ZoNiE
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I met a guy this weekend who was buying some 8020 aluminum rails I had on offerup and I just happened to ask him what he was doing with them. He is making a solar tracking array. We got to talking, and he has one of these Hybrid Mini Splits. He keeps a 900 sq ft section of his house cool with it on solar all day and the grid at night.
http://www.hotspotenergy.com/solar-air-conditioner/
He said it works well on three 300W panels. The thing is pretty cool. Has connections for the panels so presumably has the inverter for the solar built in.
At $1,700 it is not much more than a name brand mini split (Mitsubishi, Sanyo, etc.) and if you factor in the cost of a separate inverter and / or charge controller, it isn't much. I am thinking of adding a minisplit to my Motorhome, and may go with this one. I would just need to add an autotransformer if I want to use it on shore/mains/genset power when only 110V is available.
I then got to thinking, a Cargo trailer with 3" of foam insulation all around and one of these with 900-1,200 w of panels on the roof would probably work well...
Anyone here have one of these?
http://www.hotspotenergy.com/solar-air-conditioner/
He said it works well on three 300W panels. The thing is pretty cool. Has connections for the panels so presumably has the inverter for the solar built in.
At $1,700 it is not much more than a name brand mini split (Mitsubishi, Sanyo, etc.) and if you factor in the cost of a separate inverter and / or charge controller, it isn't much. I am thinking of adding a minisplit to my Motorhome, and may go with this one. I would just need to add an autotransformer if I want to use it on shore/mains/genset power when only 110V is available.
I then got to thinking, a Cargo trailer with 3" of foam insulation all around and one of these with 900-1,200 w of panels on the roof would probably work well...
Anyone here have one of these?
