Renogy Portable Air Conditioner 1700 BTU with 36Ah Battery Base

Renogy Portable Air Conditioner 1700 BTU (with Battery Base)

The Renogy Portable Air Conditioner is a genuine compressor-driven air conditioner, not an evaporative cooler. It delivers 1,706 BTU/h (500W) of real cooling using a Panasonic rotary compressor and R134a refrigerant, draws just 235W while cooling, and comes with its own 36Ah battery base that runs it for four to six hours without any other power source. Designed to be carried to where you need it, it’s exactly what a caravan, rooftop tent, or camping trailer usually needs.

Real Refrigerated Cooling — Not Evaporative

Most portable cooling sold for camping in South Africa is an evaporative cooler with a fan and water tank — which does very little on a humid night on the KZN coast. This is a proper refrigerant air conditioner with a Panasonic rotary compressor, so it actually removes heat and moisture from the air the way your home unit does, even in humid conditions.

True Off-Grid Operation

A rooftop caravan air conditioner typically needs shore power or a large inverter and battery bank. This unit runs on 24V DC from its own dedicated 36Ah battery base, so you can use it at a bush camp with no power point at all, then recharge from any 100–240V mains supply in five to six hours. At just 235W running draw, it’s in a completely different league to a rooftop unit.

Quiet Enough to Sleep Beside

At 44dB(A) on medium (50dB(A) on high), it’s about as quiet as a fridge, with a dedicated sleep mode for restful nights.

Versatile Modes & Precise Control

Four operating modes — strong cooling, refrigeration, sleep, and air supply — with high, medium, and low fan speeds. Set any temperature from 16 to 32°C on the LED touch display in Celsius or Fahrenheit, with timer, sleep mode, and power-off memory that restores your settings after a power cut.

Thoughtful Extras

A genuinely useful mosquito-repellent function for summer nights in the bushveld, a water-full indicator with continuous direct drain for humid coastal conditions, and fault self-diagnosis with defrost that tells you what’s wrong rather than simply stopping. At 7.5kg with a proper carry handle, it moves easily between caravan, tent, and gazebo.

Ideal For

• Caravans and camping trailers without a rooftop air conditioner — or without the power to run one
• Rooftop tents and ground tents on hot Kalahari, Karoo, and Lowveld nights
• Bush camps and remote sites with no power point at all
• Anyone wanting real refrigerated cooling rather than an evaporative cooler that struggles in humidity
• Load shedding at home, where a small room needs cooling and the grid is down

Technical Overview

What’s in the Box

• 1 x Renogy Portable Air Conditioner unit
• 1 x 36Ah Battery Base
• 1 x Mains Adapter (1.2 m power cord + 0.5 m connecting cable)
• 1 x Exhaust Pipe & window/tent exhaust connector
• 1 x Drain Pipe
• 1 x User Manual

Important Setup Notes

The exhaust must go outside — like any compressor air conditioner, it moves heat out of the space rather than destroying it. Route the 110mm exhaust pipe through a window, tent port, or vent, or the room will simply warm up. Runtime is four to six hours per charge on the battery base; for a full night, plan to recharge from mains or run it from a larger 24V supply. Use the direct drain pipe for continuous running in humid coastal conditions. Note this model has no remote control and no child lock, and is sized for a tent, rooftop tent, or small caravan / single sleeping area — not a large motorhome.

Get real refrigerated cooling anywhere with the Renogy Portable Air Conditioner 1700 BTU — a genuine compressor AC with its own battery base for true off-grid comfort in caravans, tents, bush camps, and during load shedding.