It does cool a small area but no idea how it compares to other camping air cons (would be keen to hear from others). Used it to cool down a small bedroom from 31c to 25c when 36c outside.
From marketing: The Brass Monkey air conditioner runs off the supplied 240volt to 24volt power supply or 24volt fly lead for portable use.
Features:
• 3 temperature
• 240VAC to 24VDC power supply included
• Quiet 65dBA compressor
hotel
The hotel underground carpark too low to
fit the decked out lc70 though
Or the F150 or RAM 1500
Or my 89 GQ.
I think this is designed for people who are touring in a trailer, not if you’re a weekend camper.
Does it matter how long you camp for? Obviously not for hikes… 🤣
Not really asking for peoples' take on what camping is supposed to be or not but thanks for your opinion…
I'm sorry. I would like to withdraw my opinion on what constitutes camping.
Yeah, some ppl just like wasting time to give 💩 opinions. Btw, does it come with long exhaust pipe (for warm air)? Thanks
3.5t full size caravan with 800-1000Ah of lithium is a thing, attraction with yank tanks is the caravan mobs bump up the van weights to ~3.8t but need a LR license for the tow rig then…
Looks like the cooler for the RTX 5090Ti :)
Probably need something this intense to cool a RTX 5090Ti…
About as useful as a fly screen on a submarine
Or a pedal powered wheelchair.
But they exist and are actually quite helpful for the people who use them.
I just googled it. TIL. Cheers
Couldn't think of anything worse than flies ruining a good submarine voyage.
This site has a few more specs: (it's annoying most sites don't include power specs for products like this)
https://www.marine-deals.com.au/rv-cooling/brass-monkey-port…
Brass Monkey Portable Camping Air Conditioner Specifications:
Power from Plugpack
DC Plugpack Voltage: 24V-24V
AC Plugpack Voltage: 100V-240V
DC Current Draw: 8A-8A
Mains PSU Included with Product
Mains Connection Type: Mains AU/NZ 3 Pin
PSU Output Lead Length: 1m
PSU Input Lead Length: 1.2m
Vehicle or Vessel Powered
Vehicle Connection: Cigarette Lighter, Bare Leads
Required Voltage: 24V-24V
Current Draw: 5A-10A
Refrigerator or Cooler/Warmer
Supports power modes: DC, AC (via power adaptor)
Refrigerant / Thermal Device: R134a
Functions: Cooling
External Construction: Plastic
Power Rating
Maximum Power: 180W
Continuous Power: 100W
This should work for winter.
Brass Monkey… That funky monkey..
DO NOT PURCHASE!!!!
a month ago
We bought this for our car to keep our dog cool!!!!!! DO NOT PURCHASE!!!!! it dosent work truly disappointed the price is ridiculous it dosent have the capacity to do what it claims!!!!
https://www.jaycar.com.au/brass-monkey-24vdc-portable-campin…
Is your dog ok?
It’s no surprise that it didn’t work keeping the interior of a car cool, there is too much glass area, the thermal load inside a vehicle will overwhelm the small cooling capacity of this unit
Was looking into something like this to take camping. Also to keep shed cool in summer using batteries and solar. Reading the reviews. Surely they have used the outlet hose and made sure sealed and not just opened the window and chucked it out.
Evaporate cooler take the edge off and can easily be run with inverter. Portable aircon won't run using my 1200/2400w pure sine when compressor kicks in. Need a slow start I believe. Any suggestions? Or look on marketplace for second hand caravan aircon
Not sure what the dog owners were doing but in full sun without any window tinting car interiors can exceed 50c. My small 4x3m uninsulated room cooled down enough to be bearable with the window covered.
Did you use it correctly? Did you have it venting to outside the car?
