1960s Red Dale Truck Camper Redux
We bought an old Red Dale truck camper for $350. It had been gutted. Some of the water damaged wood had been replaced. We stripped it down on the inside to the frame & aluminum siding. We're build...
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Kayteg1 wrote:
Good for you.
I just moved from CA where we had occasional 100's F in summer, to Vegas where we had 100's in March.
House has good insulation so couple of evaporate coolers keep us comfortable so far.
Can't think about firing up 4 ACs we do have in the house
Still I build new house in CA and paid lot of attention to insulate it well. So having 60's night in the area, I could cool down the house in the morning and when the afternoon hit 104F, the family room would stay at below 78F,
That what confirms the theory that insulation is the base and massive coolers or heaters are band-aids on poorly build living compartment.
Than in CA we had camping spots on 4-5000' elevations so with lake swimming AC was never needed. Than one morning in October we wake up to snow around.
We lived in an uninsulated house through some hot summers in Texas. Weeks of over 100 F. We sweat more than we ever have in our lives. Since then we build a straw bale house. The insulation in it is very good. We use passive cooling in the house. We have a cupola in the center of the house with a ceiling fan directly under it. Open things at night to cool down...then close the house up like a cave when it starts getting hot. Works for us. We'll see how the truck camper fares. It's been heating up in Texas and it is amazing how much cooler the camper stays even now that only the walls are insulated.
