DC Air conditioner worth it?
I am toying around with putting in a DC AC unit. Anyone have any real time with them? I have an amped 28fs and will be mostly dry camping. I will have solar and 6 volt batteries . Any thoughts? T...
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Swamp coolers have their advantages. We had one on our last house for 12 years. The upside is that they use less energy to run and can cool a place down fast within their abilities.
The downsides are the size needed for area cooled. The amount of water they go through. (something to consider as a boondocker) It feels great when you first turn it on and stand in front of it but since it evaporates water to create the cooling, the house would become humid and and even though the temperature was lower, the added humidity counteracted it some.
Over the years we noticed that the house and everything in it was absorbing that humidity and suffering from it. When it is hot out those wet batts tend to grow fungus and eventually the house smelt musty in between uses.
Last thing is they have limitations as far as how hot it can be and still provide acceptable cooling. Even when it is very dry you don't get much in the 90's and in the 100's you are just pumping hot humid air. When it is humid they are better off as just a fan.
So just as I'll make sure you know how expensive and heavy it is to run a A/C, I think you should have your eyes open with swamp coolers too. In our case we are limited to 60 gallons of water but the power just keeps coming.
The downsides are the size needed for area cooled. The amount of water they go through. (something to consider as a boondocker) It feels great when you first turn it on and stand in front of it but since it evaporates water to create the cooling, the house would become humid and and even though the temperature was lower, the added humidity counteracted it some.
Over the years we noticed that the house and everything in it was absorbing that humidity and suffering from it. When it is hot out those wet batts tend to grow fungus and eventually the house smelt musty in between uses.
Last thing is they have limitations as far as how hot it can be and still provide acceptable cooling. Even when it is very dry you don't get much in the 90's and in the 100's you are just pumping hot humid air. When it is humid they are better off as just a fan.
So just as I'll make sure you know how expensive and heavy it is to run a A/C, I think you should have your eyes open with swamp coolers too. In our case we are limited to 60 gallons of water but the power just keeps coming.
