Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Anybody do this? Maybe putting in the door and taking it out for travel. I'm just thinking of some simple ways of putting it in without complcated ducts ect. Larryw

That's my method of AC. I cut a panel to fill out the door opening and all locks in from the inside using slide bolts that locks against the inside walls. This way, I just bring the window unit and panel when needed.

Why not make only one door if the goal is to make it all easier. By making the door accept the window unit you make the door even harder to build and you make that door not useable when the ac unit is in place. Probably the ac is used half the time. It would seem to me to be much easier to make an AC hatch rather than a door. Just my thoughts all people want something different. There is not right or wrong in this.

ParTaxer wrote:That's my method of AC. I cut a panel to fill out the door opening and all locks in from the inside using slide bolts that locks against the inside walls. This way, I just bring the window unit and panel when needed.

That is a pretty good idea of making a door "replacement" and taking the original door off the hinges. Still if the goal is to make it easy to build this is simply more work.

I leave the doors on the TD. The hinges are not in the way. I set this up in less than five minutes and put the panel and AC in the TV for travel.

I'm not going to have a lot room in my TV, Jeep wrangler, so I'm leaning toward a cutout in the door for the AC and when it's not installed I'll put a piece of lexan in it. I'm not worried about the use of two doors since it's just me in it. I'm not taking the wife, it's a vacation you know.Larryw

LWW wrote:I'm not going to have a lot room in my TV, Jeep wrangler, so I'm leaning toward a cutout in the door for the AC and when it's not installed I'll put a piece of lexan in it. I'm not worried about the use of two doors since it's just me in it. I'm not taking the wife, it's a vacation you know.Larryw

Hahaha!


He if it is only you all the time in the trailer then all the more reason only to do one door. Just saying.

I'm putting in two doors, infact it's in just building the doors now and figuring where to put the AC. I figured two doors anyway so if down the road maybe the next owners wife will like camping. I'm going to need the AC because the reason I'm doing this in the first place is for a trip out west to the Grand Canyon and there abouts. I figure I'll be out there most of the summer so I'll need my AC. Larryw

I hung mine in the back wall.

mine is a foamie, so i just took a foam panel and had a hole cut out for the a/c. when i don't need the a/c i just take the foam out. i have 2 doors. i used duct tape and/or painters tape to seal the panel to the wall, and same for the small space around the a/c.

A door insert was my soultion:


Barb

One really good reason to not put the AC in the door, NOISE. Doing wh I and a number of others have done and using hoses is quiet, works great and while a bit more expensive in my not very humble opinion a much better choice.

I'll keep all this in mind. I want to try to do this with only one extra piece to keep up with, the AC. Put a hole in the door with a piece of lexan that I can take out and slide the AC in. I was going to mount it in the front wall but then I'm not sure of getting water in while driving down the road. Larryw

LWW wrote:Anybody do this? Maybe putting in the door and taking it out for travel. I'm just thinking of some simple ways of putting it in without complcated ducts ect. Larryw

Here's a short video of my solution on my Little Guy 6 wide sport tear.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fZRhSoSRCU

on chubby I used a neich. A simple box that hung on the door and was supported with a camp table outside much like my wood stove neich.

On the barn I had a bit more time to think and decided to mount the unit in the shade under the trailer for weather protection and a bit more effeciency. The barn was equiped with a inlet under the gable end of the roof but a similar set up could be directed into a window.



Here is what the delivery chute looks like. Note I only took the delivery off of the cold side the make up air was not routed from the trailer to the makeup intake. I did this to eliminate freeze up and it worked. There is still more than enough cld air for the little 5x10 trailer thanks to 2 1/2 inches of insulation.


here it is in place



Here we are in Michigan in 95 degree summer weather and not a tree in sight. Interior temp was in the low to mid 70's. I have since learned to add closed cell foam pipe wrap to help gasket the delivery chute to the trailer sides to eliminate leakage.

This little chute idea should work for any open window.