are extremely quiet an a lot more energy efficient than the noisy roof-top units. You don't need a 'soft start' unit, because the pump is variable speed and the current ramps up slowly to max cool, then throttles down to maintain the temp, so no wild on-off cycles. Added benefit you don't have the air drag of a roof-top unit, and more space for solar.
You should probably do some reading about electricity and get your facts straight for your broadcasts, it would give you a bit more credibility. Love your shows, just cringe a bit when you talk about electrical power systems.
Ever thought of swapping out your gas range for an induction cook-top? For wild camping and power efficiency that is the 'only' way to go.
I am using old style flooded batteries with a 48V system and two 3200W 240V inverters; one split into a dual 120 with a 'house' breaker panel. I have about 13KwH of usable power from the batteries. The 9000Btu/h unit draws 640W, the 12000Btu/h unit draws 923W, and the 18000Btu/h 1384W. So if all three are running at 100% they can use the 240V 3200W inverter exclusively for a little over four hours before I run out of battery, but the hotter it is, usually there is more sun, so that balances out with the solar panels. I should be able to end the day with full batteries.
Now, if the night is cool, then the mini-splits turn into heaters, and for every watt the AC unit draws for heating, I get about 3.3 watts of heating power. So, if I use the equivalent of 3,300W of heat in the trailer, that only draws 1,000W from the battery, so get nice and warm for 13 hours before my batteries are down and zero propane used, zero pollution, and zero noise. Then the sun comes up and all is well.
If I had lithium like you, that much better.
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the most luxurious wild camping. children in africa could have shared with that lemonade .
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I tried to do this project in college, the professor got horrified by it and told me to stick to solar system for houses! What a loser!
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wow, the hot RV couple of the year , nice video
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