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Subject:Re: how to cool a poptop?
From:Stacy Schneider
Date:Thu, 11 Jun 2015 16:49:49 -0700

Turn the air conditioning underneath it on.
                         Stacy 

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> On Jun 11, 2015, at 4:38 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Chrome it.
> 
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
> 
>> On 06/11/2015 11:02 AM, PB wrote:
>> The "paint guy," where I took my Westy for an estimate, seemed to think
>> that a white poptop would not make a difference during hot weather.  Where
>> I live it can go up to 110 degrees or more, but there are usually only
>> about 20 or less of these days per year, and usually spread out in August
>> and September. If it's 108 degrees outside, I can't see how a white rooftop
>> could reduce the inside temp by more than 2 or 3 degrees, which would still
>> result in a sizzling 105 degrees.
>> 
>> I'm wondering if there's any feasible or "creative" way to install
>> Reflectix or any other type of insulation *inside* the poptop, or would
>> there happen to be some kind of "paint on" insulation for the exterior...
>> 
>> Patti
>> 90 Westy Automatic
>> North Hollywood, CA
>> 
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