Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 08:35:50 -0700
Reply-To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
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From: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Subject: Re: Air conditioner
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30" sounds tall and bulky. Anything smaller at Home Depot?
Karl Wolz
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> On Apr 4, 2016, at 7:38 AM, David Bjorkman <ddbjorkman@VERIZON.NET> wrote:
>
> I have 12V fans (and a house battery) and they are useful. I just wonder if they will be enough when it's 90F+. Storage for a window AC and hanger while traveling is a possible stumbling block also. Seems the freestanding model would fit better (tall and square) and a simple cover to fill what window isn't filled by the outlet would be easier to stow. When I get home, the freestanding AC will cool any room in the house I roll it into.
>
> Dave B.
>
>
> On 04/04/16, Jim Felder<jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> I took these same fans and mounted them to magnetic welder's grounds from
> harbor freight. They stick about anywhere in my metal-dashed 83. Very handy
> and effective. Don't underestimate a good fan.
>
> Jim
>
> On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 8:50 AM Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > David,
> > We have the same heat problem as you described being from Vermont. I have
> > 2 small electric fans mounted behind the drivers and passenger seats. They
> > both came from Walmart ( only could find them there) both come with clamps
> > that I hang at the pop top clamp area spread apart. I use an extension
> > cord to power them up at night. I can move them aft if needed. This set up
> > helps a lot. I also use them for white noise for my ears at night . Shuts
> > off most of the ringing ear stuff. We are heading to north Canada in 5
> > weeks. Shouldn't be to hot there!
> > Laters,
> > Dennis
> > Dennis Jowell
> > Scotch Hollow Farm
> > Newbury, Vermont
> >
> >
> > > On Apr 4, 2016, at 9:31 AM, David Bjorkman <ddbjorkman@VERIZON.NET>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi all;
> > > As the wife and I prepare for our trip, we are worried about the hot
> > late afternoons and nights. Being from MA, we are not used to the heat one
> > experiences in the mid west. I'd like the list's feeling on this. A less
> > expensive alternative to the window mount AC units I have seen on the list
> > and elsewhere is a freestanding AC unit with the hose one hangs out a
> > window. I have found a unit that is about 14x15" LxW and 30" high, 8K
> > BTU. I figure I'll just strap it behind the drivers seat and on hot nights
> > find a campground with electric and pay the price to sleep well. On my
> > last trip, I can remember some sweaty nights with little sleep, and that
> > was crossing the country much further north than Rt. 66. It was unpleasant
> > enough with just me in the bus (wife flew out to meet me in CA (less rime
> > off than me), and after Yellowstone, flew home from Denver) so I can
> > imagine with 2 of us for the whole trip, that will double the discomfort.
> > So does this option sound OK, or am I on the wrong track? If on the wrong
> > track, why?
> > >
> > > Thanks for the input;
> > > Dave B.
> > >
> > >
> >
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