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Originally Posted by Xringer
Maybe install a 120vac 4" muffin fan to keep the compressor cool?
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What I'm saying is that it's a good idea to know what the original working temp of the A/C compressor is, for future refererence. You may not need the muffin fan or any auxillary cooling at all.
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Originally Posted by Xringer
Maybe custom build a wrap-around heat-sink for it?
Hook the heatsink up to a little heat-pipe routed from the cold-air output vent..
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Interesting ideas, but if you're gonna wrap anything around the compressor, it should be copper tubing or some kind of water jacket, going to the water storage tank. You don't want to just throw that heat away, you've already paid for it.
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It has been very interesting for me to disassemble air conditioners and look at how they're made... they're made by the millions.
Part of the design criterion is efficiency, all well and good.
But another very large part is
cost-reduction.This is done to expand the potential pool of buyers and of course, it also results in higher profits for the manufacturer. But sometimes the cost-reduction measure may be at the expense of efficiency. Over a production of millions of units, these decisions may be best for a company.
But for us, the Hackers & Modders of the world, the criterion is competely different. We aren't making a million units, we're just making one, or at the most a few.
Anything we can do that will increase efficiency will benefit us in the long run.
Something to think about...
-AC_Hacker
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