Thread: My Project -

Very Very nice install what components did you use? I was going to put a pc in the trunk too....Can u pm me the list of all the things u have in the PC in the trunk? I need somehelp on making a computer....dos the Asus mobo have a intel series? instead of a AMD?

The more I look at those projects the more I feel like a stinking noob

What regards cooling, imho, I'd rather bet on a/c being installed on to it. That's if you have a/c in whol car, of course. It sounds not being too hard to install a couple of 1/4" or 2/5" copper pipes (even already insulated should have been available at some local a/c shop/guy). Those should run from your original a/c evaporator to the pc compartment where another evaporator (even not too big one) + a couple of fans should be installed. The connection to original a/c is in parallel and made via some T-connectors - screwable, crimped or soldered. The pressures to hold are not low but not too high too - around 8atm.
Of course the system must then be re-checked for hermeticity and re-filled. Oh, yes, that is not cheap, but you get exactly what you states - run everytime, everywhere, any duration.

Nice setup.

With respect to cooling: I learned with my saltwater reef aquarium that using a fan to blow in and a fan to blow out isn't as efficient as using two fans to blow cool air in. Using 2 fans to blow hot air out usually ends up with dead fans due to the heat.

I would highly recommend having your fans blow cool air in and venting the exhaust.

Hope that helps.

Why copper pipes? Coudn't you use the "hose" that's used for the home AC installs to connect the external unit to the internal one? Although I still think it's a little too extreme...
As the technology advances more and more, I'm sure in a year or so we'll be looking back to the heat problem and say "this is so simple".