Modification ideas for boondocking
I've got some ideas and I thought I'd run it by you guys (gals): First of all I have an 2002 Arctic Fox 24-5N 5er which I plan on exclusively using for boondocking in the high mountain western sta...
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Hey Bill, as noted in my signature, I live in Truckee and what is unique here is that most houses do NOT have air conditioning. I am pretty used to dry and hot without AC(90F @10% humidity)- Typically opening the windows in the evening, overnight provides enough cool air to get chores done in the morning and to get out of the house before it gets hot. I don't think I have EVER spent a lot of time in an air conditioned environment, so it wouldn't be a big deal unless it was REALLY hot AND humid- then I would be in a world of hurt.
In my noted situation the added benefit of a small swamp cooler would probably suffice- this being said, I will still keep and store the AC just in case my theory is flawed. I like options.
As an aside, in the summer, if I used the roof vents to extract the heat, I could fashion a simple "in window" swamp cooler which would be more efficient than one in a 5 gallon bucket.
The ProCom vent free 10,000 btu Ice House heater seems to be an ideal size- it is the smallest I could get that has a thermostat and it is small enough not to take up a lot of room. My only concern with the vent free is they state that they don't operate well above 4500 feet. I rarely go BELOW 4500 feet. I did find a blogger who says she has used these heaters up to 9000 feet, but they sometimes have issues with supplying enough oxygen- so I guess that means I may need to have a few more windows open.
I know it sounds like I am trying "too hard" to be efficient, but that is my nature as my home is also "off-grid", so it is how I think. I cannot help it.
In my noted situation the added benefit of a small swamp cooler would probably suffice- this being said, I will still keep and store the AC just in case my theory is flawed. I like options.
As an aside, in the summer, if I used the roof vents to extract the heat, I could fashion a simple "in window" swamp cooler which would be more efficient than one in a 5 gallon bucket.
The ProCom vent free 10,000 btu Ice House heater seems to be an ideal size- it is the smallest I could get that has a thermostat and it is small enough not to take up a lot of room. My only concern with the vent free is they state that they don't operate well above 4500 feet. I rarely go BELOW 4500 feet. I did find a blogger who says she has used these heaters up to 9000 feet, but they sometimes have issues with supplying enough oxygen- so I guess that means I may need to have a few more windows open.
I know it sounds like I am trying "too hard" to be efficient, but that is my nature as my home is also "off-grid", so it is how I think. I cannot help it.
