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pnichols
Mar 01, 2015Explorer II
As an example of what I'm talking about with respect to RV "equipment limitations" ... we once took a 10 week trip through the Southeastern part of the U.S. in July-August. We found ourselves in the Texas Panhandle wanting to rockhound in 95 degree or higher heat. We knew we had to have air conditioning of some kind working in the RV before attempting this ... or scrap our hobby activity at a place where we would probably never be at again.
Since we had both cab A/C (via idling the chassis engine) and coach A/C (via a built-in generator) backing each other up, we went ahead with the rockhounding. Had we been generator-less, we might not have attempted it due to having to rely on only the un-backed up cab A/C after rockhounding in that heat ... but since we kindof had two sources of air conditioning along, we went ahead.
As it turned out after walking around in that heat looking for rocks, the DW looked like maybe mild heat stroke could be developing. We went back to the RV and turned on both air conditioners to cool down in short order until she recovered and we both then had a very comfortable lunch out in the middle of nowhere by a remote lake that just happened to be during high temperature conditions.
That was a case of not being adversely limited or affected by inadequate RV equipment in an unforeseen situaton on a long RV trip. On that same trip, we even once had to run the coach generator and it's A/C almost all night to sleep in the Southern U.S. heat and humidity when unexpectedly having to drycamp.
One never knows what can come up and there may not always be desirable work-arounds available ... especially with regards to having, or not having, adequate RV generator capability.
Since we had both cab A/C (via idling the chassis engine) and coach A/C (via a built-in generator) backing each other up, we went ahead with the rockhounding. Had we been generator-less, we might not have attempted it due to having to rely on only the un-backed up cab A/C after rockhounding in that heat ... but since we kindof had two sources of air conditioning along, we went ahead.
As it turned out after walking around in that heat looking for rocks, the DW looked like maybe mild heat stroke could be developing. We went back to the RV and turned on both air conditioners to cool down in short order until she recovered and we both then had a very comfortable lunch out in the middle of nowhere by a remote lake that just happened to be during high temperature conditions.
That was a case of not being adversely limited or affected by inadequate RV equipment in an unforeseen situaton on a long RV trip. On that same trip, we even once had to run the coach generator and it's A/C almost all night to sleep in the Southern U.S. heat and humidity when unexpectedly having to drycamp.
One never knows what can come up and there may not always be desirable work-arounds available ... especially with regards to having, or not having, adequate RV generator capability.
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