| Subject: | Re: Air conditioner |
| From: | David Bjorkman |
| Date: | Mon, 4 Apr 2016 09:38:16 -0500 |
<div style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: rgb(0, 0, 0); FONT-SIZE: 16px"><div> I have 12V fans (and a house battery) and they are useful. I just wonder if they will be enough when it's 90F+. Storage for a window AC and hanger while traveling is a possible stumbling block also. Seems the freestanding model would fit better (tall and square) and a simple cover to fill what window isn't filled by the outlet would be easier to stow. When I get home, the freestanding AC will cool any room in the house I roll it into.<br /><br />Dave B. <br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div style="border-top:1px solid #bcbcbc;margin:5px 0px;"></div><span style="font-size:12;font-family:arial;color:#000000;">On 04/04/16, <span>Jim Felder<<a class="parsedEmail" href="mailto:jim.felder@GMAIL.COM" target="_blank">jim.felder@GMAIL.COM</a>></span> wrote:</span><div> </div><div style="font-size:12;font-family:arial;color:#000000;">I took these same fans and mounted them to magnetic welder's grounds from<br />harbor freight. They stick about anywhere in my metal-dashed 83. Very handy<br />and effective. Don't underestimate a good fan.<br /><br />Jim<br /><br />On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 8:50 AM Dennis Jowell <<a class="parsedEmailparsedEmail" href="mailto:dennisjowell@gmail.com" target="_blank">dennisjowell@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br /><br />> David,<br />> We have the same heat problem as you described being from Vermont. I have<br />> 2 small electric fans mounted behind the drivers and passenger seats. They<br />> both came from Walmart ( only could find them there) both come with clamps<br />> that I hang at the pop top clamp area spread apart. I use an extension<br />> cord to power them up at night. I can move them aft if needed. This set up<br />> helps a lot. I also use them for white noise for my ears at night . Shuts<br />> off most of the ringing ear stuff. We are heading to north Canada in 5<br />> weeks. Shouldn't be to hot there!<br />> Laters,<br />> Dennis<br />> Dennis Jowell<br />> Scotch Hollow Farm<br />> Newbury, Vermont<br />><br />><br />> > On Apr 4, 2016, at 9:31 AM, David Bjorkman <<a class="parsedEmailparsedEmail" href="mailto:ddbjorkman@VERIZON.NET" target="_blank">ddbjorkman@VERIZON.NET</a>><br />> wrote:<br />> ><br />> > Hi all;<br />> > As the wife and I prepare for our trip, we are worried about the hot<br />> late afternoons and nights. Being from MA, we are not used to the heat one<br />> experiences in the mid west. I'd like the list's feeling on this. A less<br />> expensive alternative to the window mount AC units I have seen on the list<br />> and elsewhere is a freestanding AC unit with the hose one hangs out a<br />> window. I have found a unit that is about 14x15" LxW and 30" high, 8K<br />> BTU. I figure I'll just strap it behind the drivers seat and on hot nights<br />> find a campground with electric and pay the price to sleep well. On my<br />> last trip, I can remember some sweaty nights with little sleep, and that<br />> was crossing the country much further north than Rt. 66. It was unpleasant<br />> enough with just me in the bus (wife flew out to meet me in CA (less rime<br />> off than me), and after Yellowstone, flew home from Denver) so I can<br />> imagine with 2 of us for the whole trip, that will double the discomfort.<br />> So does this option sound OK, or am I on the wrong track? If on the wrong<br />> track, why?<br />> ><br />> > Thanks for the input;<br />> > Dave B.<br />> ><br />> ><br />><br /></div></div>
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