cause it's a motorcycle type alternator then I looked up the specs and its not too bad. The American H600's output is 12volts @ 1200+ rpm @ 30 amps. If you could find a small window AC that would fit in the trunk and plumb the ducts so they would blow forward from the sides of the back seat
and also duct the hot exhaust ( maybe from the rear side vents ) then you would have a real chance at the ultimate feat! Honda 600 AC without any
external modifications.
----- Original Message ---- From: Mario Montes To: 2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 12:49:25 PM Subject: Re: [2cylinderhondas] Re: Anyway to add AC to the 600 or somehow to make it cooler?
Why not a forced air unit like the VW people like to put on their windows of old bugs and such?
The new ones are real trick and have a 12v motor so that you stay cool at lights!
Mario
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Kevin Lister wrote:
> I looked into doing something like this too. I went to Fry's Electronics over in San Jose to look at the small units they were selling last summer. Inverters are plentiful and should be fairly cheap. They are also not difficult to build if you can get a good set of transistors and heat sink! ;o) > I just wasn't sure if the 600's electrical system could handle the load. They do have some pretty small units for sale these days, so it may not be a problem. I was just going to insulate the trunk real well and drill a hole for the tube that collects condensation. I was going to remove the back seat and replace it with a board with a hole in it for the cool air vent. I did remove the rear seat and replace it with an upholstered board. But I mounted four speakers on it and put a modern CD player in the dash instead of doing the AC thing. Tunes were just more important! Now that it's heating up I'm starting to look at the AC project again.
> :o)
> kev
> --- On Fri, 6/20/08, Miles 600miles@peoplepc. com
> > wrote:
> > From: Miles 600miles@peoplepc. com
> > Subject: [2cylinderhondas] Re: Anyway to add AC to the 600 or somehow to make it cooler?
> > To:
> 2cylinderhondas@ yahoogroups. com
> > Date: Friday, June 20, 2008, 9:26 PM
> > It was my thought back in the 1980's to use a room air
> > conditioner
> > for a house. Remove the trunklid on a Honda 600 sedan and > > stick the > > cooler out. Back then Power Inverters were not as common as > > now. You > > can get a high powered inverter fairly cheap. Check the > > watts > > required. Sounds like a fun way to motor around.
> > Miles
> > --- In
> 2cylinderhondas@ yahoogroups. com
> , Tad Clark
> >
> > wrote:
> > > It should be an easy retrofit. I'm sure Pep Boys
> > has a kit. OR, you
> > could put another 600 engine in the back to run your A.C.
> > > --- On Mon, 6/16/08, rpw1959
> wrote:
> > > From: rpw1959
> > > Subject: [2cylinderhondas] Re: Anyway to add AC to the > > 600 or > > somehow to make it cooler?
> > > To:
> 2cylinderhondas@ yahoogroups. com
> > > Date: Monday, June 16, 2008, 4:02 PM
> > > --- In 2cylinderhondas@ yahoogroups. com,
> > "infinkc"
> > wrote:
> > > > Anyone ever attempt this? not sure if the engine
> > would handle the
> > > extra
> > > > load from a ac compressor. Any type of electrical
> > AC unit? Just
> > > > trying to stay cool during the summer.
> > > They say that a full sized car's AC takes
> 5
> > horsepower to run.
> > > Take that away from 36 HP and that's a lot.
> > > I had a factory option AC on one of my early Civics.
> > They removed
> > the
> > > glove box and put in the fan/evaporator coil in its
> > place. It
> > worked OK
> > > only on not too warm days.
> > > Say you want to be the pioneer on 600 AC systems. The
> > easiest part
> > > would be to locate the condenser behind the grill and
> > have a machine
> > > shop turn you a double pully for the crankshaft end.
> > > Harder would be to find space for the teany compressor > > and its > > mounts.
> > > Under the battery ledge is the biggest space I can see > > and I've > > never > > > seen an automotive compressor that small. Hardest of > > all is finding > > > an evaporator/fan unit small enough to fit the > > 600's > glove box. The > > > interior of a car parked in the sun with its windows > > up easily tops > > 120 > > > degrees. If you live in a small house,the AC in your > > car is more > > > powerfull than the AC in your house! If you do find a > > system that > > fits > > > a 600 and works let me know as this would lengthen my > > 600 driving > > time.