a_c wrote:
Thanks for all of the suggestions. There are a lot that I haven't even thought of. I am probably going to try all of the above. Thanks again for all of your replies.
As other mentioned with covering the windows. I've seen quite a few of the "van life" folks using 1" foam board with the reflective bubble wrap on the window side. You cut the foam so it fits very snug into the window opening to seal well and hold it in place. Both windows and skylights. They seem to get very good results.
Ultimate is keeping the sun from even getting to your window glass/acrylic, so bubble foil on the outside would be even better. But it's a question of how to keep in place. Sticky tapes will just fail. Perhaps, and I'm just pondering over morning coffee here, foil bubble wrap covering a piece of plywood (1/8"). Epoxy 4 steel washers on the back and use magnets on the inside of the window to hold the reflective panel in place. Test first. If washers to magnets are strong enough for wind blowing, try magnet to magnet. Could make the panel oversize and put weather stripping around the edge as a gasket.
For the domed roof skylights Make a box out of the same materials and weigh it down or just use a big enough sheet of the bubble foil to cover and put good weights on the 4 corners. Box w/ weight might be less prone to wind movement. Dunno. Just spitballing this.
Or if you can get a big enough sheet of it, cover the whole roof and weight or ratchet strap it down. With cut outs if you have solar charging your batt's.
