Roof Air Conditioning

[jack-ramblin]

is there any way to use the roof air while going down the highway? or are these dolpins not equipped to do that.

thanks

[Pete1122]

The only way to run the house AC while driving is with a generator.

[jack-ramblin]

thats what I thought. so you can add a generator to it to run down the road.

thanks

[Pete1122]

Yeah, there are a few options. None are super easy unless your RV is pre-wired for a generator and you have the cash for a Onan generator.

[zero]

This guy's Cadillac had it in 1930. Uses a 1 1/2 horse gas engine in the trunk to power it.

The only RV that I know of that can run the "house" AC while driving with stand-alone generator running is the Roadtrek E-Trek.

http://roadtreking.com/roadtreks-new-rs-e-trek-is-perfect-for-boondocking/

[jjrbus]

Lacking John Hammon Jr's resources it still can be done. Not as aesthetically pleaseing, but some duk tape and bailing wire, not that noticeable on the roof!

[Totem]

I run mine off my harbor freight inverter genny while driving. works just peachy and oddly enough it literally burns up 1 tank of gas right about exactly when the Toyota does.

the wiring is admittedly slipshod; I have the romex line going from under the couchbed down the hall into the rear bottom cabinet and through a service hole that has a removable cover in the fiberglass of the rv ejecting right in the middle by the bumper. on the bumper I have a bumper mounted 2 inch receiver and a harbor freight hitch hauler with the generator strapped into it.

[shibs]

that sprinter van has a factory rear a/c,

so did my Toyota sienna van, it had a rear a/c.

Any idea how these work, is the Freon pumped from the front compressor to the rear coil?

[zero]

that sprinter van has a factory rear a/c,

so did my Toyota sienna van, it had a rear a/c.

Any idea how these work, is the Freon pumped from the front compressor to the rear coil?

Yes.