Running Window AC Off Solar - Will It Work?

[@sharpharmade]

❤ As always ... love your experiments! Left you with a thumbs up! 👍🏽

[@AskIveSolar]

Thanks!! Appreciate the love

[@CozyLivingMachine]

It's hard to describe how satisfying experiments like these are. 🤘😎

[@AskIveSolar]

So fun, the downside is sometimes we forget to press record. Lol

[@southernman2]

I run a 12,000 btu window unit from my Zero Point Titan 240sp solar generator. I have 4 batteries connected to it. Works like a charm.

[@AskIveSolar]

It's interesting, you don't see many titan videos. I tell you what, it's almost magical to get comfort from solar power.

[@TheCleezeReport]

This is super impressive.

[@felixdacat6572]

Good one Sir...Always watching you from the sidelines and tossing you a thumbs up...I'm going to factor this into my Preps when the Grid goes down...keep the vis coming.!

[@AskIveSolar]

Always good to see the OGs commenting. I'm working on putting videos out more frequently and next, I'm working on consistency. Got videos for days, the packaging can be rough though @ title and thumbnails.

[@felixdacat6572]

@@AskIveSolar Yeah...I get it...Working, raising a family and doing vids is alot to juggle...Stay on course and stay well.

[@OnusBones]

Excellent. Long term, I'm sure you'll want to arrange a permanent solar feed, but this experiment certainly shows it's worthwhile. Your kids like it chilly though; our home AC is set to 78 and we're fine (both over 60 though, so warmer is better).

[@AskIveSolar]

That's the beauty of this setup, it's just a quick deploy and doesn't really need solar. But solar on the top floor has been challenging but not impossible. Yeah these kids are use to sleeping chilly more than anything. But also keep in mind that these thermostats don't quite tell the truth on air conditioners. It will probably get down to like 74 realistically

[@Jasonoid]

Boy I wish it was still summer! Lots of sunshine and fun.... Winter has hit us where I live and it stinks. Pitch black at 5:30pm now... Lol I miss my sun

[@AskIveSolar]

Winter hit me too. I'm just behind on certain content. 😆

[@tisa7997]

Wow! Impressive.

[@AskIveSolar]

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment

[@alsmokent5719]

good job with that.

[@AskIveSolar]

Thanks boss!

[@mannyfragoza9652]

I run my 600 BTU AC (over 500 watts) off of my solar panels. This way I'm not draining any of my power stations

[@AskIveSolar]

What you mean by off solar panels Manny? I think I know but I didn't want to presume

[@mannyfragoza9652]

@@AskIveSolar The chain is: from my Solar Panels to my Charge Controller to my 200Ah batteries to my Inverter No all-in-one solar generator I could just as easily use my AC 180 but I'll save that for another time.

[@AskIveSolar]

@mannyfragoza9652 got it.

[@SoikotHossainDigitalMarketer39]

I like your video very much

[@AskIveSolar]

Thanks for watching!

[@Ethan.s..]

Check out the newer AC’s that use an inverter, instead of the classic compressor’s. I ran an 8k btu Midea AC using 100% solar energy all summer long. It used about 1/2 the power of my older LG 6000 btu AC, and inverters don’t have the big power spikes.

[@AskIveSolar]

That's what Setite was saying. About how much power did you see that 8k using?

[@headdown1]

Something isn't right here. I have an off grid RV with a portable 6000 watt a/c unit. It draws about 90 amps while running at maximum cooling, so you would get maybe 30 minutes out of that battery pack. While I can run the a/c using just solar, I have 1300 watts of solar panels and 900 amp hours of liFePO4 batteries. The inverter is in the same location as the a/c unit, and the inverter dumps a lot of heat producing enough electricity to run the a/c. So a lot of the cooling is needed just to counter the heat from the inverter. Try turning the a/c unit up to maximum cooling. I think you are likely at a low setting at the moment if you are only drawing 450 watts.

[@AskIveSolar]

I think the confusion might be that amps at the voltage. 120v to get to 600 watts will be much different than 12v to get to 600 watts. Does that make sense. Remember volts x amps is how you get watts and this device requires around 600 watts. With yours being a portable, it probably requires a bit more watts because portable ACs work a little harder to keep things cool because of how they are designed, I think .

[@luisgonzalezjr.7465]

Poor kids. What took you so long?😆

[@AskIveSolar]

Building character 😆

[@luisgonzalezjr.7465]

@AskIveSolar 😂