12V Air Conditioning - 'Holy Grail' Treeligo Mini Split Van Install
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
- 12 volt Air Conditioning for a van or motorhome is hard to find, especially on a budget. We install the Treeligo 12v Mini Split air con unit on our van back doors and test it out to see whether it lives up to the hype.
Our setup relies on a 680ah AGM battery bank, half of which is usable for this if needed. Aside from this we have 960W of solar, so wanted to see if this AC install could truly be off grid. Naturally we will put it to a longer term test too as we travel about in our campervan.
We bought the 12v AC direct from Treeligo, starting with an email. This wasn't super smooth and we kept it safe by going through PayPal. Not recommending you do this, but it worked for us.
Here it is on eBay: ebay.us/YRo1pK
In our install we also added an extra battery protect, supplied by BSPK Solar in the UK. Thanks for the advice too - great company. The Treeligo mini split does offer some level of cut off at 11.9 volts, but we didn't want to go that low as we are not using Lithium, and like an element of control.
In our install we also used the following things:
Air conditioning vacuum pump and gauges: amzn.to/3y54cZD
Black air con hose wrap (it comes with white but looked yellow): amzn.to/3SstO9z
Additional clips (Treeligo were tight and only include one): amzn.to/3SpLOBB
Just to note this is not a how to video, we did our own research and followed the instructions. But please do so too, stay safe and we hope you enjoyed the video.
If you have questions on our van air con please put them in the comments, we will answer them if we can and if there is demand can do a long term test video too. We really need to see this thing in action before we can fully endorse it.
Thanks for watching. Take care.
#airconditioning #vanlife #vanbuild
Hey all. Thanks for watching, we will be giving the unit a good test over the next few weeks. So any questions please ask away.
Quick heads up - about 6 mins odd in I did not add an overlay of the victron install. But it still makes sense - just a bit of a jump cut.
Thanks so much for watching. Appreciate it. Safe travels and stay cool
Another excellent techy video - always find them inspiring 👍
Thanks Don. Appreciate it 😊
What a Faboulous neat job. You are so clever Rich . Will be very helpful to other van builders I'm sure. Enjoy your summer holiday x x x
Thanks so much. You too ☀️
Mate, you are the absolute nuts. Congratulations on another inspirational Vlog.
Thanks a lot, appreciate your kind words.
Lijkt me een “cool” apparaat 😂😂.
Mooi gedaan weer ❤❤
Haha, kijk eens wat je daar deed. Erg koud van je 🙂
Not a scooby doo what you were on about with all the numbers.. I know you're not surprised, but looks great and I'm a little jealous... enjoy cool evenings in Europe guys😊
Lol. Thanks guys. We will try. Will keep you posted on how it works.
Nice. Hope it works great for you. We might get an AC this winter
Ah brilliant. See how you get on in the summer?
Hope it keeps you cool on your travels
Thanks David 🚐🚐🚐
Really nice 🎉
Thank you! 😊
Stick a thermometer in the vent coming out of the a/c for the most accurate indication of how well it’s doing. Also, all of the furniture and other items inside the van are radiating heat so they have to be cooled down, too, before you’ll really feel the effect of the a/c. Just a little fyi from a girl from deep Tex-Ass 😂😅😊
That’s a great tip. Will give that a go. And that totally makes sense re. The stored and radiant heat. I think the key for our bus will be to keep the blinds up if we are somewhere very hot and stationary to try and combat this. With the widows it does store the heat a lot. Great advice. Thanks.
@@WanderbusAdventures 😎
Great video, thanks for your time and effort.
How noisy is the outdoor compressor/fan? In other words could you run it on a campsite without annoying your neighbours.
I guess you could cut down the hose lengths if you found the correct fittings and a crimp tool. Which may help with efficiency?
No problem at all. Great question, the outdoor fan is definitely louder than the indoor unit. You probably wouldn’t want to run it all night next to someone in a tent, but it’s not hugely noisy. Will see how it is with a basic DB Meter on my phone when I’ve a chance.
Absolutely. If you knew someone that could make up hoses, or crimp on new ends that could work and you’d need less refrigerant.
@WanderbusAdventures thanks for the reply. We managed to park up next to someone a few weeks ago (Karen🤣) who moaned about us running a small 12V fan overnight. It was 40C😏🤣
you can use a regular fan to push the cool air to the bedroom
That’s a good point. We have been using the gimbal fan in the bedroom to do just that and it works a treat. Thanks for this tip.
Nice that's actually fairly well priced, how much was shipping?
2nd best thing about AC after the fact it cools is that it also reduces humidity which makes sweating a lot effective which makes you feel even cooler.
Amazingly that included shipping. Shipping was quite a lot of it. I think as I went direct it cut out a lot of the fees. Bear in mind I did buy it almost a calendar year before fitting it.
That’s a great point re. The humidity. You can see it on the Ruuvi tags I have drop a lot quicker than the temp. Which is no bad thing like you say.
Wow that was a great video I really enjoyed it I wish I'd have known you were doing that you could have borrowed my vacuum pump etc as I fitted ac in our house a few years ago . That bus has got more technology in it than one of Elons rockets.
Thanks mate. Have strongly considered it for the house in the past too to be fair 🥵
Nice job! I've got the same unit, just installed it in the cab of my expedition vehicle. How many and what size refrigerant cans did you use? Thanks! I don't know about the UK, but here in the USA you can rent the vaccum pump and manifold set for free at most auto parts stores.
