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Unlikely that you could get much power the heat from an AC unit as the temps aren't that high. Perhaps you could run the AC's exhaust fans off of a low temp stirling.

You can uses a Stirling engine as a cryocooler, by running it in reverse, and cool your house itself directly. This is only really useful if you're trying to get to low temperatures.




Iā€™m interested in reading about this


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryocooler

I have two of the Twinbird FPSC Portable Freezers which utilize this technology, nice and quiet and sips electricity.




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