Window AC 5000btu

There is a guy at the truck stop i am at now with one hanging out a dodge pu window. Don't get it truck looks new.

 

Two gallons a night vs 10. Wear and tear on engine vs generator.

 

"or make fun of it." sorry, just remembering some funny pic's from some redneck sights.

 

It sure looks funny may go get a picture.

 

Not to mention, idling a new pickup all night is a great way to burn up the DPF

 

Before adding the generator, On mild nights, I cool the sleeper before shutting off the engine and the ac just runs on the inverter all night. I have a low voltage buzzer set up at 12.3 volts and it would shut off ac if it went below that. So just the inverter would run ac without truck running.

The ac would only run continuously for about 3 hours like that, then I would need to start the truck, but 5hrs idling was better than 8.

Now that I have generator, I just fire it up and allow generator to idle all night.

 

I have a Honeywell 3250 gen mounted on the frame on my flat. Run an LG 8000 btu portable a/c 5 straight nights last week on 9 gallons of gas. One big downside to the portable is condensation when its really humid.

Woke up Saturday morning with water all over my floor. Otoh, unexpectedly putting your bare feet in 65 degree water will get you fully awake and alert without the need for caffeine. I now have a plastic undertray for the unit.

 

The inverters throw off heat which is antithetical to using an a/c. Gens are cheap. I ran window unit on 3000 W peak inv. just to see. Inv makes lots of heat and runs 3 batteries down fast. Stick to a gen or shore power.

 

Not good for your batteries either .