Coolerado Shows Off Solar-Powered Air Conditioner
I had the chance to take a look at a Coolerado air-conditioning unit this past August at the West Coast Green Conference. At the time, the company was showing off an energy-efficient model that uses thermodynamics to cool outside air without chemical refrigerants.
Now Coolerado has added another element to its air conditioners: solar power. According to Coolerado, any solar contractor can easily work with installers in the company’s network to add solar photovoltaic systems to air conditioning units. A demonstration solar-powered Coolerado air-conditioner is on display now at RETECH 2009 in Las Vegas.
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Well I must say its good to see people are trying to make a difference on our ever so dying planet! First of all I will not knock the Coolerado its a low powered swamp cooler that can run from a renewable energy source! I have already built and patented the first ever many years ago along with RP Banning Ca the problem is there is not a large market! good luck guys hope there is no IP problems here. Joey thanks for the plug on GreenPRM! there you will find a true solar powered air conditioning unit,it does use mechanical cooling only using a few oz of 134a refrigerant. the unit ranges from 13,200 BTU’s to 20,00 BTU’s and can run from all power supplys available! All you greeny’s remember you have to feed the beast so dont complain about the cost of solar! you wanted it here it is 24vdc @ 40 amps! 13,000 BTU’s
runnin straight off your panels.Dont have 1000 watts of solar well what ever you do have for solar will have to do plug it in and let the 120v make up the difference add panels as your budget allows until you get there! There are on board batteries so the unit can run during outages how ever long you want!just have to size your battery bank for your desired outage run time! Guys this thing really is the Coolest way to go Green!
Looks like an interesting product, will be a great innovation if it can work as well as it is made out too.