ShoMe
St. Louis, MO
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I was wondering about keeping the TC cool while running down the road or around town. I don't like the idea of running the generator when moving. It can get pretty hot out west.
Any thoughts or suggestions.
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Mooney
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What's the purpose of keeping your camper cool when you're in the truck? I understand that some chose to keep their pets in back and need a living temp. During the winter you need enough heat to keep pipes from freezing. But I just can't understand why someone would go through the effort to keep the camper cold while riding in the truck?
There is nothing short of running you generator that's going to allow you to produce enough power to run your a/c in transit.
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fordsooperdootydieselsmoker
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Install a MaxxAir and bet a real nice breeze whipping thru your TC! Open a window as far from the fan (mount on a ceiling vent) for the best in flow thru ventilation!
Or go with a 12 volt evaporative coolerTurboKool which works off of your battery and in dryer climates on hot days works great!
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SoCalDesertRider
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You can put a boot between the camper and truck, open up both slider windows, and use the truck AC to pre-cool the camper. It's not very efficient, but it's better than nothing. You can pre-heat the camper this way too. The trick is getting the boot to make a descent seal between the back of the cab and the front of the camper.
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Mike and Paula
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fordsooperdootydieselsmoker wrote:Install a MaxxAir and bet a real nice breeze whipping thru your TC! Open a window as far from the fan (mount on a ceiling vent) for the best in flow thru ventilation!
Or go with a 12 volt evaporative cooler TurboKool which works off of your battery and in dryer climates on hot days works great!
I had one (Maxxair)in My 5ther. it was temp controlled and you could control fan speed. loved it. had it in my bedroom in the vent over my bed.
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SoCalDesertRider
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Another thought. My old camper originally came with a roof-mounted swamp cooler. Swamp coolers use alot less electricity than an AC unit, as all their running is a blower motor. If a 12v motor is used in the swamp cooler, it can run off the 12v power connection from the truck battery while driving. Should be enough to keep pets reasonably cool as long as the outside humidity isn't high.
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mockturtle
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We don't have a TC but we have a very small TT. We have found that the best way to keep our TT cool while traveling is to close it up tightly and draw the blinds before it starts to heat up. This works amazingly well.
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cewillis
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Do those TurboKool cooler really work? Looks like a great idea for summers in the southwest.
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INSAYN
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Back in 2006 on our Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho trip, the outside temps were between 95ºF and 105º the whole time. We just closed all the side windows, installed some Reflectix metalic bubble insulation up against the windows, and closed the blinds to hold them it in place. Then ran the Fantasic on High (rear most part of the camper), and opened the cab access window. It kept the interior of the camper at or below 75ºF-80ºF, roughly 20ºF less than the outside temp. The trick was to block out the sun in the first place, and second.. keep the air moving through and out.
Once parked it took nothing to get down further with the A/C.
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landyacht318
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Mooney wrote:What's the purpose of keeping your camper cool when you're in the truck?
One reason is the fridge. Think how much harder it has to work in 120 degree ambient temps than in 80.
If it's a poorly ventilated compressor fridge, it could self destruct.
Reflect and ventilate
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