Battery Power in SHTF Situations

[MegaFan]

You can't run the ac without running the car.

Your car's AC is powered by the serpentine belt, which wont be moving anytime the engine is off.

Both statements above apply to typical ICE powered vehicles. Most newer HYBRID vehicles use an AC powered compressor via battery bank and inverter controls. So, if you had a decent solar array and batteries ($$$$), you could theoretically sit in your hybrid car for hours. For pure ELECTRIC (TESLA and more $$$$), some tests indicate the AC could run for up to 100 hours without recharge until it shuts off at a programmed 20% battery level.

Best bang for the buck (low initial investment, high short term reward), I would second a small room with small window unit, powered by an inverter technology generator that is itself powered by natural gas, LP/propane, diesel and/or gasoline. Lower initial investment designed for intermittent use, especially in places like California with rolling brownouts. There is no inexpensive means to currently provide AC to a whole house.

 

[ChimChim]

 

[Snack]

The AC compressors in Toyota hybrid vehicles are 12volt DC electric and do not have serpentine belts, per se.

 

[madmarinehays]

Cancer and SHTF Don't really go together.

They need to leave. And get to a place where she can be comfortable. The world has not ended. There's no reason for them to hang out at the house in her condition.

 

[jeep78]

The AC compressors in Toyota hybrid vehicles are 12volt DC electric and do not have serpentine belts, per se.

Still way cheaper to go the backup generator route.

 

[rbstern]

A clean, inenexpensive motel room, 50 to 100 miles away, is probably the easiest answer to implement. Bring a cooler for meds and basic food supplies, plus plenty of reading material.

 

[bulletslinger101]

Solar and hydro... compact and ease of set up and tear down. Any chance they can harvest energy in this manor?

Can’t go wrong with using what God gave you literally...

Respectfully
Chris


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[Ex313]

I'm going to talk to them this weekend. I will pass along all of comments in this thread. I hope they never have to evacuate for her sake again.
Thanks guys.

 

[Danny Flucke]

Remember people lived for literally thousands of years without AC.

As stated - Solar is not a portable option for AC. A small bumper pull RV will give them what they need (portable power via generator) with a minimum of cost and headaches. Plus a toilet, fresh water and fridge.

 

[Danny Flucke]

Here something they could pull with almost any vehicle...

https://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/rvs/d/cave-spring-2010-forest-river-rockwood/7195822137.html