HiTech wrote:
Do you make any different selections of technology for hot weather camping?
For example some solar panels do much better than others as their temp goes higher. SOme mounting systems allow much better airflow. Some batteries are designed for high underhood temps. Maybe some other electronics are better in the heat such as solar controllers, inverters, gensets...etc?
Do you make any special provisions for additional fans? Fridge? Extra fans venting the converter? Extra cooling for the inverter? More genset cooling?
Do you specially shade any part of the RV to avoid direct sun raising the operating temp of any system?
I know you see much smaller RV's with 2 AC's on the roof here than I was used to. I have also seen a large number of home made RV's with NO windows at all, and many with covers over or behind the glass that look like they stay on all summer, if not all year.
Do you do anything special with the tires? They seem to die earlier with extreme road temps.
Jim
we spend most of march into early-to-mid april in mesa, az. the weather is usually mild enough but occasionally it gets HOT! when those days happen we pull in the slides, put the reflectix panels in the front windshield, crank on the AC (we have two compressors) and set out two small oscillating fans to help circulate the air. after AZ we spend the remainder of april and most of may in TX and/or NM and we use the same rules. we also try and get spots that are either heavily shaded or which face north or east. that keeps the sun from directly impacting the windshield.
