[PSUBS-MAILIST] Peltier Airconditioner

[Marc de Piolenc via Personal_Submersibles]

You're right. Dropped an extra zero...

Marc

On 8/14/2017 7:18 PM, Alan via Personal_Submersibles wrote:
> Marc,
> are you driving a fiat bambina?
> I saw 4hp quoted in a few places but this is from a Wiki article on air 
> conditioners.
> 
> 
>         Automobile power consumptionEdit
>         <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Air_conditioning&action=edit&section=33>
> 
> In an automobile, the A/C system will use around 4 horsepower 
> <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsepower> (3 kW) of the engine's 
> power <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_(physics)>, thus increasing 
> fuel consumption of the vehicle.^[53] 
> <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_conditioner#cite_note-53>
> 
> Alan
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On 14/08/2017, at 10:18 PM, Marc de Piolenc via Personal_Submersibles 
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> 
>>
>>
>> On 8/14/2017 3:08 PM, Alan via Personal_Submersibles wrote:
>>> Have looked in to this a bit more.
>>> An average compression type car air conditioner takes about 3000W
>>
>> That seems too high. If true, my car's air conditioner would take most 
>> of the engine's power.
>>
>> Marc
>>
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