Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 04:51:40 -0800
Reply-To: TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
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From: TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Sunroof/Moonroof/Marine Hatch
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You probably won't find much sympathy with most listee's this time of year,
they're trying to figure out how to keep their vans warm.
The aftermarket sunroof is a bad idea, it will let more heat into the vehicle
and will eventually leak, even when it isn't open. With the mid-afternoon
monsoons we get here in Florida, the less holes in the roof, the better. An RV
skylight might be a better idea, but looks bad.
If you want to try and use the roof vents for ventilation, park into the wind
and open them up with the lower lever of the ventilation controls. This helps
(slightly) only if the hot air has a venting point.
You could also pick up a set of Side Window Wind & Rain Deflectors from
www.eurocampers.com. Then you can keep your front windows rolled down at least
2" without allowing rain inside.
Get a windshield heat deflector and use it.
I use all of the above and open my roof vent 1" on my '87 camper during the
hottest part of the year. It does work, interior temperatures decrease by 10F,
which takes it from 135F to 125F. That means that its still sweltering, but
there is less of a temperature differential for the A/C to overcome, so the
interior cools off more quickly.
The only thing that will work to keep interior temperatures close to air
temperature is to park in the shade.
Welcome to the south, currently a cool 55F and probably not breaking 70F today,
wondering why anyone would want to live in a place that is colder than the
inside of their refrigerator.
--- Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
>Is there anyway to have a small sunroof on the ceiling to the side of the ac
duct? I've asked an installer and haven't gotten anywhere with it. Need
information. What about marine hatches? Can something like this work? If you
look at the air vents that are in the sides of the ceiling, you'll see that
behind the air vent plastic (air flow adjuster/controler/thing) there is the
metal which forms the roof. Okay, so what about a small vent there that allows
heat to leave the interior of the vanagon? One that doesn't let the rain in....
=====
TJ Hannink
Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition
Winter Park, Florida
http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wolfsburg_campers
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