ajdelange
Well-known member
- First Name
- A. J.
- Joined
- Dec 8, 2019
- Threads
- 4
- Messages
- 3,213
- Reaction score
- 3,403
- Location
- Virginia/Quebec
- Vehicles
- Tesla X LR+, Lexus SUV, Toyota SR5, Toyota Landcruiser
- Occupation
- EE (Retired)
Other big problem with the Y is that the system is used as a source of heat as well as cooling so where to tap the liquid line would be a tricky question. This is the model with the Octovalve whose plumbing, or what I can see of it from Sandy Munro's video, looks pretty hairy.I'm thinking that tapping the A/C line and putting a refridgerant to glycol or air heat exchanger on there would void the warranty and be expensive as a retrofit.
I don't think you will find much usable space under the tub as if there were available space they would probably make the tub bigger thus giving the owner more storage. Yes there is space but if you fill it I think you will be changing air flow.So now I have to start looking at MY disassembly videos to get an idea how much space is under the frunk tub.
I really think the best bet would be something like the current crop of portable fridges but designed to fit into a Y's frunk (and the other models too) by which I mean configured to fit into a space of the frunk's shape (which is not a rectangular solid) with the exhaust placed to avoid temperature buildup (if that's really a problem). Obviously Tesla should be involved but I don't think they would anticipate enough market to want to invest in this and, for the same reason, I doubt Dometic or ARB or any of the other manufacturers would either.
Sponsored