Help with Airflow into bedroom.

I have seen a small "triangular"? fan that mounts in an upper corner of the doorway that will blow some air that direction.
bumpy

I am surprised that your setup does not have vents built into the ceiling...

Mine has ceiling vents cut out in the foam between the roof and the ceiling that runs from one end of the trailer to the other.

Even my propane furnace uses floor mounted vents through out the trailer.

I have run all kinds of cabling through these vents which was pretty easy to do by pulling down the ceiling vents that are installed about every four feet or so and fishing the cable from one vent to the next. On both ends of my setup I have ceiling mounted cabinets so I can use this to gain access to ceiling vents and keep all of my cables hidden from view.

I figured all the of trailers did this...

My OFF-ROAD POPUP trailer does not have ceiling vents but of course it is only a 12-foot long box so the built-in vents of the roof mounted A/C does just fine...

I did look at a few photos on-line of your model and could not find any ceiling vents being shown in the many photos I found of your model.

I see a couple of spots where mounting a fan up high built-in the wall. Was looking at some of those at WALMART recent for a different project and the axial fans probably are not all that loud... One would want to get a DC Axial fan for the trailers so they would work off the batteries when not on shore power.

Something like this perhaps with a small louver vent on the other other side of the wall would move alot of air and return to the front room going under the door etc...


Lowes has these small round vents that can push into a hole in the wall and glue in place or use small screws... They also have some of the plastic air lover vents as well... I have some of these in use in OFF-ROAD trailer where I am moving warm air inside the cabinet areas that wrap around the floor area under the cabinet tops...


Roy Ken

nothing unusual at all. my first motorhome did not have ducted air, don't think my second one did either.
bumpy

RoyB wrote:
I am surprised that your setup does not have vents built into the ceiling...

Why? The Keystone Summerland series is considered an entry level product so one can expect to give up some features that may be found in other more expensive models, ducted A/C being one.

To the OP - since uneven air distribution is an issue for you I'd be inclined to permanently mount a fan or two within that dividing wall between the bedroom and main cabin. Scan for any interior studs and plan accordingly, and when you do cut use care to not cut any wires that might be inside the wall. A small box fan would work but you might also consider this type of window mount fan I use myself in our own trailer to draw fresh air into our rig. The adjustable side panels would make it particularly easy to fit snugly into any opening you might cut in that wall, particularly if you first frame out the hole so the fan has something to which it can be secured.

3 Speed, Reversible, Twin Blade Fan

We bought a corner mount fan from Amazon to move warm air from a greenhouse into the house. It's the Achla Minuteman fan. Pretty quiet and does a decent job.
It's 120 volt, but if it's for the AC, then that's OK.

SoundGuy wrote:

RoyB wrote:
I am surprised that your setup does not have vents built into the ceiling...

Why? The Keystone Summerland series is considered an entry level product so one can expect to give up some features that may be found in other more expensive models, ducted A/C being one.

Thanks for the info Soundguy... That must be the reason...

Roy Ken

RoyB wrote:
I am surprised that your setup does not have vents built into the ceiling...

SoundGuy wrote:
Why? The Keystone Summerland series is considered an entry level product so one can expect to give up some features that may be found in other more expensive models, ducted A/C being one.

RoyB wrote:
Thanks for the info Soundguy... That must be the reason...

Nothing wrong with entry level trailers as long as you understand what you're getting and what you're not. ;) I remember friends of ours ordered a Summerland at the Toronto RV show a few years ago - a heck of a deal at the time, except the trailer normally came with a gas only water heater. Our friends for whatever reason insisted on a water heater with the 120 vac electric heating option which the dealer said could be done at the factory if they ordered the trailer. This they did but after delivery they discovered the water heater had been wired to the same breaker as the microwave oven, which in turn meant they could only run one appliance at a time. The dealer's fix was to install a switch so they could alternate between the two but that really didn't solve the problem. They had that trailer only a couple years as things like that wiring issue and direct blow A/C rather than ducted in a trailer that size really became annoying. At the price they paid for that trailer they got a great deal BUT there were drawbacks.

As far as ducted A/C is concerned, sure most larger trailers with the possible exception of budget priced units would have it BUT in smaller trailers like mine, even though it's not entry level, it's not uncommon for the furnace and/or A/C to be direct blow since there's just not that much space to heat or cool.

I don't see why you couldn't cut a "window" in the divider wall. Of course you will lose privacy, if that matters to you.

Thanks for all the ideas. I was trying to think of a way to put a fan into the wall to move air into the room. Thought of the computer fans that run off dc but couldn't find a way to mount them in a vent. Didn't think about the window fan. Might be the way I go. I looked at the corner fans from amazon couldn't find a way that I liked to run power to them. Or think they would put out enough air. I'm very hot natured and that is the reason I'm looking to do this. I was wondering if there might be some duct work in the celling that could be used. But not brave enough to cut into a new camper like that yet. Not the celling anyways.

I bet there is an electrical outlet on that outside wall near the sofa. You could use a small fan like this O2Cool, with a short extension cord, or run it off batteries. Cut a hole right under the cabinets above the sofa. Frame out the hole and put some trim around it so it looks decent, and just set the fan in it. You would want to be able to take the fan out to change the batteries, if you don't plug it in.