Aftermarket A/C?

[Matt69olds]

Either roll the windows down, fix the factory A/C (assuming it’s do equipped) or do it right and install aftermarket A/C.

Why would you hack up the truck??

 

[Chevy 88]

So it looks like I can get a used hard top canopy for $100, that way I can save my old canopy for a re-installation if I decide to.

A guy in town has a 12 volt rooftop A/C system for sale for A couple hundred. Sounds like it was removed from a brand new RV that got totaled. So I could put the whole thing together for about $300, and I could still back peddle to the original hard top if needed.

As an alternate option -

I do have a mini generator in the garage. It looks exactly like an alternator with a little tiny two stroke motor than runs it. I wonder of I could just add this mini AC generator to my engine, and run it like a second alternator. I have a dozen air conditioners laying around that I cut put inside the Blazer, and then just duct the A/C exhaust to the outside. I have window A/C units, portable A/C units etc - some big and some small, so one of them might work for this setup.

The mini one might not have enough juice, but I do have several other generators that could could be canalized. A 1500 watt, a 3750 watt etc. I'm sure I could put a pulley on one and get a longer belt for the engine.

Plus it would be cool to have unlimited A/C in the rig. Run a welder, air compressor or what ever else - fully mobile.

Hmm.

 

[Ricko1966]

So it looks like I can get a used hard top canopy for $100, that way I can save my old canopy for a re-installation if I decide to.

A guy in town has a 12 volt rooftop A/C system for sale for A couple hundred. Sounds like it was removed from a brand new RV that got totaled. So I could put the whole thing together for about $300, and I could still back peddle to the original hard top if needed.

As an alternate option -

I do have a mini generator in the garage. It looks exactly like an alternator with a little tiny two stroke motor than runs it. I wonder of I could just add this mini AC generator to my engine, and run it like a second alternator. I have a dozen air conditioners laying around that I cut put inside the Blazer, and then just duct the A/C exhaust to the outside. I have window A/C units, portable A/C units etc - some big and some small, so one of them might work for this setup.

The mini one might not have enough juice, but I do have several other generators that could could be canalized. A 1500 watt, a 3750 watt etc. I'm sure I could put a pulley on one and get a longer belt for the engine.

Plus it would be cool to have unlimited A/C in the rig. Run a welder, air compressor or what ever else - fully mobile.

Hmm.

That sounds awesome!!!! First thing you'll want to do is figure out what rpm that generator makes 110v at 60hz. Then all you have to do is a little math to figure out what rpm to run the engine at with your pulley arrangement,and run it at that rpm all the time. I'd bet the guys at less scwab or some of the spring shops will know the correct rpms and won't mind telling you. As a second
Thought you could use 2 generators for 220v and step up to a heat pump.

 

[SquareRoot]

Played like fools.... again....from the same idiot.

 

[Broken85]

So it looks like I can get a used hard top canopy for $100, that way I can save my old canopy for a re-installation if I decide to.

A guy in town has a 12 volt rooftop A/C system for sale for A couple hundred. Sounds like it was removed from a brand new RV that got totaled. So I could put the whole thing together for about $300, and I could still back peddle to the original hard top if needed.

As an alternate option -

I do have a mini generator in the garage. It looks exactly like an alternator with a little tiny two stroke motor than runs it. I wonder of I could just add this mini AC generator to my engine, and run it like a second alternator. I have a dozen air conditioners laying around that I cut put inside the Blazer, and then just duct the A/C exhaust to the outside. I have window A/C units, portable A/C units etc - some big and some small, so one of them might work for this setup.

The mini one might not have enough juice, but I do have several other generators that could could be canalized. A 1500 watt, a 3750 watt etc. I'm sure I could put a pulley on one and get a longer belt for the engine.

Plus it would be cool to have unlimited A/C in the rig. Run a welder, air compressor or what ever else - fully mobile.

Hmm.

I feel like we are being punked?

 

[82sbshortbed]

Wow!

 

[bucket]

This thread seems like one big joke, but at least I learned something from it. I had no idea they now offered 12v rooftop AC units. This info may come in handy at work, building/modifying equipment.

 

[idahovette]

^^^^^^I don't think so, Andy^^^^^^^^