Aircon for tent
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Anyone used aircon in tent. my tent is 2.5 by 2.5 meters and 170cm high , what would a good portable refidgerated aircon to buy that would be effective in cooling the tent. l was thinking of using it at a powered camping site at a caravan park , but also what would be a good one to buy that would be good if l wanted to run it off a generator, one that will cool the tent but not use too much power
Reply By: Hoyks - Wednesday, Sep 29, 2021 at 13:16
Wednesday, Sep 29, 2021 at 13:16
Tents are the worst structure to try and cool, they have next to no insulation and plenty of ventilation. I have slept in an air conditioned tent, but the air con is pretty much running flat out the whole time and if the power goes out, then the temperature equalizes with the outside world rather rapidly.
Portable, self contained air conditioners are generally a bit rubbish. To cool the system they need to exhaust a lot of heat to the outside via a duct/hose. But to do this they need to also blow a lot of the air from inside the room out through that duct, which has to be replaced with un-cooled air from outside.
If you want to be able to run it off a generator, then you're probably restricted to something around the 2hp range, the most efficient and cheapest would probably be a window rattler on a milk crate. That way you keep the heat and machinery out of the tent, ducting the cool air in may need a bit of work, but nothing that can't be overcome with a roll of tape and an apple box.
Whatever you choose will be heavy and bulky though.
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Reply By: Member - McLaren3030 - Thursday, Sep 30, 2021 at 08:16
Thursday, Sep 30, 2021 at 08:16
Whilst living and working in Saudi Arabia for almost three years, I can tell you that air conditioning a tent is possible, and can be effective. The only problem is that you need multiple units, the air conn units have to be very large, and are usually mounted on trailers or skids, and come with their own generators. Of course, these were for fairly large tents, much larger than used for family camping.
It is just not practical to try an air condition a tent. If you are trying to maintain a temperature of around 22 degrees, the air conn unit would be constantly cycling, particularly in high humidity. You would obviously need a 240 volt power supply. The unit would also need to be of a sufficiently high enough volume to maintain a constant supply of cool air through an unsealed tent, it would also need to be located outside the tent and ducted into the tent or the hot air coming from the “condenser exhaust” would overwhelm the cooling capacity.
Like I said, just not practical.
Macca.
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