Ghetto Car Air Conditioning.

1. Corra
   December 27th, 2005 at 5:14 pm

   Hey, that’s my car!

2. Mary
   December 27th, 2005 at 8:23 pm

   That’s ingenious! & here I was, settling for 2-60 AC: I roll down the 2 windows and drive 60mph.

3. Rob L.
   December 29th, 2005 at 5:44 am

   that is one of the best things I have ever seen; I love the whole thing.

4. ewt
   December 29th, 2005 at 8:41 am

   My dad did something similar this summer when the dash air in the RV died; the interior of the RV has mains-powered roof air, and he had a gasoline generator, so he rigged it up so that we could run the generator while the RV was moving in order to run the roof air, which is basically a small domestic air conditioner.

   It doesn’t do so well with steep hills, though; the generator is meant to be level while it’s running.

5. Chris
   December 29th, 2005 at 9:43 am

   I doubt that this is legal - if he got into a crash, especially a head-on collision, the passenger would be killed by a flying generator.
   Plus, it obscures your vision.

6. Arsenoid
   December 29th, 2005 at 10:36 am

   Hm… the tail light is cool too

7. Rev. J Nicholi » Poor Man’s A/C
   December 29th, 2005 at 11:01 am

   [...] link [...]

8. chris #2
   December 29th, 2005 at 11:16 am

   fyi: The sticker in the rear of the car is the “beginner driver” sticker in required for Japanese drivers who recently passed the rigorous driving tests.

9. up0
   December 29th, 2005 at 12:59 pm

   Suggestion for improvement: The A/C should be mounted on the roof or at least on the trunk next to the generator and the cold air should be funneled into the passenger compartment via hose/duct. There are many cheap AC’s that comes with remote so it could be controlled by driver/passenger from inside.

   Similar to my idea when I had an old car w/out A/C in summer.

10. Guairdean
    December 29th, 2005 at 5:29 pm

    I saw that car (or one just like it) in north Dallas this summer. I figured it was a way to beat the Texas heat. Normal A/C turns off when you stop the car. This one will keep running while you’re in the store.

11. Joe Philipson
    December 29th, 2005 at 6:17 pm

    That’s Ghetto Fabulous!

12. Alpha
    December 29th, 2005 at 6:18 pm

    Wie geil^^

13. mental
    December 29th, 2005 at 6:52 pm

    Followed your instruction. Problems.

    AC keep falling off. Tried gluing. Got fingers stucked.

    Tried pulling fingers off with 2 legs on the door. Door fell off followed by AC. I am ok, a little crushed knees.

    Generator keep trying to carbonmonoxide me. I think tube should go out window.

14. Bozerd
    December 29th, 2005 at 8:15 pm

    Thanks for the little holiday cheer

    Hmmm… the engineer in me is thunk’n — what all in a window mounted AC unit requires 120V? Maybe you could replace the compressor motor with a 12v version and not worry about the generator (which you might want to keep for other reasons). Hmmm… also, there are cheap inverters that might also work, but I do not know how much a 1 to 1.5KVA unit would go for.

    But for all that I give me hope to know that the ol’ Yankee engunity is not dead

15. H8
    December 29th, 2005 at 11:29 pm

    Ol’ Yankee ingenuity? That’s pure crack head right there. At the very least, he should have found a way to weld it into the window using a steel plate, and some sort of bracket. As for the generator, I would be more worried about it catching on fire (When people didn’t steal your fuel). However, it does raise an interesting thought. Could one take the engine off the generator, and make the generator belt driven…

16. LV
    December 29th, 2005 at 11:52 pm

    yes you could run the genset off a belt drive. I have a 10kw on my bus that runs off the engine via a belt,it takes about 21hp at full load.
    the car is just wierd.

17. Malte
    December 30th, 2005 at 1:58 pm

    Lol
    That is really COOL

18. Cam S
    January 2nd, 2006 at 4:22 am

    Wouldn’t it be easier and cheaper to just buy an AC unit for that type/class of car from an auto/parts/wrecker/junkyard?

    Heh, that looks SO dangerous.

19. dopeman
    January 6th, 2006 at 3:31 pm

    that is so damn cool, a self contained ac like that is ingenius..i gotta try that on my truck.

20. Inside Joe’s Head » Blog Archive » Poor Man’s Air Conditioning.
    January 10th, 2006 at 9:52 pm

    [...] If your cars air conditioning breaks in the middle of the summer what do you do? this Guy found a solution to beat the heat. [...]

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    April 5th, 2006 at 1:56 am

    [...] http://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/27/poor-mans-air-conditioning/ Poor Man’s Air Conditioning. [...]

22. biltmore
    May 12th, 2007 at 7:26 pm

    Hahahaha … that’s brilliant!

23. » Blog Archive » How do I cool thee? Let me count the ways…
    May 25th, 2007 at 5:37 am

    [...] There were a bunch of “cooling” solutions out there and a quick Google Image Search (GIS) revealed some pretty ingenious ideas. But the one that wins the “MacGyver” award is a photo I found titled “The Poor Man’s Air Conditioning” [...]

24. tim
    August 7th, 2007 at 7:03 pm

    love the ingenuity, would appreciate just a touch more craftsmanship and increased safety/durability but the core concept is very creative; and i’m guessing he/she whupped me in the cost category - i just paid over $1,000 to have my oem vehicle a/c repaired, this guy probably paid a third of that and has user-replacable and multi-purpose modules (halving his future risk), probably got longer than my 6 months, has twice the btu’s needed; might be able to duplicate for $250 with a little more shopping and appropriately lesser capacity; wonder if i could get this person to design me a microcar or velomobile! if you read this, i must tell you i’m in awe

25. LurchPapa
    August 13th, 2007 at 3:09 pm

    I would buy two MArine batteries of 255 AHr
    Pop those shitters in the trunk.

    then have a DC - AC convertor provide the 110volts for the AC.

    Then, when you get home, just Use a regular Car battery charger.

    This way, there is no need to tote around the generator.
    No extra fumes and exhaust.

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    December 15th, 2008 at 6:06 am

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