Can U run top ac going down the road ??

Cloud Dancer wrote:
Contrary to popular belief, there are ways to stay comfortable in the sunbelt.

Absolutely!!

We left California and toured the Southern U.S. once in our small Class C on a 9000 mile RV trip in July and August.

To do this, we had to the use the RV's air conditioner in at least three somewhat unusual ways:

- We once had to leave the air conditioner running into the wee hours of the night while sleeping when drycamping in order get any sleep at all in the combination of high temps and high humidity.

- We once had to run BOTH the air conditioner and an electric heater (on hookups) to keep from "dying" from the humidity when the outside temperatures were only in the high 70's/low 80's. We found settings for the air conditioner and heater where they "bucked each other" just right so we had both low humidity and lower 70's temperatures inside the coach .... neither froze out by the A/C nor cooked from the heater ... while at the same time keeping humidity within a comfortable range.

- We had to run BOTH the coach air conditioner on high and idle the main engine with the cab air on full power for a rapid cool-down in order to prevent heat stroke after being outside in the sun in the middle of the day in the middle of nowhere in the Texas Panhandle ... rockhounding.

It's situations like this where a nicely self-contained RV comes into it's own to keep you comfortable in a wide variety of situations. HOWEVER, why we attempted a trip like that is another story and we'll never take that trip again at that time of the year!