Quick question about sleeping in tear

[bobhenry]

When air conditioning the barm we only take the cold air off of the top forcing what would normally take the room air to recooled to draw in outside air. This eliminates over cooling and potential freeze up while supplying fresh air to the inside. So your A/C unit CAN supply fresh air if you let it.









There is a vent into the inside under the eve overhang !

[boomboomtulum]

I have two window AC units on rooms in house and out buildings, neither of them will draw air from the outside, so if you are going to rely on the AC for fresh air make sure your type will draw fresh external air. Some older units have a lever you can switch for external / Internal draw, I had one in the Radio shack but when I replaced it the new one did not have that option.

[Dale M.]

Brian you will be fine and so will they! Remember the a/c pumps what in?? Cold AIR!! You want to crack the vent to let heat and any excess CO2 out (4 people in a tear) and help keep the condensation down. I have a real small tear and no vent but have windows in my doors and I use one for the a/c to come in and other cracked and never had a problem. I do leave the doors open the next day so the tear dries out. COndensation is a pain but I like my a/c!

Cliff

Don't be too sure AC pumps in fresh air... Most systems recycle "room" air ... Unless there is a "outside air port" on AC unit to add in OUTSIDE air it does nothing to reduce buildup of dangerous gases (co2)...

Dale

[Dale M.]

Hi Brian,

You could also do what my wife and I did. We bought a CO detector/alarm from Home Depot and installed it in our Little Guy 6 Wide, just to be on the safe side. We installed it on the converter housing which is in the middle of our cabin under the cabinets. It was only about a $17.00 investment.

Be safe and enjoy your camping experience!

Clyde and Linda - Squaw Valley, CA

Good Idea but be sure batteries are good IF you do not have commercial/converter power (boondocking)...

Dale

[eaglesdare]

i have my a/c in one door, and only a window in the other door. we had 3 full grown adults, plus one 6 yr old. we were fine. nice and cool also.

i would just make sure something is open. open those vents, or crack the door open, you can add some mesh so bugs don't come in. but i would keep something open.

[stevem50]

aren't we overlooking the simplest answer.... just leave the vent cracked

[PaulC]

aren't we overlooking the simplest answer.... just leave the vent cracked

Already suggested at the start of this subject. But as seems to be the case with the kiss principle, someone , somewhere has to over think it.

Cheers
Paul

[doug hodder]

Since you mentioned that your galley isn't finished, I can only assume that the rest of it isn't finished as well. If it were me, I'd definitely rethink the "no window" thing and install some. You'll be fine with your vent....but I know I like being able to at least look out and see what's going on. Just me though. Doug

[nevadatear]

I absolutely agree with Doug. I am not claustrophobic at all, used to go caving, but can't imagine a tear without at least one window!

[NathanL]

Brian you will be fine and so will they! Remember the a/c pumps what in?? Cold AIR!! You want to crack the vent to let heat and any excess CO2 out (4 people in a tear) and help keep the condensation down. I have a real small tear and no vent but have windows in my doors and I use one for the a/c to come in and other cracked and never had a problem. I do leave the doors open the next day so the tear dries out. COndensation is a pain but I like my a/c!

Cliff

Window Air Conditioneers do not pump in air from the outside!

Some do. If you have the kind you pull the little lever to open the vent to the outside. Comes in handy when you just want to turn on the fan and circulate some air from outside.

If you look inside the vent you can see a little door open to the outside and close depending on how you have the little lever positioned. Almost all window AC units have it but I guess a lot of people nevr look at the lever which is normally right beside the one to adjust the vents up/down.

However if you want to vent your teardrop just open the top vent a little.

[UK-Brian]

Thanks for the help everyone, all went well last night. Opened the vent a couple inches. I will be taking the advice on purchasing a co2 detector. I have four windows for the tear but my wife does not want them, so she's the boss and let's me have my toys.

[Wolffarmer]

I absolutely agree with Doug. I am not claustrophobic at all, used to go caving, but can't imagine a tear without at least one window!

I also am not claustrophobic. Been in a lot of caves, mostly lava tube caves. Even went in one I knew rather well without a light once. Tent camped a lot. Then one night I woke up and i could not get out of my tent fast enough. Didn't matter I was in the middle of a well populated camp ground and in my undies. Still don't know what happened, been ok since.



So I would recommend to get some windows in there. Crack open the vent and maybe the galley hatch a tiny bit while it is unfinished. The only window AC I have ever dealt with only had a tiny hole to draw in outside air.

Randy

[philip_g]

Hi Brian,

You could also do what my wife and I did. We bought a CO detector/alarm from Home Depot and installed it in our Little Guy 6 Wide, just to be on the safe side. We installed it on the converter housing which is in the middle of our cabin under the cabinets. It was only about a $17.00 investment.

Be safe and enjoy your camping experience!

Clyde and Linda - Squaw Valley, CA

Good Idea but be sure batteries are good IF you do not have commercial/converter power (boondocking)...

Dale

And also, he mentioned it's a CO detector, does it detect CO2 as well?

[Rick G]

Many window a/c's have a setting ,Sometimes called air exchange, that allows you to bring in some air from out side . I
l'll look at mine , I haven't looked for that.
Mine has no roof hatch , but has a louvered window in the door and a sliding one on the other side.

[Min]

A/C has never been my problem. Staying warm enough is. Usually I have one of my homemade candle heaters burning through the night. I always make sure that I have a minimum of 6 sq. inches of something open.

Mind you, my camper is 40 years old. Probably leaks that much even when everything is closed up!!!!