Not So Cool Car Air-Con Hack

Too cheap or too smart to get the car's air-con fixed, he decided to save the $1200 and bolt a standard home unit to the roof instead. A little rewiring later and he had what you see in the picture; an ugly box sat up top which increases gas consumption via the double methods of increased drag and battery drain.

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Houston based Civil Engineer Scott Dawson was sick of driving in the Texas heat without air conditioning. Too cheap or too smart to get the car's air-con fixed, he decided to save the $1200 and bolt a standard home unit to the roof instead.

A little rewiring later and he had what you see in the picture; an ugly box sat up top which increases gas consumption via the double methods of increased drag and battery drain. Two words: Climate. Change.

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