Is there such thing as a solar powered air conditioner? If so, how do you get one?

If there was such thing as a solar powered air conditioner how can you get one and how much? Think of how much electricity that would save! Especially in the summer when it gets really hot and lots of people waste so much energy and power just to cool down their whole house. Is there anything that can explain how this can be done?

Public Comments

1. Solar powered fans and misters are about as good as you will get from solar direct. Air conditioners pull too much current for must solar inverters.
2. *****deleting this:Yeah, solar power doesn't give enough energy to make it work it. You would waste more money on a roof full of panels just to power that one A/C.**** *** Then again, I found this... http://www.news.com/2300-11392_3-6168612-1.html and http://www.solcool.net/
3. Photo cells are the source of the power, they can be installed to your home
4. never heard of one. have you thought about a water evaporation cooling system? they use a little more power than a 20 in box fan
5. Nice... even though you copied Robert... I don't think there has been one that was invented yet.
6. Yes there are solar air conditioners & attic fans. Just do your google search- many solar companies are selling it. Absorption chiller air conditioner units have been commercially used since the early 20 the century. These units use no harmful coolants such as Freon, etc. and some of these units actually operate without any moving parts. When engineered to operate on solar power, the absorption chiller air conditioning units provide the lowest operating costs and the best return on investment of any air conditioning system in the world.