Air conditioning in canvas camper trailers

I hope this is informative for people seeking respite from heat in canvas campers. I have a Goldsteam camper trailer fitted with a 1.5Hp Truma air conditioner which is housed under the bed and ducted to three points.

During the recent high temperatures, the unit operated very well up to about 29c. On this particular day it reached a ceiling of 38c and the air conditioning unit was really struggling after that. It was also very noisy, and I had to turn it off to get a good night’s sleep. I’ve found a small fan is far more beneficial than an air conditioner during the night.

If you go bush you’ll also need to give some thought to the size of the generator needed to run an air conditioning unit. My 2KVA Honda does it without any trouble, but you need to be mindful that every gadget can’t be run at once.

Would I do it again if I was to order another canvas camper trailer? Perhaps not.

Regards

Kim