Cooling/heating Vest, Suit etc. Another words... Personal AC or heat

[Coachgeo]

Did a search and came up with nothing in here. Im sure I just missed it. Is there any threads in here anyone knows of that discusses the option of cooling/heating folks personal space instead of the whole cab?

Here is military version http://www.cobham.com/mission-systems/thermal-management/

 

[Coachgeo]

what the heck...... try your own??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeLa72oSf3c

 

[Coachgeo]

If you like idea of a cooling vest but not using ice... maybe a Peltier water chiller is in order? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QL9cSgh9pA

Here is one someone did for Cool Vest purposes. Made their own vest too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYLVF5w28Oc

 

[Coachgeo]

For air blowing vest ideas apparently they sell fans for hot costumes you can purchase. Hint I got was to search for "Costume Fans" or "Mascot Fans"

 

[Coachgeo]

sorry just loading up parts and peices for myself or anyone who wants to experiment.

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_...conductor+Refrigeration+System+Water+Cooling+

 

[Coachgeo]

Instrucatables heating cooling jacket. Heat is just a heat pad element... cooling is just blowing air....... but there is a lot of good temperature control info.

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-Heating-and-Cooling-Jacket/

 

[Coachgeo]

Some parts available for building components of a liquid cooled suit/vest

http://www.ultrachiller.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=26

 

[Coachgeo]

non peltier... but compressor cooling chiller home brew sorta

http://skyjuiceiswater.blogspot.com/2012/11/diy-bed-cooler.html

guess one could make their own chiller instead of using an aquarium one used in above link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxdydeDxyf4

 

[Coachgeo]

Interesting potential source for this kind of project (vest etc) is "Solar Heater Mat For Above Ground Pools" they have tubes molded into them already. hmmmm

 

[Coachgeo]

There is also Vortex tube cooling/heating. From very expensive too this one.... https://www.banggood.com/Vortex-Tub...g-Steel-p-1076911.html?p=BH100011313440201706. Not sure if it is any energy savings (lug on the engine) compared to auto/truck AC system since your running an Air Compressor all the time. https://www.banggood.com/Vortex-Tub...g-Steel-p-1076911.html?p=BH100011313440201706

 

[Coachgeo]

Made the Plunge today. Found a full cooling attire that is fire resistant for a fare price on Fleabay and purchased. Apparently this suit originally was part of a bomb disposal outfit. ended up grabbing a second one for the future gorgeous model that will be my co-pilot. (wishful thinking right) . Also got two vest styles. Figured moving around in my Ambulance Box / Camper etc. a vest would be more usable. Any of them could be potentially used with my Motorcycle as well.

Not sure yet what I want to use for a Chillers. Most likely Aquarium coolers as suggested few of the post above.

 

[Coachgeo]

Vest and suit arrived in mail. Each garment of full suit can be isolated. Example you can wear just the top. If suit was stored all looped together... You just unplug from pants and loop the hoses of pants to each other so it is one loop with coolant stored inside hoses. ... and on the top you would take the two lines you seperated from the pants and plug them into the enter and exit flow tubes from the chiller directly. Now just got to figure out how to connect and disconnect these medical tube connectors lol.

In search discovered all the connectors used in the coolant hoses sewn into each garment are available thru medical supply places.

Chiller will be here sometime middle next week. Got it used on craigslist from out of state. Seller ended up in my Families Place of Origin and I'm near where she use to live. Small world. Went with a 1/10 HP chiller to use with both Pilot and Co-Pilot suit all in same loop. Was much cheaper to go larger chiller to cool both pilots than it is to get two smaller chillers.