Keeping cool while boondocking
We leave for a 2 week trip on Friday. Our first night we are boondocking in a Cabela's parking lot. The problem is that it's going to be warm...and there are 13 of us in a TT. I keep thinking that ...
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Jesshopes wrote:Back to your original request to power fans.
..it's going to be low to mid 70s. It will be well past dark when we arrive...not baking sun.
First, good roof vent fan as previously suggested (Fantastic Fan or Maxxfan). Get a vent cover (or Maxxfan Deluxe) so you can run it when it's raining.
To move the inside air, get a couple of O2COOL fans. They're very popular, we use one. They'll run on 6x D cells or with an AC adapter out of the box. Then, get a couple of car adapters. Although shown for a different model fan, these should work. They'll run about 24 hours on high using D cells, so maybe that's all you need for occasional use.
If you don't have DC outlets convenient to plug those adapters into, instead get a small inverter (this one is inexpensive and gets good reviews), which the fan's AC adapters can plug into. They'll draw ~10 watts each (plus whatever the inverter uses to "idle").
AC box fans draw 40-100 watts each. A small inverter can easily run a couple, but that will drain the battery much quicker. The DC fans are much more efficient.