Thanks. I used replacement gas for R134a, I believe in US you’ll be able to buy cans of actual R134a. I used two cans and the pressure looked good on the low side and within the range on the high side - but could have been higher. Best advice I can give is go by the pressure and not the number of cans. That’s interesting you can hire them for free, amazing actually. What a saving.
@@WanderbusAdventures So I did the refridgerant service and the cooling works great. Just wondering if you have a vibration noise, especially when the compressor kicks on. I notice that the compressor is mounted on rubber isolators but they seem really stiff and don't seem to do any dampening. Just wondering if you have experienced this. Cheers!
@conjin1 brilliant stuff. Well done on that. We’ve noticed it on the inner unit and think we will add rubber spacers behind it to dampen it a bit. On the outside when on full blast it is noisier for sure, but we can not hear that inside so much. Have you added sound deadening to the panel? Our doors have that and that’ll take the resonance out of the panel.
@@WanderbusAdventures there is sound deadening installed on the wall. I am also thinking of adding isolates inside and replacing the ones on the compressor with softer ones.
@conjin1 that sounds like a good idea. Let us know if it works please
Yesss! Cracking job there! Are you happy with it all? It looks the business, well done on the install and gassing it up too. Is it possible to run outlet pipes further up the van to get the cold air around more?
So far so good. There are potential things I’d do differently next time. I might have run the cables in their own grommet perhaps. Will
Share as we learn more in the travel vids.
Re the hose. Yes I reckon that’s possible and I might attempt it. Same for the venting warm air to the unit. We shall test and learn 😊
What is your power bank and how much power it use for 10 hours
Is it2 batteries of 200A each
good or i need more to run for 10 hours
Thank you
Hi, we have 680ah of battery. Ours are AGM Supercycle, and as such we have around 400ah of usable power. In very hot climate on full blast we think that would last 4-6 hours. However if you put in on a lower setting this would last longer, and if you have solar like we do longer still (obviously its best to avoid the sun but on days when we can't we can run this without depleting the battery). It's best to use an online calculator to work out what you might need.
Do you need to add compressor oil to the compressor as well? I have read it needs about 100ml of oil.
Hi. So you’re right that the capacity is around 100ml. I’ve checked with Treeligo and they’ve confirmed this is already included; my advice is to check when installing. No leaks on mine, but you never know.
@@WanderbusAdventures thank you
Hiya guys..I'm just wondering which unit you bought..there seem to be units which vary between 8800 BTU and 12000 BTU and obviously these will vary in power draw. Hope it's performing well for you..Safe travels 💜😻💜
Hey. Great question. On paper ours is 10,000 BTU. Thanks so much, so far so good. Safe travels to you too 🚐🚐🚐
@@WanderbusAdventures thank you guys 👍 nice to see one of these fitted on a UK vlog.. 😊 We have an ancient secondhand Truma Frostair fitted now as we're heading to Bulgaria, but haven't used it yet, partly because I'm not sure where to route the vent pipes.. One REALLY hot day, I'll be sweating under the garage trying to sort that, I reckon..lolol 🤷🏻♂️😂🤣😂 take care 🙏💜
@@LillaHusVanlife ah no worries. Glad it’s been of use. Ah no way, hope you have a great time in Bulgaria. It’s one of the places we’d love to go too 🇧🇬🚐🚐
@@WanderbusAdventures if you're ever there, give us a shout..we've bought a place and are going to be doing it up on the channel in between further travels 😉👍 just waiting our Visa D's.. 😁💜
@@LillaHusVanlife ah how amazing. Will keep an eye out for that. Brilliant stuff.
Can this be mounted on a camper/rv roof. I checked all listings and didn’t see anything saying it had to mounted vertically
I’ve asked the manufacturer and they don’t recommend you do. It is designed to be mounted vertically as possible. They do offer a roof mounted option though; but not sure how that’s installed. Looks perhaps like an all in one unit.
Can you run this safely with the van on the move?
Yes you can and we have.
I just installed a treeligo unit however mine didn't come with any instructions! Any chance I could get a copy of your instructions manual? I'm getting an error code 10 - 5
Hey. Oh no. I can’t see that error code in my instruction manual. E05 is there though. Is it that?
@@WanderbusAdventures yeah?! What's the 5 error code?
@TrinaMorago compressor overheating
1，系统缺少冷媒。
The system is short of refrigerant.
2，冷凝器表面灰尘不散热。
Dust on the surface of condenser causes no heat dissipation.
3，冷凝电机转速不够。 Insufficient speed of condensing motor.
4，安装时进出风空间狭小冷凝器不散热。
During installation, the air inlet and outlet space is narrow, resulting in no heat dissipation of condenser.
5，压缩机控制器故障。 Compressor controller failure.
@@WanderbusAdventures Thanks! I'll look into that
do you have a link to it when i go in to their site they are saying its 11,000 to 22,000 btu and start from $11,000
Just had a look. I see the same thing as you, it has to be said their website isn’t the best. When I bought it I emailed and then worked it out via their WhatsApp customer service. I can see some links on eBay and other sites if that’s useful?
cool. 🥸 It will be interesting to see how effective it is at cooling the whole van down on a hot day (you do rarely get them there, but with climate change you might get a few more) Your install is very pro, just like the rest of the van. 👍
Absolutely. We want to give it a proper test for sure.