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    Residential Inverter AC on RV [mains]

    Having heard of all the tails of woe when it comes to RV air conditioning and how it is only just adequate..  I thought of having home airconditioning in the RV. Yes you do have to find a spot where to put the indoor unit (heavy, like 10kg+) and the outdoor unit (seen it on the back before on...
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    Is the car's defrost the same as a dehumidifier?

    Almost forgot that we are talking about vans not big houses, compressor based dehumidifiers are good, but noisy and etc. Why not try the desiccant dehumidifiers, they do use quite a lot of power 300w but actually heat the room as well as dehumidify it. They are much quieter than Compressor based...
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    Is the car's defrost the same as a dehumidifier?

    They really aren't much cop at all. They could run for hours on end and only extract maybe half a litre, and are less efficient than a compressor based system. Depending on your climate, a desiccant would work better than a compressor based one. But peltier based 12v ones are awful. (uses...
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    Heating using vehicle heater, engine cycling.

    I can't find how to edit the post but i did some calculations... For heating, if the car were to have the engine idling for 12 hours straight (eek!) that would burn 0.5 litres/hour so around 6 litres of fuel in total (Honda Jazz 2007). This in my country (UK) would cost around £7-8 which is...
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    Heating using vehicle heater, engine cycling.

    Idea one [heated vehicle]: Just a concept I came up with.. So for heating to work in a car we need two things: 1) Engine up to temperature 2) Electricity to power the fan 3) Kinetic energy to power the water pump So to remedy this (for where you don't have the space for a heater): Use an...
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