Keeping 5th Wheel cool in Texas sun
Any ideas for keep 5th Wheel cooler in Texas heat? If no shade, AC cannot keep trailer cool.
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When in Texas (or Oklahoma or Kansas) in the summer, parked in the sun, I've come to accept that anything under 90 F is"cool." That's with 30 feet of house and one 15K A/C unit. When the A/C is taking in that 90 F air, it is pumping it back out of the vents at 70-75, so I sit under a vent.
2 A/Cs do better than one; high end motorcoaches in 40-45 foot range may have three to five 11K to 13.5K units to better handle solar heat loads and manage zone cooling.
Solar heat loads can be hard on RVs. Parked in my driveway on a 80 F day in full sunlight, all closed up the air in my RV can reach 100 F within two hours. That's not as bad as my dark gray car, which can get over 140 F in 30 minutes, on an 80 degree day. At least with the RV I can open the windows, run the vent fan, and pull in that warm outside aur to help cool the inside.
Summertime, I seek campsites under trees, for at least some partial shade. If the outside temperature is much under 85, and I have to be in the sun, I'll open up to the outside rather than try cool a solar oven with an inadequate mechanical A/C. I know a few other RV campers who will just stay outside under an awning, because that's more comfortable than being in a closed up hot box.
2 A/Cs do better than one; high end motorcoaches in 40-45 foot range may have three to five 11K to 13.5K units to better handle solar heat loads and manage zone cooling.
Solar heat loads can be hard on RVs. Parked in my driveway on a 80 F day in full sunlight, all closed up the air in my RV can reach 100 F within two hours. That's not as bad as my dark gray car, which can get over 140 F in 30 minutes, on an 80 degree day. At least with the RV I can open the windows, run the vent fan, and pull in that warm outside aur to help cool the inside.
Summertime, I seek campsites under trees, for at least some partial shade. If the outside temperature is much under 85, and I have to be in the sun, I'll open up to the outside rather than try cool a solar oven with an inadequate mechanical A/C. I know a few other RV campers who will just stay outside under an awning, because that's more comfortable than being in a closed up hot box.
