Monday, Oct 07, 2013 at 11:44
It was far from a given that the original poster was talking about a hard bodied camper.
People regularly come on forums looking to aircondition or heat, tent bassed campers.
Even if said camper is a semi hard bodied camper, the introduction of any fabric walls at all increases the heat transferance considerably.
I currently work in an area where, portable structures(big ass tents) ARE airconditioned and the size of the plants required to do it adequately it is rediculous....it is a very silly game.
I have also worked with small caravan like trailers that are way better insulated than most caravans and it takes bugger all to chill em down and keep em down.
When someone wants to heat a caravan or camper, very often they will be happy to just take the edge off......they are happy to put on a jumper or another blanket, as long as it does not freezes their small bits off.
When people are looking to chill using airconditioning, they realy want that chilling to be effective and do a hell of a lot more than take the edge off.
If the air conditioning is not keeping up you may as
well sit in the shade and pour cups of water over ya head.
If you are going to travel remote AND aircondition, you have to carry the fuel to do so, or an enormous solar rig.
The whole thing gets impractical very fast, if you do not have some serious level of efficiency.
cheers
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