Portable Air Conditioner

Son has one cools his pop up camper well but it's a bit more btu fairly quiet
You have to drain condensate fairly often or make some provision for it
Good Luck, Mike

I was thinking about doing the same thing with the MH....since the BR gets pretty cool, but the area up front, not so much. I'll be reading for replys:)

I did a lot of research on these and from what Ive read they say to get one bigger than what you think you need. Also you need to decided if you should get the one with a drain tray or without.

The one I have at the stick house evaporates the condensate out the hot air discharge - nothing to drain - ever. Only downside is it is a single hose, I would have preferred a dual hose unit. But the 80 mile each way to exchange it was a bit much.

Iceman31 wrote:
... 5000BTU ...They use approx 500 watts. Anyone have any experience with these?

Iceman, I have zero RV experience, however i suggest you double check the power requirement for 5000BTU/Hr.

12000btu ones are running 1050 watts. These are the specs I am finding online. The 5000btu one that I looked at was I think 520 watts.

I bought a 5000 a few years ago for my TT - no roof air. In the heat of the summer it was unbearable at night in there.

Although it did blow enough cool to almost take some heat out of a bowl of soup, I found it to be very ineffective. I pulled a jalousie window apart and rigged it there where I was set up for a couple weeks.

Instead of sweltering at 93, I sweltered at 89 instead. I realize it won't cool a whole TT but I thought it would at least make it bearable in there. I had to run it until nearly midnight before I could sleep.

I think mine is rated at 575 watts.

But! Having said all that, I think the AC's of today are no where near as good as those of yesteryear. In my stick house I have a 12000 in my bedroom. It is a very old unit and was well used when I bought it. It does an amazing job of cooling. I leave the bedroom door open with a fan and it cools one whole end of my house.

I have a nearly new 12000 in my kitchen. It will not even cool the kitchen down very much, much less any of the adjoining rooms. It is very poor at cooling even though rated for 12K BTU. It is less than half as effective as my old one.

I have a very old 8000 in my living room. I bought it new in 76. It still works after all these years and works very well. It cools the living room down very well, much better than the near new 12000 does the kitchen, 1/3 the size of a room.

So I really think the new AC units of today are very poor compared to old ones.

Are you also going to be running the Fiver's rooftop A/C? One or two units? And is this a 50-Amp Coach? If it's 50A, will you be connected to 50A shore tie or just 30A with an adapter?

I ask because wattage adds up fast if you only have 30A available. That 5000 may RUN at 500 watts but I think it'll demand somewhat more to start. If it's trying to start same time as the compressor in a rooftop unit you might find it taxes 30A. I doubt you'd be able to run microwave and electric water heater too.

It is a 50amp coach but only connected to 30 amp. Never use my electric water heater and out of habit with my previous trailer we always turn the ac off when using the microwave.

Only buy the 2 hose one. Otherwise the air going out the exhust has been cooled and will be replaced with hot air. Remember what goes out has to be replaced with new outside air. Cost's more but will be more effecient.