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Yep, I'm ghetto! But none the less I'm $54,000 in debt for engineering school so I am going to use it.
I have marine AC on my boat but it's 16500 btu and a honda 2000 eu may not be able to run it. So I have a back up plan.
I have a 52000 btu window unit. I have taken the cooling fan off the condenser side and I am going to bend copper tubing and put a coil against the condenser and run sea water through the copper coil. I am going to box the heat exchanger in and possibly add oil to aid in heat transfer. I would use stainless tube but it's very hard to bend and I don't have any.
My question is this to all the smart guys on here; will the copper tube I bought at home depot hold up or will the sea water eat right through it?
I can chrome plate the copper tube if necessary, is that a viable solution?
I have marine AC on my boat but it's 16500 btu and a honda 2000 eu may not be able to run it. So I have a back up plan.
I have a 52000 btu window unit. I have taken the cooling fan off the condenser side and I am going to bend copper tubing and put a coil against the condenser and run sea water through the copper coil. I am going to box the heat exchanger in and possibly add oil to aid in heat transfer. I would use stainless tube but it's very hard to bend and I don't have any.
My question is this to all the smart guys on here; will the copper tube I bought at home depot hold up or will the sea water eat right through it?
I can chrome plate the copper tube if necessary, is that a viable solution?