Hi Everyone. Well, after 15 years the RV-Dreams Community Forum is coming to an end. Since it began in August 2005, we've had 58 Million page views, 124,000 posts, and we've spent about $15,000 to keep this valuable resource for RVers free and open. But since we are now off the road and have settled down for the next chapter of our lives, we are taking the Forum down effective June 30, 2021. It has been a tough decision, but it is now time.
We want to thank all of our members for their participation and input over the years, and we want to especially thank those that have acted as Moderators for us during our amazing journey living and traveling in our RV and growing the RV-Dreams Family. We will be forever proud to have been founders of this Forum and to have been supported by such a wonderful community. Thank you all!!
This past week while staying at an RV Resort near San Diego I decided to conduct an un-scientific test.
The outside daily temps were around 84 degrees with 68% humidity.
Let me set the scene:
The spot we were in faced north and south with no shade trees.
Our 20 year old 38ft 5th wheel is equipped with a Duo Therm 15,ooo BTU duct-ed air conditioner. We have a 20 ft Patio awning and awning over each of the windows; these were all deployed. All of the mini-blinds were turned so no sun would shine into the 5th wheel. All windows are dark tinted. The ceiling fan was on high speed both days.
The first day of the test- The night before I turned on the air conditioner set it to high fan and the lowest temp. The air conditioner ran all night so the RV was very cold and stayed cold throughout the day. Around 3PM (maximum outside temp) it was still cool in the RV even when moving around doing some cleaning chores.
Second Day- Air conditioner was turned off around 7AM and a couple of windows were opened. I lounged in my recliner watching movies until my DW returned from shopping about 2PM. I was comfortable as long as I just sat there. When DW returned we closed up the RV and kicked on the air conditioner (high fan and lowest temp). Around 4PM it finally began to get cool enough inside to begin moving around with out getting too warm.
Normally when temps outside are above 75 degrees we tend to leave the air conditioner running all day and night sometimes adjusting the fan speed between low and high if we get too cold or warm. I always wondered how long it would take the air conditioner to cool down the RV if we had left it off while gone and then turned it on once we returned. Couple of hours to get it cool enough to move around comfortably.
__________________
"Small House, Big Yard "
"May the FOREST be with you" Alfa See-Ya 5'er and 2007 Kodiak C4500 Monroe
