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 there has to be a reasonable way to run a couple of fans for one night...anybody have an great ideas? We do not have a generator and I don't want to buy/take one for this one night.

13? Is that a typo? The usual solution is battery and an inverter for 120v fans.

I use two Fantasic fans which are 12 volt ceiling fans. With sufficient batteries and solar recharging during day it works quite well. Thirteen? If you don’t have a generator and apparently no solar system, how will you recharge your batteries fully everyday?

Where is the cabelas? Maybe there’s a spot with an electric outlet on a post or wall? Obviously it’s bad form to steal electric though. I use rvparky app to find spots.

We’ve had good luck with the 5” battery powered O2Cool fans. They are quiet and will run several nights on 2 D cells on the low setting. Get one for each person so there is no fighting over where it’s pointed. https://www.amazon.com/O2COOL-Portable-Desktop-Circulation-Battery/dp/B001B16VT6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1535506811&sr=8-4&keywords=o2cool%2Bfan&th=1Norm

OPOLAR 8 Inch Desk Fan from Amazon - runs on a usb plug, is super quiet and moves alot of air on high setting. I have one over my bed, set it to 1st or 2nd speed during the night (4 speeds) and it works awesome.

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F1bNorm
Explorer
Aug 29, 2018
We’ve had good luck with the 5” battery powered O2Cool fans. They are quiet and will run several nights on 2 D cells on the low setting. Get one for each person so there is no fighting over where it’s pointed. https://www.amazon.com/O2COOL-Portable-Desktop-Circulation-Battery/dp/B001B16VT6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1535506811&sr=8-4&keywords=o2cool%2Bfan&th=1

Norm
stew47
Explorer
Aug 29, 2018
Where is the cabelas? Maybe there’s a spot with an electric outlet on a post or wall? Obviously it’s bad form to steal electric though. I use rvparky app to find spots.
Lwiddis
Explorer II
Aug 29, 2018
I use two Fantasic fans which are 12 volt ceiling fans. With sufficient batteries and solar recharging during day it works quite well. Thirteen? If you don’t have a generator and apparently no solar system, how will you recharge your batteries fully everyday?
2oldman
Explorer II
Aug 29, 2018
13? Is that a typo? The usual solution is battery and an inverter for 120v fans.

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