This confuses me... I thought all you guys with pop tops had that square
thing you could open up to let all the hot air out... are you telling me it
doesn't help???

And has anyone just taped heavy tin foil more reflective side up to the
roof???

>From: TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>

>The only way I have found to keep the interior
>temperature of my camper from substantially exceeding
>the exterior temperature is to park in the shade. In
>direct sunlight, the interior temperature will exceed
>the exterior temp by 30-40F in less than 30 minutes. I
>have a white pop top, window tint, windshield sun
>blockers and thats reality for me here in Florida -
>don't leave anything in the van that you don't want
>cooked.
>
>The air conditioning will cool off the interior at a
>rate of 2-3F per minute. On a typical Orlando day, my
>interior temps will be 125-135F so it takes 15-20
>minutes to get them down under 80F.
>
>On a day like today, 88F and partly cloudy, the
>interior temps will level out around 100F, the
>interior will cool in less than 10 minutes and you can
>run the A/C on fan speed 2 at 1/3 temp setting.
>
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>=====
>TJ Hannink
>Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition
>Winter Park, Florida
>http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wolfsburg_campers
>http://photos.yahoo.com/tjhannink [Vanagon] Album
>
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