Having it hard-installed like we do is really useful as there is no real maintenance or adjustment needed, and we know we always have a perfectly sealed space fr it to function, without needing to mess around with awkward tubes. It can be seen as expensive, though I honestly do believe it's one of the best campervan accessories out there, and more than worth the money.īut only so long as you use it correctly and don’t expect crazy results from it. On the flipside, if we only used the supplied 24v battery pack, it would prove much more difficult trying to remove and recharge every day.įor a unit that only draws 80ah, the Zero Breeze is absolutely amazing! And our solar panels + alternator charger are more than enough to then recharge the batteries during the daytime. Which is fine as, in conditions where you need it on, these are very sunny. Our Roamer leisure battery comes with an awesome app which lets us see exactly how much power is left and also being used at any one time.
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The battery bank that the Zero Breeze comes with is a 24v battery, so it did require some technical jiggery (more on that below)īut what this means is, instead of lasting around 5 hours (as per the Zero Breeze battery’s capability) we can leave it running all night long and only use around 80ah (see below for full rundown of power draw). We actually hard installed the Zero Breeze into our onboard 300ah 12v Lithium Ion polymer battery.
Instead, the best use for Zero Breeze would be at nights, when we’re in places where temperatures don’t drop very low at night time and it’s incredibly humid and uncomfortable to sleep in. Instead, we realized the best way we could use it in the campervan would be for night time use.ĭuring the daytime, we’re usually out exploring anyway, or driving in the van where the onboard AC keeps us plenty cool. The Zero Breeze is never going to keep a large space cold, especially when parked in sunlight where it’s being heated.Īt the same time, if you left it on for hours on end, it would drain a LOT of power. That’s when we realized something important: The unit was pumping out really cold air, and it was comfortable so long as you sat in front of it.
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Otherwise, you are going to be fighting a losing battle, as the warm/hot air from outside will constantly be seeping into the space you are trying to cool. However, when using the Zero Breeze in an enclosed space like a campervan, you’ll need to make sure that the two rear ducts are pointing outside your van with a tight seal that allows no air to come in or out from outside, except via Zero Breeze! Of course, the other big way to use the Zero Breeze is to cool an enclosed space such as a tent or camper. It will then direct a jet of cold air through the front funnel, and you can sit directly in front of it in order to feel the benefit. In an open space, using the Zero Breeze Mark 2 is as simple as having cooled air at the press of a button. Okay, now that we’ve got all the technical mumbo jumbo out the way, let’s dig into how you actually use it! All of that hot air is evacuated to the outdoors through the help of the condenser coils, and a second fan in the machine.Įssentially, the Zero Breeze sucks in warm air using a fan, and its inner mechanisms create cool air to be released back into your campervan, while venting out the hot air. The hot air causes the refrigerant to change from a liquid to a gas, which creates cooled air.ĭuring the process of condensing the liquid to a gas, hot air is created. Then, the hot air flows over the evaporator coils, and the refrigerant in the machine absorbs the hot air.
Those are in addition to the special cooling agent the machine uses known as refrigerant.įirst, the Zero Breeze draws warm air into the unit through the front of the unit, using its centrifugal fan. There are three main mechanical cooling components jam-packed into this compact AC unit: a compressor, condenser coil, and evaporator coil. Which, just so you know, is a VERY big deal for an air conditioner a device that would typically draw an incredibly large amount of power.
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The Zero Breeze air-conditioner functions in a similar way to other portable air-conditioners out there.īut what sets it apart is it is 100% battery powered.
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