man its hot !!

I wonder how comfortable full timers are in typical Class C's in really hot weather despite all of the things that can be done to help survive the heat. Maybe they find a library, senior citizen's center or movie theatre.to get through the hottest times of the day.

If you have enough money, you can cool almost anything. For the rest of us, pull up the jacks and go to someplace cooler. If you are staying at the same place, shade helps, even if you have to buy it.

I have reflectics on every window. This rv is old and not as insulated as some of the new stuff you folks have and it dont go far from here. It has lots of issues but, it was free ! thank you all for your help .

I have a 1990 Coachmen 25 ft. 5th wheel with an aluminum roof. Being anal I painted the roof with white Dicor Elastomeric paint. Did a great job at controlling indoor temps, I would say it knocked it down a good 5-10 degrees... but the stuff lifted and peeled like a sunburn on an Irishman in the desert w/in a year. To add insult to injury when it flakes off during a bath or rain storm it sticks to the siding and won't come off unless you sandblast it!!! If anyone out there has a suggestion I'm all ears.

yankee camper wrote:
I have a 1990 Coachmen 25 ft. 5th wheel with an aluminum roof. Being anal I painted the roof with white Dicor Elastomeric paint. Did a great job at controlling indoor temps, I would say it knocked it down a good 5-10 degrees... but the stuff lifted and peeled like a sunburn on an Irishman in the desert w/in a year. To add insult to injury when it flakes off during a bath or rain storm it sticks to the siding and won't come off unless you sandblast it!!! If anyone out there has a suggestion I'm all ears.

You have to primer the roof if you want it to stick to bare metal, don't have to on other roofs just bare metal.

Bordercollie wrote:
I wonder how comfortable full timers are in typical Class C's in really hot weather despite all of the things that can be done to help survive the heat. Maybe they find a library, senior citizen's center or movie theatre.to get through the hottest times of the day.

I don't know about full timers, but we camp seasonally for 4 months. Right now we are in the middle of a heat wave. The curb side faces due west and we have little shade. It's been in the mid-90s with high humidity for a few days and will continue for 4 or 5 more days. Our 13.5k A/C cools the camper fine.

Yesterday the outside temp was 96 while the inside temp was 75. The A/C runs a lot, but it keeps the camper cool. When it gets this hot, we usually close off the back half of the camper (we have a pocket door between the front half and the back bedrooms) and open two of the vents on the A/C unit so it pours most of the cold air into the front half. That allows the A/C to cycle more often. It still runs a lot, but not constantly. The back half of the camper stays cool enough.

We also have a thermal curtain between the cab and the house and that really helps keep the heat in the cab. It is surprising how much warmer the cab is when the curtain is kept closed.

-Michael

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timmac wrote:

yankee camper wrote:
I have a 1990 Coachmen 25 ft. 5th wheel with an aluminum roof. Being anal I painted the roof with white Dicor Elastomeric paint. Did a great job at controlling indoor temps, I would say it knocked it down a good 5-10 degrees... but the stuff lifted and peeled like a sunburn on an Irishman in the desert w/in a year. To add insult to injury when it flakes off during a bath or rain storm it sticks to the siding and won't come off unless you sandblast it!!! If anyone out there has a suggestion I'm all ears.

You have to primer the roof if you want it to stick to bare metal, don't have to on other roofs just bare metal.

Would have been some good info to print in the instructions on the can:h

yankee camper wrote:

timmac wrote:

yankee camper wrote:
I have a 1990 Coachmen 25 ft. 5th wheel with an aluminum roof. Being anal I painted the roof with white Dicor Elastomeric paint. Did a great job at controlling indoor temps, I would say it knocked it down a good 5-10 degrees... but the stuff lifted and peeled like a sunburn on an Irishman in the desert w/in a year. To add insult to injury when it flakes off during a bath or rain storm it sticks to the siding and won't come off unless you sandblast it!!! If anyone out there has a suggestion I'm all ears.

You have to primer the roof if you want it to stick to bare metal, don't have to on other roofs just bare metal.

Would have been some good info to print in the instructions on the can:h

Just ask the people at the store where you bought it they should be able to help, I am sure somewhere on the product it says to primer bare metal and they might even sell the primer that works best.