This past week while staying at an RV Resort near San Diego I decided to conduct an un-scientific test.
The outside daily temps were around 84 degrees with 68% humidity.
Let me set the scene:
The spot we were in faced north and south with no shade trees.
Our 20 year old 38ft 5th wheel is equipped with a Duo Therm 15,ooo BTU duct-ed air conditioner. We have a 20 ft Patio awning and awning over each of the windows; these were all deployed. All of the mini-blinds were turned so no sun would shine into the 5th wheel. All windows are dark tinted. The ceiling fan was on high speed both days.
The first day of the test- The night before I turned on the air conditioner set it to high fan and the lowest temp. The air conditioner ran all night so the RV was very cold and stayed cold throughout the day. Around 3PM (maximum outside temp) it was still cool in the RV even when moving around doing some cleaning chores.
Second Day- Air conditioner was turned off around 7AM and a couple of windows were opened. I lounged in my recliner watching movies until my DW returned from shopping about 2PM. I was comfortable as long as I just sat there. When DW returned we closed up the RV and kicked on the air conditioner (high fan and lowest temp). Around 4PM it finally began to get cool enough inside to begin moving around with out getting too warm.
Normally when temps outside are above 75 degrees we tend to leave the air conditioner running all day and night sometimes adjusting the fan speed between low and high if we get too cold or warm. I always wondered how long it would take the air conditioner to cool down the RV if we had left it off while gone and then turned it on once we returned. Couple of hours to get it cool enough to move around comfortably.
This past week while staying at an RV Resort near San Diego I decided to conduct an un-scientific test.
The outside daily temps were around 84 degrees with 68% humidity.
Let me set the scene:
The spot we were in faced north and south with no shade trees.
Our 20 year old 38ft 5th wheel is equipped with a Duo Therm 15,ooo BTU duct-ed air conditioner. We have a 20 ft Patio awning and awning over each of the windows; these were all deployed. All of the mini-blinds were turned so no sun would shine into the 5th wheel. All windows are dark tinted. The ceiling fan was on high speed both days.
The first day of the test- The night before I turned on the air conditioner set it to high fan and the lowest temp. The air conditioner ran all night so the RV was very cold and stayed cold throughout the day. Around 3PM (maximum outside temp) it was still cool in the RV even when moving around doing some cleaning chores.
Second Day- Air conditioner was turned off around 7AM and a couple of windows were opened. I lounged in my recliner watching movies until my DW returned from shopping about 2PM. I was comfortable as long as I just sat there. When DW returned we closed up the RV and kicked on the air conditioner (high fan and lowest temp). Around 4PM it finally began to get cool enough inside to begin moving around with out getting too warm.
Normally when temps outside are above 75 degrees we tend to leave the air conditioner running all day and night sometimes adjusting the fan speed between low and high if we get too cold or warm. I always wondered how long it would take the air conditioner to cool down the RV if we had left it off while gone and then turned it on once we returned. Couple of hours to get it cool enough to move around comfortably.