Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 22:45:55 -0500
Reply-To: mcneely4@COX.NET
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From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: how to cool a poptop?
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---- Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
> Light coloured canvas of course.
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> Or put on the go westy rain fly
I have one of those. It works ok for rain, though the tent itself doesn't let rain through, unless torrential. So far as keeping the tent cooler, not really. Not enough air circulation under the rain fly to make a difference, especially in the sun. mcneely
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> Alistair
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> Ps this was all discovered millennia ago
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> > On Jun 30, 2015, at 7:25 PM, Chris Szpejankowski <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> > What to do when top is up and sun is not vertical? The tent heats up despite white paint on the roof.
> >
> > Wysłane z iPhone'a
> >
> > Dnia 30 cze 2015 o godz. 16:52 PB <pbrattan@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a):
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> >> If I were to paint my poptop white, I would paint only the rectangle in the
> >> center, and leave the sides as they are. I think I would use fiberglass rv
> >> roof coating
> >> <http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/item/fiberglass-rv-roof-coating-gallon/58353#qanda>,
> >> but need to do a little more research on it.
> >> Patti
> >> 90 Westy Automatic
> >> Los Angeles
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> >>
> >>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 1:39 PM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Interesting thread.
> >>>
> >>> I'm thinking that anything above 90ºF inside the bus would be unliveable
> >>> for me.
> >>>
> >>> One thing I've been meaning to do is install a vent at pop top of my
> >>> '81 Westy. The '88 has that vent. For shopping stops.....
> >>>
> >>> A rechargeable fan modified to be vent mountable and run off solar,
> >>> would be super nice IMO. I guess it would require a timer relay but
> >>> wire it to start when key removed from ignition?
> >>>
> >>> I like the look of a white top but as I was advised by the fairer of our
> >>> species, this may not "go" with a blue bus. But what do I know?
> >>>
> >>> Neil.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On 6/11/15, PB <pbrattan@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> ..... Where
> >>>> I live.... If it's 108 degrees outside, I can't see how a white rooftop
> >>>> could reduce the inside temp by more than 2 or 3 degrees, which would
> >>> still
> >>>> result in a sizzling 105 degrees.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Neil n
> >>>
> >>> Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca>
> >>>
> >>> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy>
> >>>
> >>> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/>
> >>>
> >>> Vanagon-Bus VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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