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opnspaces wrote:

ChrispyjCSLT22 wrote:

Skibane wrote:

ChrispyjCSLT22 wrote:
its because everybody still thinks I'm trying to run it non-stop over night.. and Im not.. but just a couple hours during the day and during the night.

Everybody still thinks that running it just a couple hours during the day and during the night isn't worth bothering with.

15 minutes after you shut it down for the day, the interior of your RV will be pretty close to the same temperature as it is outdoors - Or maybe even hotter if you're parked in the sun.

block foam insulation, roof insulation, have they not improved? especially on these new rigs?

Nope they have not improved. I believe Azdel walls are 2 inches thick, that's about R5 or maybe R7. That really is not a lot of insulation.

In reading through this thread you come across as already having made up your mind and just looking for the experienced members on the board to say yes it will work...But they're not going to do that. They are telling you like it is based on their many many years of experience.
Yes the trailer has 400 watts of solar and some 400 ah of batteries. But that will just get you enough solar to keep the batteries comfortably charged after a day and night of light electrical usage. Turning on the AC is a whole different ballgame.

The factory AC and factory insulation is just plain mediocre at best.
I live in Southern California. That means I have heat, but no real humidity. If my trailer is hot, say on a 90 degree day and I turn on the AC at 1 PM I might start to feel cool a few hours later. If I turn it off I'm hot again within 30 minutes.

You said you live in lower Alabama.That means heat and humidity. People on this board who live in an area like that have repeatedly said the only way to keep the trailer cool is they turn the AC on in the early morning and let it run all day. Or they leave it running all night. If they don't the AC will never be able to keep up and cool the trailer.

You said you have friends with trailers. Ask them how long it takes to cool their trailer down. Then ask how long the trailer will stay cool sitting in the blazing hot sun (which is required for your solar panels to do anything) after they shut the AC off.

I will ask them once they return from their camping trip, however I wasn't on here looking for experience campers to say yes it will work but rather a experienced camper who actually has this system I'm looking to get say it will or will not..

Lots on here has provided valuable feedback, but the way it seems if I were to get a system like I want, I would have to boondock late oct - March, maybe april and early may when the weather isn't blistering hot.. then RV park with full hook ups during the hot parts of summer