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Does anyone have a converted car with electric air conditioning working well? I'm specifically not interested in belt-driven systems, as the complexity involved with driving them outweighs their low cost.
On the high-end, it's a solved problem with a 15k+ BTU aftermarket compressor for around $1500. There are various 12v compressors (which would put more of a strain on a DC-DC converter than it's worth), and this 400v New Eagle EV36BNx:
https://stealthev.com/product/new-eagle-ev-ac-compressor/
For around $1000, you can control a Denso ES34C with a PWM signal according to this thread:
https://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/showthread.php/tesla-c-compressor-questions-189978.html
For under $200, you can get a Tesla and Nissan Leaf compressors all day, but...then what do you do with it?
For that money, I'm inclined to spend a few days figuring out how to control an OEM compressor via CAN bus messages. If anyone has any leads, I'm all ears...So far, this is what I have (I have a Leaf compressor):
https://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?t=23038
Worst case, can I bypass all computers and just turn one on/off with relays and what not? Poor man's PWM?
If anyone has any insight into how do to design the rest of the system, well, I'm pretty ignorant there, too...
On the high-end, it's a solved problem with a 15k+ BTU aftermarket compressor for around $1500. There are various 12v compressors (which would put more of a strain on a DC-DC converter than it's worth), and this 400v New Eagle EV36BNx:
https://stealthev.com/product/new-eagle-ev-ac-compressor/
For around $1000, you can control a Denso ES34C with a PWM signal according to this thread:
https://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/showthread.php/tesla-c-compressor-questions-189978.html
For under $200, you can get a Tesla and Nissan Leaf compressors all day, but...then what do you do with it?
For that money, I'm inclined to spend a few days figuring out how to control an OEM compressor via CAN bus messages. If anyone has any leads, I'm all ears...So far, this is what I have (I have a Leaf compressor):
https://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?t=23038
Worst case, can I bypass all computers and just turn one on/off with relays and what not? Poor man's PWM?
If anyone has any insight into how do to design the rest of the system, well, I'm pretty ignorant there, too...