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RoyB
Jul 17, 2014Explorer II
If you got the room next to an outside window I think this would be a great idea...
Being around 8000BTU you can run this off a 2KW Generator as well...

We sometimes carry a window 5K BTU unit and sit it in our unused POPUP tent bed area and have it sticking outside all taped up to the window flap fabric with duct tape. Works good on some of the extended stays we sometimes do. The main idea is we can run this with our 2KW generator where the roof unit is too big to do this with...
Back in our tent camping days we use to see alot of tents with a window unit sticking out of the door sitting on some boards all taped in hehe...

5K BTU units work very well from a 2KW Generator...
Roy Ken
Being around 8000BTU you can run this off a 2KW Generator as well...

We sometimes carry a window 5K BTU unit and sit it in our unused POPUP tent bed area and have it sticking outside all taped up to the window flap fabric with duct tape. Works good on some of the extended stays we sometimes do. The main idea is we can run this with our 2KW generator where the roof unit is too big to do this with...
Back in our tent camping days we use to see alot of tents with a window unit sticking out of the door sitting on some boards all taped in hehe...

5K BTU units work very well from a 2KW Generator...
Roy Ken
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