Anyone with 12v Air Conditioning Experience?
Having spent the better part of a week in a hot, dry and smokey campground that doesn't allow generators to run (I posted previously about this issue in another thread) it got me to thinking about som...
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I think the same will apply to furnace size or fuel supply for those who camp on the snow.
Most of my camping years I took my family to Sierras in CA, where on elevations above 4000' and parking in the shade I never need AC.
We spend days on the beach, or boat, while evenings at campfire.
The battery bank in RV would last several days, even when making morning coffee on inverter power. Those were days when affordable solars did not exist, so on day 3 I would fire generator to recharge the battery.
5 gallons of propane would last for 80 days of camping, with warming water for showers and lot of cooking.
Than beside camping in high heat I posted above, I remember nights on snow, where with big propane tank, my motorhome would discharge house batteries at 2 AM.
There is no simple way to tell what you will need without reading next week forecast for planned site.
But my idea is that when I install something, I want it to work for most of the conditions, not just for 1 weekend.
Most of my camping years I took my family to Sierras in CA, where on elevations above 4000' and parking in the shade I never need AC.
We spend days on the beach, or boat, while evenings at campfire.
The battery bank in RV would last several days, even when making morning coffee on inverter power. Those were days when affordable solars did not exist, so on day 3 I would fire generator to recharge the battery.
5 gallons of propane would last for 80 days of camping, with warming water for showers and lot of cooking.
Than beside camping in high heat I posted above, I remember nights on snow, where with big propane tank, my motorhome would discharge house batteries at 2 AM.
There is no simple way to tell what you will need without reading next week forecast for planned site.
But my idea is that when I install something, I want it to work for most of the conditions, not just for 1 weekend.
