Episode 3: How to cool your RV. KoolRV, is it worth it?

[@freshfish4food999]

Great Video and very informative

[@michaelguerin4618]

What you really need to do, is get some tarps, and poles and make yourself, a portable setup tent half barn , so that all the heat from the sun hitting the cover tent is blown away by the air that moves between it and the roof of your Rv ,

[@thats_mr_b_]

@@michaelguerin4618 haha your idea reminds of that beach tent. They already make a product similar to that. It's called RV shader. We considered it at one time. I wanted to mention it but since I don't have experience with it I left it out

[@ricmiller9624]

9:03 rv airflow system was the first of its type , developed from the diy KZbin videos and it was great and I can’t wait to try this mod it look like simpler and cheaper option. Anything is better then what was made by the manufacturer

[@thats_mr_b_]

I swear I was all over that system until I found that you can make it at hole by yourself with foam core. I used that for a bit but then found KOOL Rv and just had to make the jump.

[@lifeswhimsytutelage]

Hello. Thanks for the KoolRV review. I think I will get one. As for the Refletix for the windows...it is amazing. I bought outdoor table covers/clothes I liked and covered the reflex to put facing out on the windows so that they don't just look like refletix, but instead a nice design. I used a sunflower design so that it has something fun in the windows. I used velcro to hold them in place under the window shades so they are easy to take in/out as needed. I don't know how you do it in AZ in this heat!!!! OMG!! Adding a 2nd a/c is my next plan, but not sure about wiring. Thank you for sharing.

[@thats_mr_b_]

@@lifeswhimsytutelage Yes!! That AZ best was fire haha. Luckily being in Sierra Vista helped. Before this we had no AC for 2-3 days due to the water leaks we prepared in a previous video. I cut rubble insulation to size in the window with a little lip to push into the track and honestly, since this video we have drove from Az, to Ms, to Ar, to currently Wyoming and they have never moved. The cover idea is not bad. I instantly said my mom would love to get her hands on this. We def might have to look at some kinda cover

[@chrisfigueroa3486]

So I live in az and live in my trailer full time. Looking for second ac. Idk if I want ducted or na ducted.. also thinking of doing cool rv as well

[@thats_mr_b_]

Wont need it if you get a non ducted AC. Careful on local prices i almost paid $300 more by buying my coleman from local stores vs just getting it off ebay. So i would buy a dump/non ducted AC unit if it was to be installed in my bed room. I saw this because the one in the bed room doesnt help much anywhere else unless i am a fan down the hall way. The bed room stays cooler all the time though. Now it does blow air into the bath room and you can feel it in the living room but its weak. I would get a ducted one if was in the living room. If you dont have a second AC im assuming you would have to cut a whole in your roof for an AC. I took out my sky light which im sooooo glad i did because even when my 11 year old would visit he was messing with it or cared anything about it. I did have to add some reinforcement up there though so my bracket had something to clamp down against.

[@chrisfigueroa3486]

@@thats_mr_b_ yeah I put a mini split in rear of the trailer to keep back room cool. And wanted to do something in front room. I’m looking at the recpro 13.5 because I don’t feel like running a t stat wire. And thanks. How did your rig hold up in 118 degree weather here in az

[@thats_mr_b_]

@@chrisfigueroa3486 15:23 in this video was knife in the coffin. It was 75 -77 before the 3rd AC with all the products i used. I was actually reading my chart in front of me but i had notes next to them i should have reviewed before i started trying to read it out loud haha. It was 72 degrees inside after the 3rd AC. The main 2 would cycle on and off (not for very long) at time during our high 90s days but of course we never broke 102 after i installed the 3rd AC. Cant wait to test them out this summer again while in MS but most of the summer will be in Washington .

[@DanielJohnson-ec8rk]

You need the divider. You are allowing unconditioned air to flow around the dryer ducts that contain conditioned air. This is a loss

[@silntklr]

No you don't. Conditioned air is only going through the ducts.

[@thats_mr_b_]

hey brother, define a loss in relation to the air sitting in the box that was pulled from inside the rv and hanging around the dryer vents for X amount of time