Cooling Tent in Summer Months
Bob
My family and I are new to camping. We live in South Texas and it can be
pretty hot in the summer months. What do people do to keep the tent cool at
night? Do they have AC's for tents? or anything else available?
Thanks...Bob
No Spam
for one) it gets cold at night even in the summer. During the day .....
that's another story.
We use a 'tarp' over the tent to provide shade and rain protection. Also
allow the air to circulate.
Set the tent so the afternoon sun does not shine into the tent or the tent
area. use a good ground cloth/tarp under the tent to keep the ground
moisture out.
Sleet in cool clothing (do not sleep in your day clothing)
Go for a tent that allows cross venting. Align the cross vent with the
prevailing wind. Don't put too many folk in the same tent.
Take a shower or go for a swim in the late evening. Take the day crud off
the old body and allows a better self cooling.
I have a set of small 12 volt muffin fans off old PC one for each camper and
one for the tent. I have a small deep cycle boat battery in a protected
case (stays outside the time as battery acid fumes play h*ll with both the
tent fabric and the old lungs)
I use this for tent and camp light as well. If I'm staying longer than two
nights I rechage from the car. We have a small solar panel that works well
but that's mostly a play thing for an old engineer.
Florian
>one for the tent.
I wonder if one of those solar powered window mounted cooling fans designed for keeping cars cooler in the summer sun could be adapted for use with a tent. Hm... Sounds like a project... ;-)
-Florian
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Maurice
John A. Mooney
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Te Canaille
It's a Hennessey Hammock. Hennesseys are like the old jungle hammocks with
mosquito netting and rain tarp, but made with rip stop nylon. They weigh
about 2 to 3 pounds and are easy to put up. My old army surplus jungle
hammock weighs 12 pounds and makes a bulky bundle ! These are great and can
be a very effective in an emergency.
Take a look at http://www.hennessyhammock.com/2002_catalogue.htm
Te Canaille
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ogg111
First off, no, there's no such thing as a tent A/C.
If you have a basic dome with a fly, a cheap box fan hung horizontally
resting in a loft net pointing down would pull air from the bottom of the
fly and direct it down onto you as you slept. This effect would probably be
amplified if you left the bottom third of the door open (with screen closed)
to allow for a flow of air out of the tent. I make no claims, however, about
the safety or risk of fire using such a method.
Wyvern75
Air Conditioning. Evaporative Cooling.
Wet the canvas (or the material) with water and as the water evaporates
from the heat, it will cool the interior of the tent. We used to do
this at Ft. Bliss, TX in the Army.
It was also the concept on the Lister Bag and on the Clay pots that held
water in all South Texas houses until refrigerators became common.
cy...@tiny.net.invalid
wrote:
>On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 05:14:40 GMT, "ogg111" <ogg...@cox.net> wrote:
>
>>Here's a suggestion, although I've never actually tried this...
>> First off, no, there's no such thing as a tent A/C.
>> If you have a basic dome with a fly, a cheap box fan hung horizontally
>>resting in a loft net pointing down would pull air from the bottom of the
>>fly and direct it down onto you as you slept. This effect would probably be
>>amplified if you left the bottom third of the door open (with screen closed)
>>to allow for a flow of air out of the tent. I make no claims, however, about
>>the safety or risk of fire using such a method.
>
>
>How do you power this box fan?
>
Probably car camping on electrical sites. I'd want a well guaranteed
outdoors power line. And check it each morning for critter chewing
damage.
I'v never needed one. If it's very hot, I just sleep on top of my
sleeping bag. If it's abominable, I take my pad out from under the
bag. Very very hot and I just go lie in the lake or river until
cooled enough to shiver.
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Carl McNair
on a web site that may help a few hot campers . I have NOTHING to
do with the product or site , I just remembered this thread when I
saw the site .
Randy Jones
"ogg111" <ogg...@cox.net> wrote in message
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> Here's a suggestion, although I've never actually tried this...
> First off, no, there's no such thing as a tent A/C.
I once saw a tent with an window air conditioner zipped into the front door
at a campground with electricity. LOL