[T2] Bus A/C

[Jamie]

well,,, 14 hp is about 10,000 watts.. and that is about 36,000 btu/hr = 3 
tons...

a pretty standard size house A/C is 1 or 1.5 tons ...

the older ones are very inefficent ,  but some of the newer ones are about 
1.5 hp for a Vw bus..

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob" <

> It was a standard auto compressor, I don't recall the part numbers now but 
> it looked like the one on my '86 Vanagon (my 79 bus didn't have an AC).
> 14hp is what they told us...


Jamie wrote:
> That is a BIG compressor! ... the usual numbers I have seen for a Vw are 5 
> hp.. and there are some vane type? that are less than that. I suspect a 
> HH-65A is a little bigger and hotter than a Vw bus?