Capt Sport
Adventurer
Ok,
So this is less of a mod and more for information. Also, I realize it’s not for the purests among us. I just returned from 4 days in the Outer Banks camping in the bed of my truck with a portable room A/C unit 8000btu (the stand up kind, not the ones that you stick in a window) that I ran off a Honda 2200 generator. I gotta tell ya it worked fantastic! I set the thermostat to 75* because any lower and I’d get cold. At that setting the generator would run in ECO mode with the A/C unit fan running constant. The generator would surge when the A/C kicked on and run faster for about 5-6 minutes and kick off (fan only) for about 20 minutes before the A/C kicked on again, the generator ran a solid 9 hours before running out of gas. Keep in mind I haven’t insulated the camper shell in anyway, the floor has a bed rug on it, and the exhaust hose was just stuck out the back hatch with a blanket stuffed in the openings. My plan now is to insulate the windows to see if I can get it to hold temp better, and I’ll seal up some of the other gaps like around the tailgate. I also plan on mounting the exhaust hose more permanent.
I know this isn’t for everyone but if you’ve ever been in the OBX in the summertime then you know how hot and humid it can get, and with the skeeters keeping the windows open is not an option. With this setup I won’t shy away from camping when its hot out.
Cya,
jr
So this is less of a mod and more for information. Also, I realize it’s not for the purests among us. I just returned from 4 days in the Outer Banks camping in the bed of my truck with a portable room A/C unit 8000btu (the stand up kind, not the ones that you stick in a window) that I ran off a Honda 2200 generator. I gotta tell ya it worked fantastic! I set the thermostat to 75* because any lower and I’d get cold. At that setting the generator would run in ECO mode with the A/C unit fan running constant. The generator would surge when the A/C kicked on and run faster for about 5-6 minutes and kick off (fan only) for about 20 minutes before the A/C kicked on again, the generator ran a solid 9 hours before running out of gas. Keep in mind I haven’t insulated the camper shell in anyway, the floor has a bed rug on it, and the exhaust hose was just stuck out the back hatch with a blanket stuffed in the openings. My plan now is to insulate the windows to see if I can get it to hold temp better, and I’ll seal up some of the other gaps like around the tailgate. I also plan on mounting the exhaust hose more permanent.
I know this isn’t for everyone but if you’ve ever been in the OBX in the summertime then you know how hot and humid it can get, and with the skeeters keeping the windows open is not an option. With this setup I won’t shy away from camping when its hot out.
Cya,
jr