With the current hot weather and 90 % of people heading for france this year what are the best ways of keeping our units cool esp at night (no air con thats cheating),like to hear your thoughts matthew.
YOUR TIPS FOR KEEPING INSIDE OF CARAVAN COOL.
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I try to get a pitch under the shade of a tree (OK so long as it doesn't rain because then the noise of the rain drops can get on one's nerves a bit). Alternatively, a pitch in a slightly exposed location which catches any breeze that's going). And, of course, the usual, a desk fan. Putting a bowl of water with a relatively large surface area in the draught of the fan increases the cooling effect slightly, too.
To keep the van cool at night we leave the omniment vent on 1 and then leave the roof vent above the bed open. That way we get a cool breeze .
We tried having the top sunroof open at the weekend, it was great and cool and we used the fly screen....but at 4:30 we were woken by brilliant daylight!
If you pull the blinds across you seem to loose the draft and the effect of a window being open....
If you pull the blinds across you seem to loose the draft and the effect of a window being open....
We use a desk fan aimed upwards to the ceiling above the bed area.The breeze is then directed down to the beds by the roof curve. The desk fan is in fact a pedestal fan with the stem cut down as short as possible - at full height it was inclined to blow itself over backwards at full speed.
Just picked up my first van - it was 34 degrees in it when I was viewing so really a mobile sauna!
When at home I get a bag of ice from the supermarket, stick it in a shallow bowl and then put that in front of the fan. It is surprising how quickly it cools the air! This was a tip from the doctor when my son was ill and running a temperature.
When at home I get a bag of ice from the supermarket, stick it in a shallow bowl and then put that in front of the fan. It is surprising how quickly it cools the air! This was a tip from the doctor when my son was ill and running a temperature.
Keep the sun off the van in the day so that it doesn't heat up, and give it out at night - close the curtains and keep windows on the sneck if going out. I like the bowl of iced water though, great tip! Keep the fly screen over the roof light as it cuts out 50% of the rays.
I've solved a similar problem on boats in hot weather thus: set up a fan, but drape a tea-towel over the front (you'll need to fix it to the top, obviously), with the bottom dangling in a bowl of water. You'll need the fan on a fairly low setting, to keep the towel from flying like a kite, but as the water wicks up the towel and is evaporated by the fan the effect is very cooling.
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