Gravityman Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 How much Horsepower will an air conditioner compressor pump draw on on an XT6. Does any one know? Also how big of an electric motor do you think it will take to spin the compressor at optimal speed? This question leads up to an awsome experiment, I will be trying later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravityman Posted February 17, 2005 Author Share Posted February 17, 2005 How much Horsepower will an air conditioner compressor pump draw on on an XT6. Does any one know? Also how big of an electric motor do you think it will take to spin the compressor at optimal speed? This question leads up to an awsome experiment, I will be trying later! MORE POWER!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 i fabricated a mounting bracket to bypass my A/C for most of the year using a smaller belt which i'm running right now (being winter and all). i attached a picture. there is actually a one size shorter (like 20 or 40 mm shorter) 6 rib belt that may fit without using any bracket at all. but mine works fine like it is, so i'm not going to try the shorter belt until this belt is ready to be replaced. i couldn't resize the picture to post here, so here it is: http://www.xt6.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3772 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthWet Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 The numbers that I have seen before are around 1.5-6HP depending on size, etc. So minimum electric motor is equiv to starter motor... If you still want to use that much electricity, maybe a motor like they use in carting would work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 compare the a/c compressor diameter to the crank pulley diameter to get an idea of what RPM range you need to run. the crank and a/c pulley are fairly close in size, so looks like the a/c typically runs 500 - 7,000 RPM's, easily doable with an electric motor. just might draw a!!loads of amps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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