Is your car 24v ? This seems to be made for a truck with a 24v electrical system
I suspect most average people would have to run them off an inverter, 85% to 90% efficiency, (probably less when you consider the 240v-24v power supply also) …
(The use of 24v & 48v systems in campervans, caravans, and 4x4's is slowly increasing, but it's still rare)
Or just wire in a sepperate fused circuit off your 12 V leisure battery and use a fairly affordable 12 V to
24 V 240 W step up convertor (below $40 delivered). Pretty easy to do, and comes in handy for other
24 V gear too such as faster boiling suitable 24 V kettle (24 v is faster than 12 V), or speeding up that
hot tasty pie using a travel buddy 12 V-24 V oven, mmmmm,…don't forget the dead horse lol.
@ozhunter68: True, and certainly worth testing !
A very quick ebay search brings up these ones for $30, not a great deal of money to waste if they dont handle the start-up surge or such: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/394738142360 … (claimed 93% efficiency, probably a little better than running an inverter)
@FLICKIT: True, also a lot lighter, less hot (not good in summer), and much cheaper to replace than a big
inverter. I personally would prefer just to run 2-3 efficient quality 12 V fans rather than using an air
con in a van or RV, but each to their own. I also currently don't even use a 12 V to 240 V inverter
often as everything I take on the road uses USB A/C PD, appart from my 240 V Ozitto battery
charger, but even then I mostly use free 240 V power available at some picknick spots for
convenience.
@ozhunter68: I'm the same, I only use 12v fans, but I only travel the tropics in winter, I suspect if I headed up there in summer fans wouldn't be enough for 'me'… (I wish I had purchased a couple more of these when they were crazy cheap, lol > https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/834613 )
I carry a 1000w Renogy inverter in my van but I've never used it on the road because I'm set up to use 12v for everything, (I've only used it for capacity testing batteries)… I only really purchased the inverter so I could recharge my ebike on the road but I haven't taken that on a big lap yet… (and since then I've purchased a Victron 100/20 MPPT so I'd probably just use that to recharge the 48v ebike battery if/when I do take it on a big trip)
@FLICKIT: I totally Missed out on that Hot deal for the Sirocco fans. I still have a new Sirocco as well as a
decent cheaper knock off in storage ready for next project, as well as using 2 x also cheaper Sirocco
style knock offs from ebay that have remotes which I thought would be good but Never use lol.
I also go to North Tropics mainly in winter, but still can get hot late Early Spring and late Autum.
I have/sort of do live in NNSW/now SEQ so can get warm all year round. Currently escaping crazy
busy Seasonal East Coast traffic and hot weather going to the hills between Coffs Harbour/Port
Maquarry and Tamworth/Armidale checking out various National Parks and freezing my ass off
as between 10 C and 22 c only with wind and rain last 5 days lol.
No 100w a/c toy will cool a car cabin.
Most cars have the eqivilent of 3-4 kw a/c units. Well good cars.
It's 1700w cooling afaik, not 100w. 100w power draw…
Power from Plugpack
24V x 8A = 192W
Vehicle or Vessel Powered
24V x 5A = 120W
24V x 10A = 240W
Nowhere does it mention inverter components to take it to 1700W
With AC's… Cooling capacity watts is generally about 3 to 4 times the power input watts 'I believe', so if I had to guess this would be rated at like 600w to 1000w cooling capacity while running flat out… If they're claiming 1700w, that's an exaggeration…
As someone who has used and tested a similar product to this (the one from anaconda) they work BRILLIANTLY for what they are designed to do. They will cool down a swag/tent/caravan enough to have a comfortable sleep.
Ever been in a tent on a hot HUMID night with other humans? You can only have a fan blowing on you so much before the amount of airflow is more uncomfortable than the heat.
These will lower the air temperature but also the humidity and make it comfortable for a few hours before you turn it off/battery runs out.
I really appreciate your opinion, but I'm struggling to look past your login name!!
Lol
Which one? They appear very varied in how people rate them.
Can this run Minecraft?
No but it should get your 14900K/5090 combo running Minecraft RTX through summer.
If you're taking an air conditioner camping then just stay at a hotel. FFS.