My project is this: installing a temperature-control in a thermoelectric cooler
in a 1987 VW Westy camper with 130W solar panel. At the moment, I am
looking purchasing this tempcontrol unit at:
http://store.antx.com/digitaltemperatureswitch.aspx
to install in my Koolatron P75 thermoelectric cooler shown here:
http://koolatrononline.stores.yahoo.net/koolatron-p75-kool-kaddy.html
Please note on the ANTX site--"Relay: 8A SPDT relay can drive motors,
compressors, fans, etc"
My Koolatron cooler is 4.5 amp DC.---would the 8 amp power source from
the tempcontrol be compatible with the 4.5 amp power draw?
I have very little expertise in electronics, so I need all the advice I can get. Is
there another thermostat that I should be looking at? BTW, Koolatron
provides the option of buying their coolers WITH thermostat, but at a price
that I cannot afford. Any mechanical advice on installation--installation of the
probe, etc.---would be appreciated.
I am a 77 year old retiree in northern Alberta Canada happy to have found
this site yesterday and hoping to learn a whole lot of new things.
TIA,
Gerald
in a 1987 VW Westy camper with 130W solar panel. At the moment, I am
looking purchasing this tempcontrol unit at:
http://store.antx.com/digitaltemperatureswitch.aspx
to install in my Koolatron P75 thermoelectric cooler shown here:
http://koolatrononline.stores.yahoo.net/koolatron-p75-kool-kaddy.html
Please note on the ANTX site--"Relay: 8A SPDT relay can drive motors,
compressors, fans, etc"
My Koolatron cooler is 4.5 amp DC.---would the 8 amp power source from
the tempcontrol be compatible with the 4.5 amp power draw?
I have very little expertise in electronics, so I need all the advice I can get. Is
there another thermostat that I should be looking at? BTW, Koolatron
provides the option of buying their coolers WITH thermostat, but at a price
that I cannot afford. Any mechanical advice on installation--installation of the
probe, etc.---would be appreciated.
I am a 77 year old retiree in northern Alberta Canada happy to have found
this site yesterday and hoping to learn a whole lot of new things.
TIA,
Gerald