Air conditioner for my 11 foot truck camper?
We need a small portable Air Conditioner for our old 11 foot TC after a sweltering camping week. Any recommendations? Researching online offers many choices but we cannot vent through the crank out wi...
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For the units themselves, it's six of one, half dozen of the other.
The beauty of a portable type is you can vent it anywhere. Why can't you use a window? Make up a cover for the nearest window and attach the vent hose to it. You don't HAVE to use what comes with the unit.
I ran an 8000BTU portable unit in my Palomino pop-up for a couple of summers. Bought it from BJ's Wholesale Club for $279, late summer clearance price. Sure, it took up a square foot of floor space, but it beats heatstroke any day of the week.
My camper has sliding windows. To vent, I cut a piece of plexiglass to fit in the space made by the partially-open window. It slips into the slots and the window closes against it to hold it in place. The vent tube from the AC plugs into the plexiglass.
The beauty of a portable type is you can vent it anywhere. Why can't you use a window? Make up a cover for the nearest window and attach the vent hose to it. You don't HAVE to use what comes with the unit.
I ran an 8000BTU portable unit in my Palomino pop-up for a couple of summers. Bought it from BJ's Wholesale Club for $279, late summer clearance price. Sure, it took up a square foot of floor space, but it beats heatstroke any day of the week.
My camper has sliding windows. To vent, I cut a piece of plexiglass to fit in the space made by the partially-open window. It slips into the slots and the window closes against it to hold it in place. The vent tube from the AC plugs into the plexiglass.
