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Beating price of AC upgrade with Personal AC system/Heater
Spent last two days doing searches about personal cooling setups and took the plunge (in ice water so to speak). As ya'll know the cost to purchase and install NOS AC systems in an FMTV is in the thousands...... and it just also does not make a ton of sense to AC a whole big space..... instead of just..... the person IMHO.
Well today ran across some sweet finds and took the polar plunge. Purchased 2 liquid cooled/heated military vest for around 70 bucks total.
These will be for inside the Ambo Box or running around outside at Burning Woman orr?? Not sure how to use inside Ambo Box since they will have to be tethered to the chiller; or if I will use them at all. Maybe both them and normal AC.. use vest for low electric draw and normal AC when on shore power??
Also Purchased a full body liquid cooling/heating suit.
Struck deal with seller and get a second one for the future Blond Gorgeous Singing Actress/Acrobat Co-Pilot that will go on adventures with me. (yeah yeah. wishful thinking) Normal price of the suit is in the thousands as part of a Bomb Disposal suit. 
For me though... putting over it a cheap mechanics jump suit will be fine. Guess I'd look like a Military Pilot or an escaped Con .... oh well. Stole it for little over hundred$$. Chiller not included but their's was was just a bottle of ice water and a pump with a leg bag. Short duration intentions though military units that plug to trucks AC system is available for thousands. For chilling the water...... Looking at Peltier/Thermoelectric chillers or a used Freon/Compressor type chillers for aquariums as the chill unit. Price range... 60 to 1,000 bucks. Overall power consumption for each one could be as low an incandescent light bulb. Matters how I do the chillers. Either way though this setup will have WAYYY less power draw, way less engine drag when driving (saves fuel$$$) and way less battery draw when camping ...... Yea Ha... full solar powered AC...... sweeet. Ok a bit odd looking but SWEET. Overall cost... shooting for say $400 oh... would think can use them for heat with an inline 12v heater though just plumbing it into engine heat would be more logical for in cab. Oh and for AC can use on my Motorcycle, and/or in my car (that has no AC).
Spent last two days doing searches about personal cooling setups and took the plunge (in ice water so to speak). As ya'll know the cost to purchase and install NOS AC systems in an FMTV is in the thousands...... and it just also does not make a ton of sense to AC a whole big space..... instead of just..... the person IMHO.
Well today ran across some sweet finds and took the polar plunge. Purchased 2 liquid cooled/heated military vest for around 70 bucks total.
These will be for inside the Ambo Box or running around outside at Burning Woman orr?? Not sure how to use inside Ambo Box since they will have to be tethered to the chiller; or if I will use them at all. Maybe both them and normal AC.. use vest for low electric draw and normal AC when on shore power?? Also Purchased a full body liquid cooling/heating suit.
Struck deal with seller and get a second one for the future Blond Gorgeous Singing Actress/Acrobat Co-Pilot that will go on adventures with me. (yeah yeah. wishful thinking) Normal price of the suit is in the thousands as part of a Bomb Disposal suit. For me though... putting over it a cheap mechanics jump suit will be fine. Guess I'd look like a Military Pilot or an escaped Con .... oh well. Stole it for little over hundred$$. Chiller not included but their's was was just a bottle of ice water and a pump with a leg bag. Short duration intentions though military units that plug to trucks AC system is available for thousands. For chilling the water...... Looking at Peltier/Thermoelectric chillers or a used Freon/Compressor type chillers for aquariums as the chill unit. Price range... 60 to 1,000 bucks. Overall power consumption for each one could be as low an incandescent light bulb. Matters how I do the chillers. Either way though this setup will have WAYYY less power draw, way less engine drag when driving (saves fuel$$$) and way less battery draw when camping ...... Yea Ha... full solar powered AC...... sweeet. Ok a bit odd looking but SWEET. Overall cost... shooting for say $400 oh... would think can use them for heat with an inline 12v heater though just plumbing it into engine heat would be more logical for in cab. Oh and for AC can use on my Motorcycle, and/or in my car (that has no AC).
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