dfoxhoven
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I just returned from a trip to Las Vegas and thought it was pretty cool how a lot of the outdoor restaurants had these "sprinklers" installed outside on the awnings that provided a "mist" in the hot summer day. I was wondering if anyone has rigged one of these up to their awning to provide a mist while hanging out on a hot summer day? I figure some PVC and an extra hose would do it.
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Coyote2cool
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Unless you were at a full hook up site where would the water supply come from? 
If you were at a full hook up site I guess you could purchase a tee fitting to direct the water?
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sch911
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Ah... Evaporative cooling. They work in places like Las Vegas or Phoeninx because they have low humidity. When it's hot and humid out they don't work so well. They just make you more wet, clammy, and uncomfortable...
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kknowlton
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I agree with sch911. Won't work so well in humid climates. And it's likely to leave your campsite muddy, at least if it's not a paved one.
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dchuntnevada
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Being from the area here are the issues other than finding a water supply while camping
First the local hardware stores out here have everything you need for a misting system including kits with as many heads as you want (my parents have a home system that is on a light switch for the back yard)
Hard water will calcify the mister heads which makes them drip over time
Water shortage or drought situation limits use of both fountains and misters in some areas out here
I think they are great, the Wall Mart and like stores sell cheap units that stand alone and just hook into a hose. They are basically a hard plastic hose that stands on its own. On the really hot days they are good for the dog run, chickens, around the pool, kids playing outside….
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dchuntnevada
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When working correctly they don't put out enough water to make the ground/surface/person sitting under it muddy or wet. But they can cool the air/person using it 20 or 30 degrees. when the outside surface temp can be 100-120 degrees it is the only way to make it bearable .
you may also want to check out a portable swamp cooler, i use one because my Gen can not power my A/C, they do ok if they are blowing on you. I have been looking at the swampy brand for the RV but have not bought one yet.
everyone else is correct about the humidity these only work in dry areas.
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sch911
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dchuntnevada wrote:When working correctly they don't put out enough water to make the ground/surface/person sitting under it muddy or wet. But they can cool the air/person using it 20 or 30 degrees. when the outside surface temp can be 100-120 degrees it is the only way to make it bearable .
you may also want to check out a portable swamp cooler, i use one because my Gen can not power my A/C, they do ok if they are blowing on you. I have been looking at the swampy brand for the RV but have not bought one yet.
everyone else is correct about the humidity these only work in dry areas.
Again! They work great in Nevada because of the low humidity, but not in PA or MI with the hot/humid air....
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I have my Toy Hauler set up as a year round mobile office/workspace and a week ago the temperature got to 106 and cooked one of my computer servers. Has anyone hooked up a misting system on top of their RV to help counter the suns rays heating up the top of the RV thus theoretically helping to keep the inside temperature lower? My awning extends East so I was fine until a little before noon. the next day I through up a hose and sprinkler and though the sprinker was expending more water then I prefer (though the run off went into the yard plants) it seemed like it helped though it was about 10 degrees cooler, and then the temperature inside the trailer started to rise as the afternoon sun started striking the non-awning side.
I'm wondering if the mister while using less water, would be somewhat effective?
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caqui
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We have a misting system in our back yard. To hook one up on the trailer awning or even to do to what your doing the question would be do you have water pressure enough to sustain the mist? It also seems that if dirt, not sand is within 100 miles of you, you will have mud on your hands.
Admiral makes a nice free standing airconditioning unit that you can vent through a window with the sliding panels they provide. Run the condensor tube down through the floor.
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I was parked on my pad in my backyard. I also have an airconditioner but shut it down after we were getting too many brownouts which seemed to confuse the airconditioner. Because of the 106F temperature I was concerned of overheating the generator just to run the airconditioner and computer equipment so after the Nth brownout I just shut down almost everything in the trailer. The air conditioner was sounding funny after every brownout like it was trying to decide if it was in an energy cooling cycle or not, and it really knocked the refrigerator for a loop. Freezer stayed mostly cold, but the refrigerator essentially stopped cooling, just a lot of moisture on the soda cans and water bottles. Not sure if it was the computer in the refrigerator that was confused, or the semi-frequent opening of the door as my kids were grabbing sodas, or the heat. It seemed to stay that way unit that early evening I turned off the refrigerator for a couple minutes then turned it back on, and a couple hours later cans indicated the refrigerator was back to normal.
I'm just trying to determine that despite living up in Thousand Oaks, about 8 miles (or so) by crow to the Pacific Ocean, would a mister help keep the trailer cooler by essentially misting the top of the trailer. I know that its cooling effect for people wouldn't be very good due to the humidity already in the air, but using the mister to spread cool water (or warm once it gets through the hose) across the top of the trailer would help diminish the effects of the sun heating up the roof, thus heating up the insulation, thus heating up the insides, and so be much cooler inside. Even with the airconditioner off.
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