Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

For he people who live in the midwest to the west. How good has your tear's insulation been for a/c. Do you have to run it constantly. can you get the unit to cycle or even have the generator not run all day ?

Have any of you used a unit with remote start?

Our trailer was well insulated but too large for a Pet Cool to, well cool. There are formula to calculate cooling necessary.

Doesn't anyone else have anything to say about the ability to cool your teardrop in the desert ? Or am I the only guy looking to use one in the desert ?

I used mine last month in Tenn when the temps were hovering in the upper 90s during the day. It cooled us down just fine but it ran pretty much all night. If it did not cycle on and off so much I would have had to turn the temp up. My sides, floor and roof are insulated.

ebonbetta wrote:Doesn't anyone else have anything to say about the ability to cool your teardrop in the desert ? Or am I the only guy looking to use one in the desert ?

So what desert do ypu live in? Kind of a smartass responce for being so new on the board.

I'm also planning to use mine in the desert, but don't want an ac. I do a lot of primitive camping and won't have the electricity to run one. Have you done a lot of tent camping in the desert? I have. It is not that bad. You make sure you have good airflow, bring a spray bottle to mist yourself, and drink plenty of fluids. You won't be in the TD much during the day if you are like me at all. You will be out hiking, cooking, sitting under a tree or cactus and reading. The desert tends to cool off quite a bit at night. I plan on getting by with windows, the roof fan, and a chiller I am building. I'll let people know how my chiller turns out after a few experiments.

I do not see a mention of desert in the original post but it makes not much difference.

A quick look found http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/appl ... -worksheet. There are others, the one I used had cubic feet and temperature zones

Do a search on air conditioner sizing and you will find others. One factor not addressed is that the conditions affecting your structure are highly variable and you will have to go over sized to address worst case conditions.

I don't camp in the summer in the desert. i head to the beach to camp or the mountains. So I use my Swampy's swamp cooler and that is good enough for me. All my tears had 1 1/2" insulation and the new one is 1". I don't feel much of a difference but haven't really used the new one that much yet.

I keep forgetting swamp coolers, around here you are trying to get rid of moisture, having a swamp cooler as well as a AC unit could lower power load.

My swamp cooler uses .4 amps on low and my solar panel can run it without the battery. In very humid situations I don't add water and use just the air for circulation. The hum it puts out drowns out noise for out side.

Well to exact the mojave for most of the time. I hunt for gold and the summer is the best tiime to drywash. fall and winter maybe cooler but cooler means wetter soil which is the opposite of what I need.

Hi ebonbetta, I have been thinking about getting a window unit or small split system,take it apart and install it in my build like central air. A reverse valve would be even better. There may be some issue's like condenser air flow and a fool prof condensate pan but that may be the way to go. Has anybody done that on this board?

AC = heat pump no matter how it is directed. I can not see any advantage to a disconnected system and a good number of potential disadvantages i.e. charged lines flexing and breaking etc.

I built my TD, with the express purpose of being able to camp at our clubs Dark-Sky site in the Mojave desert, No air conditioner, but fully insulated, ceiling, walls, floor and bulkhead between cabin and galley

set the EZ-Up over the tear, leave the window cracked not open, curtens closed and crack the vent. (Having the tear in the shade makes a big difference) always have the "BIG" EZ-up when camping in the desert in the summer.

Even with the outside temps in the tripple digits during the day, the nights cool-off nicely....well into the 80's anyway, then you open it up, use the mister on the bad nights, keep the fan on, have never had a bad sleeping night with the tear.