air conditioner and generator while traveling
When we picked up our new class C the tech told us that running the generator for house A/C, would be more efficient than the dash A/C. We have a 4000W Onan/cummins. Doed anyone know if this rings tr...
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JaxDad wrote:
It’s easy to overcome this though, set the dash A/C to point straight down the back, NOT on Max A/C, and open the rearmost roof vent (bathroom in my case) wide open, ......
A couple of notes about that:
I would caution against opening a roof vent all the way unless you have a hood over it. The flapping in the wind might tear it up.
If you are going more than a few miles, you don't NEED it open all the way.
You might find that it works even better on MAX or RECIRC, where about 20% of the air still comes in from outside. That is with the vent open 1/4 to 1/2.
Good principle. If you haven't done this before, experiment a little.
