Question about air conditioning
Hi everyone! I have a 30ft TT (about a month old) with a 13500 rooftop air conditioner. I am noticing that if it is humid outside the air conditioning doesn't seem to work very well. Is this norm...
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That's a bit light on BTU's for a 30' trailer. Normally I would expect the base to be 15k btu with a possibility for 2 units.
With humid air, the effect is that it spends most of the energy at first acting as a dehumidifier. Then once the humidity is down, it can get the actual temperature down. Of course, 80 with low humidity is much more comfortable than 80 with high humidity.
As someone mentioned, if the trailer is heated up, it will struggle to cool the unit as the furniture and walls release the pent up heat back into the air slowing the cooling process.
One trick we use when it's really hot is to close off the bedroom during the day so it's only cooling the main living area.
With humid air, the effect is that it spends most of the energy at first acting as a dehumidifier. Then once the humidity is down, it can get the actual temperature down. Of course, 80 with low humidity is much more comfortable than 80 with high humidity.
As someone mentioned, if the trailer is heated up, it will struggle to cool the unit as the furniture and walls release the pent up heat back into the air slowing the cooling process.
One trick we use when it's really hot is to close off the bedroom during the day so it's only cooling the main living area.
