We leave for a 2 week trip on Friday. Our first night we are boondocking in a Cabela's parking lot. The problem is that it's going to be warm...and there are 13 of us in a TT. I keep thinking that there has to be a reasonable way to run a couple of fans for one night...anybody have an great ideas? We do not have a generator and I don't want to buy/take one for this one night.

13? Is that a typo? The usual solution is battery and an inverter for 120v fans.

I use two Fantasic fans which are 12 volt ceiling fans. With sufficient batteries and solar recharging during day it works quite well. Thirteen? If you don’t have a generator and apparently no solar system, how will you recharge your batteries fully everyday?

Where is the cabelas? Maybe there’s a spot with an electric outlet on a post or wall? Obviously it’s bad form to steal electric though. I use rvparky app to find spots.

We’ve had good luck with the 5” battery powered O2Cool fans. They are quiet and will run several nights on 2 D cells on the low setting. Get one for each person so there is no fighting over where it’s pointed. https://www.amazon.com/O2COOL-Portable-Desktop-Circulation-Battery/dp/B001B16VT6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1535506811&sr=8-4&keywords=o2cool%2Bfan&th=1Norm

OPOLAR 8 Inch Desk Fan from Amazon - runs on a usb plug, is super quiet and moves alot of air on high setting. I have one over my bed, set it to 1st or 2nd speed during the night (4 speeds) and it works awesome.

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2oldman
Explorer II
Aug 29, 2018
13? Is that a typo? The usual solution is battery and an inverter for 120v fans.
Lwiddis
Explorer II
Aug 29, 2018
I use two Fantasic fans which are 12 volt ceiling fans. With sufficient batteries and solar recharging during day it works quite well. Thirteen? If you don’t have a generator and apparently no solar system, how will you recharge your batteries fully everyday?
stew47
Explorer
Aug 29, 2018
Where is the cabelas? Maybe there’s a spot with an electric outlet on a post or wall? Obviously it’s bad form to steal electric though. I use rvparky app to find spots.
F1bNorm
Explorer
Aug 29, 2018
We’ve had good luck with the 5” battery powered O2Cool fans. They are quiet and will run several nights on 2 D cells on the low setting. Get one for each person so there is no fighting over where it’s pointed. https://www.amazon.com/O2COOL-Portable-Desktop-Circulation-Battery/dp/B001B16VT6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1535506811&sr=8-4&keywords=o2cool%2Bfan&th=1

Norm
Baja_Traveler
Explorer
Aug 29, 2018
OPOLAR 8 Inch Desk Fan from Amazon - runs on a usb plug, is super quiet and moves alot of air on high setting. I have one over my bed, set it to 1st or 2nd speed during the night (4 speeds) and it works awesome.
Jesshopes
Explorer
Aug 29, 2018
2oldman wrote:
13? Is that a typo? The usual solution is battery and an inverter for 120v fans.

Ummm...nope...I have 11 kids...
Jesshopes
Explorer
Aug 29, 2018
stew47 wrote:
Where is the cabelas? Maybe there’s a spot with an electric outlet on a post or wall? Obviously it’s bad form to steal electric though. I use rvparky app to find spots.

To find spots where you can plug in?
time2roll
Nomad
Aug 29, 2018
13 should be enough to split the campground fee and let everyone get a better night sleep.
starcraft69
Explorer
Aug 29, 2018
One option would be offer to help clean or whatever at a church for the ability to plug in and stay in parking lot for the night.
rbpru
Explorer II
Aug 29, 2018
I have never found a way to keep our TT cool in hot weather without AC. We have never gotten more than a few hours with a fan and inverter.

The personal fan sounds like a reasonable option.

Let us know how you make out.

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