Black painted slide out walls extremely hot

wa8yxm wrote:
I forgot to add. There are times here in S.E. GA when I do not need hot water to shower, the "Cold" is hot enough.

X2!

I just bought a winter home here in Florida.

I STILL can not get used to the cold tap water coming out warm and even warmer in summer. :(

Or the time in Texas when it was 114 degrees in Houston and I went to take a cold shower in the MH to cool off and almost got scalded to death! My fresh water tank sits upright on the inside of the back side of my MH....obviously taking on the ambient temperature of the outside air. :R

Gawd traveling to Florida was one big learning curve for this native Northerner! :B

I forgot to add. There are times here in S.E. GA when I do not need hot water to shower, the "Cold" is hot enough.

rockhillmanor wrote:
That's when the learning curve of covering windows, covering the inside of all the roof vents etc etc etc. AND getting up WAY earlier to hit the road each day so I could be 'off' the road no later than 12 so that I didn't cook the dogs.

You don't run the AC while driving your MH??

wa8yxm wrote:
True stories: I have a Gen-Turi Generator Exhaust Extension.
Provided power for an event using my RV's generator.. The safety person for the park wanted to know how much burn danger there was from that big black pipe.. I stood there for quite some time with my hand holding the pipe, generator running. It was warm yes, but not so hot I had to pull back.

Later. I parked in a store parking lot to go shopping, Since Kitty and Katty (Amber and Alex, my teenage (now not then) Feline house mates were left inside and it was HOT out I fired up ye old Generator and both A/Cs.. Came out and I could not touch the pipe, had to wear gloves.

SUN LIGHT was the culprit, not the generator.

On another occasion I provided power for an earlier edition of the above Event.. At most we drew around 5 or six amps AC, and I used 30 amp cords to reach from the RV to the Transmitter/receiver site. (Ham radio). When I went to coil the cord I had to wear gloves it was so hot... Till I got to the part of the cord that was in the shade. then it was COLD to the touch, again, Sunlight.

X2!

My biggest confrontation to just how hot the sun can make something:

Lived in Wisconsin all my life. My first trip down to Florida:
At a friends house, got sand on my feet. Walked over to the garden hose to wash them off.

YIKES! WOW! Boiling hot water came out of that hose! :E

Location, location, location.
Makes a big difference also. No garden hose no matter how hot it was outside up North would ever get to the boiling temp like it can in Florida.

Also I drove my MH all over up North during the summer months and never had a problem with the dogs being safe and comfortable in the MH.

It was a rude awakening for me when I hit the South and it became 'dangerously hot' inside the MH for the pets while traveling. :(

That's when the learning curve of covering windows, covering the inside of all the roof vents etc etc etc. AND getting up WAY earlier to hit the road each day so I could be 'off' the road no later than 12 so that I didn't cook the dogs.

True stories: I have a Gen-Turi Generator Exhaust Extension.
Provided power for an event using my RV's generator.. The safety person for the park wanted to know how much burn danger there was from that big black pipe.. I stood there for quite some time with my hand holding the pipe, generator running. It was warm yes, but not so hot I had to pull back.

Later. I parked in a store parking lot to go shopping, Since Kitty and Katty (Amber and Alex, my teenage (now not then) Feline house mates were left inside and it was HOT out I fired up ye old Generator and both A/Cs.. Came out and I could not touch the pipe, had to wear gloves.

SUN LIGHT was the culprit, not the generator.

On another occasion I provided power for an earlier edition of the above Event.. At most we drew around 5 or six amps AC, and I used 30 amp cords to reach from the RV to the Transmitter/receiver site. (Ham radio). When I went to coil the cord I had to wear gloves it was so hot... Till I got to the part of the cord that was in the shade. then it was COLD to the touch, again, Sunlight.

Think this one would be hot inside?

Happy Prospector wrote:
I do believe those college boy engineer types have no camping experience.

X2

I was parked next to a brand new Class A DP painted all black with silver decals with '2' AC units.

It was a very hot day in the south and they came out and said they were just dying inside it was so hot asking how I was doing?

Just fine in my all white MH, one AC unit. :W

I do feel sorry for the new RV'ers that are being taken in with this new trend of black colored MH's.

The dark colors are impractical and a stupid idea. I believe it has to be affecting sales negatively.

We're slowly shopping for a fifth wheel, but we will definitely not buy an RV with any dark colors -- it will have to be mostly white. And if all the new floor plans we are interested in have dark colors, we'll shop for a similar model a few years old so we can get a mostly white RV.

I do believe those college boy engineer types have no camping experience.

Snowman9000 wrote:

old guy wrote:
when we were looking at TT's I saw the black walls, I decided to look at others with lighter walls, never looked back. I couldn't figure out why they used black paint

The trend to dark RVs is just a crazy thing IMO.

Just as crazy as the dark interior decors. IMO