Air Conditioner Performance
RV novice here. So please forgive any stupid questions. This may be one. How well should the air conditioners perform during our high heat and humidity here is south Texas?? Yesterday had both uni...
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depending on the heat, humidity, how clean the filters are, etc your AC’s may have a hard time keeping up. here are sone tips:
- start the AC early: get an early start by running the AC before the heat of the day begins.
- slide outs: bring in all slide out rooms. the less sq. feet you have to cool the easier it will be to keep cool.
- fans. cold air sinks. use a fan to move the cold air around.
- keep the rear of the RV closed off from the front again reducing the amount of sq. feet each AC has to cool.
- keep your filters clean.
- in a motor home the windshield will act like a radiator. it will absorb and radiate heat into the interior of the MH. tyou can address this by:
- parking your MH facing north or east.
- using a commercially available sun screen on the exterior of the windshield. these screens block up to 95% of the heat but still allow you to see out during the day.
- use a commercially available product sometimes called “Reflectix”, basically insulated aluminum foil. it is designed to be used on the interio of the windshield. it is very effective at blocking heat but you cannot see through it. the result is perpetual night inside the MH but it is a lot less costly than an exterior sun screen.
- the other windows will act the same way as the windshield but to a lesser extent. keep the shades down or use externally mounted awnings over those windows.
in our 33- yrs of RVing we have learned that by doing all of the above we can keep tge interior of our 40’ MH cool and pleasant. we used the Reflectix at first but did not like the perpetual darkness. we switched to an external sun screen and found that it works nearly as well. ours is mfg by MagneShade.
good luck and safe travels.
- start the AC early: get an early start by running the AC before the heat of the day begins.
- slide outs: bring in all slide out rooms. the less sq. feet you have to cool the easier it will be to keep cool.
- fans. cold air sinks. use a fan to move the cold air around.
- keep the rear of the RV closed off from the front again reducing the amount of sq. feet each AC has to cool.
- keep your filters clean.
- in a motor home the windshield will act like a radiator. it will absorb and radiate heat into the interior of the MH. tyou can address this by:
- parking your MH facing north or east.
- using a commercially available sun screen on the exterior of the windshield. these screens block up to 95% of the heat but still allow you to see out during the day.
- use a commercially available product sometimes called “Reflectix”, basically insulated aluminum foil. it is designed to be used on the interio of the windshield. it is very effective at blocking heat but you cannot see through it. the result is perpetual night inside the MH but it is a lot less costly than an exterior sun screen.
- the other windows will act the same way as the windshield but to a lesser extent. keep the shades down or use externally mounted awnings over those windows.
in our 33- yrs of RVing we have learned that by doing all of the above we can keep tge interior of our 40’ MH cool and pleasant. we used the Reflectix at first but did not like the perpetual darkness. we switched to an external sun screen and found that it works nearly as well. ours is mfg by MagneShade.
good luck and safe travels.
