Portable air conditioner - looks interesting

[Captain Larry-DH]

This is just an FYI - I have no business interest in this product, don't need it and haven't tried it. To the forum mods - I didn't know which section to post this in, and if it violates forum rules please feel free to delete it. I'm not selling anything.
I saw this portable air conditioner in a targeted ad and it looks like it might be good for some "use-cases" for boats. It's rated 5250 BTU and only weighs 22 pounds bare bones, so it might be enough to cool a 25-30-something foot boat after the sun is low. It also offers a battery option.

ZERO BREEZE Battery Operated Portable Air Conditioner

ZERO BREEZE Air Conditioner can work with power supplied through a standard adapter. It can be used as a home air conditioner, also it can work as a car air conditioner, a Tent air conditioner through connecting with a power source or portable power source with 24V, 10A power supplied.

www.zerobreeze.com

 

[colemj]

This unit has been talked up a lot in boating forums for a couple of years now.

I need to point out that recently a 48' sailboat was towed into our marina and hauled out. It was completely gutted by fire and a total loss. I talked to the owner and the cause of the fire was his Zero Breeze lithium ion polymer battery suddenly going up in flames. He said it was inextinguishable. It was sitting on his saloon table at the time and he said the battery suddenly caught fire and spread so fast that there was little he could do once the fire extinguishers within his reach were empty. The boat was at another marina at the time, and he said all of the hoses on the dock, along with everyones' fire extinguishers were trained on it, but all that did was keep the fire from spreading to other boats until the battery stopped burning and they could slowly bring down and extinguish the burning boat itself.

Notably, his lithium iron phosphate house batteries were engulfed in the fire and just sat there unaffected. They likely aren't useable anymore, but they didn't contribute to the fire or cause damage in any way.

 

[Captain Larry-DH]

This unit has been talked up a lot in boating forums for a couple of years now.

I need to point out that recently a 48' sailboat was towed into our marina and hauled out. It was completely gutted by fire and a total loss. I talked to the owner and the cause of the fire was his Zero Breeze lithium ion polymer battery suddenly going up in flames. He said it was inextinguishable. It was sitting on his saloon table at the time and he said the battery suddenly caught fire and spread so fast that there was little he could do once the fire extinguishers within his reach were empty. The boat was at another marina at the time, and he said all of the hoses on the dock, along with everyones' fire extinguishers were trained on it, but all that did was keep the fire from spreading to other boats until the battery stopped burning and they could slowly bring down and extinguish the burning boat itself.

Notably, his lithium iron phosphate house batteries were engulfed in the fire and just sat there unaffected. They likely aren't useable anymore, but they didn't contribute to the fire or cause damage in any way.


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Thanks - good info, and sad to hear about that. That wouldn’t rule out getting this unit as a base model to run off the house inverter or generator/shore power.