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[marked-for-deletion] advocacy, no invention. |
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Mains voltage compressors exist, and I would venture that putting them in RVs has been done. How this relates to aerodynamics isn't clear. |
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//[marked-for-deletion] advocacy, no invention. // This, from the "inventor" of diced bread? PLEEEEEAASE! |
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This is actually not a bad idea... however, it's original intent may have been a bit misguided. On the typical RV, the thing has got so much disturbed air going over it while on the road, that those protruding air conditioners really don't amount to much from an energy saving point of view, and even if they did, just making them retract would be a sufficient idea. |
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I like using the stuff that's already in the engine. (Although, as a former RV owner, that "stuff" is probably not hefty enough to really cool a normal sized class "A" RV. -- the BTU calcs won't work out) |
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The aerodynamics comes in in the fact that you're removing the air conditioner box that protrudes from the roof, but I doubt on a vehicle with the frontal area and shape of an RV, the removal of a relatively small box is going to make much of a difference in overall fuel economy (which I assume is the point of this idea).
Just a thought, but I wonder if any energy savings could be had by running the AC from either the onboard generator that many RV's have, or a seperate, small diesel generator rather than from electricity? |
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