anyone electrically savvy?

GoldenRivet · 07-13-09, 12:01 AM

ill try to make a long story short.

as some of you know, im a flight instructor... in one of the hottest climates in the United States.

As a majority of general aviation aircraft are not air conditioned i had an idea...

grab one of these things... http://www.kooleraire.com/

it plugs into the cigarette lighter in the car and they work pretty good, i have a friend who keeps his truck cool on work sites with it when the truck will be parked unattended for long periods of times and he demonstrated it to me - it does make a difference.

mind you its not like having a full fledged air conditioner running, but anyone who has left their car or truck parked at a store for an hour or so in the summer sun knows that their car quickly turns into an oven.

when he demonstrated this thing to me his car had been parked for an hour and he left the kooleraire running the whole time - when we entered the vehicle, the truck seemed as if it had only been parked in the direct summer sunlight for a few minutes... there was a notable temperature difference.

at any rate, i would like to put one of these in the baggage compartment behind the seat on my Cessna 150. there is plenty of room for it and i think it will work great at keeping the relatively small cockpit cool during training flights.

the question is:

my cigarette lighter in the airplane is decommissioned - and even if it worked the unit's plug wouldn't reach the cigarette lighter anyhow.

so.....

would it be possible to take one of these

and somehow wire it to one of these...

and perhaps build some sort of enclosure to contain it so that the KoolerAire unit could plug into the aforementioned homebuilt battery pack?

or does such a device already exist and can be store bought ?

anyone who knows about electrical stuff - help a brother out

07-13-09, 12:01 AM	#1
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	anyone electrically savvy? ill try to make a long story short. as some of you know, im a flight instructor... in one of the hottest climates in the United States. As a majority of general aviation aircraft are not air conditioned i had an idea... grab one of these things... http://www.kooleraire.com/ it plugs into the cigarette lighter in the car and they work pretty good, i have a friend who keeps his truck cool on work sites with it when the truck will be parked unattended for long periods of times and he demonstrated it to me - it does make a difference. mind you its not like having a full fledged air conditioner running, but anyone who has left their car or truck parked at a store for an hour or so in the summer sun knows that their car quickly turns into an oven. when he demonstrated this thing to me his car had been parked for an hour and he left the kooleraire running the whole time - when we entered the vehicle, the truck seemed as if it had only been parked in the direct summer sunlight for a few minutes... there was a notable temperature difference. at any rate, i would like to put one of these in the baggage compartment behind the seat on my Cessna 150. there is plenty of room for it and i think it will work great at keeping the relatively small cockpit cool during training flights. the question is: my cigarette lighter in the airplane is decommissioned - and even if it worked the unit's plug wouldn't reach the cigarette lighter anyhow. so..... would it be possible to take one of these and somehow wire it to one of these... and perhaps build some sort of enclosure to contain it so that the KoolerAire unit could plug into the aforementioned homebuilt battery pack? or does such a device already exist and can be store bought ? anyone who knows about electrical stuff - help a brother out __________________