Question Air conditioning??

[Jdub62]

Morning new to C class we have had 5th wheels, travel trailers when you’re cruising down the road are you using the cab air conditioner or using the coaches a/c?? We have a 14 Minnie Winnie 32ft. Just wondering what the average is if any. Thanks I’m sure I’ll have more questions in the future.
Hahaha

 

[Dan_Frisbie]

In our Class A, we run the generator when driving in order to keep the refrigerator and both a/c units going.
The cab air will not cool your rig if it’s hot outside.

 

[Jdub62]

Do you get any better fuel mileage and I would think.
Thanks

 

[Rollin Ollen]

Morning new to C class we have had 5th wheels, travel trailers when you’re cruising down the road are you using the cab air conditioner or using the coaches a/c?? We have a 14 Minnie Winnie 32ft. Just wondering what the average is if any. Thanks I’m sure I’ll have more questions in the future.
Hahaha

We run our roof air in our small class A. Cab air doesn't help much and, as a bonus, our rig is cool when we reach our destination. As for fuel consumption differences, it doubt if it makes that much.

Darrell

 

[Jdub62]

Thanks I guess you’re right maybe in January things will change.

 

[bpaikman]

with our first coach, we didn’t know that we could run the generator while driving - and cab air was pitiful, and could only do so much. So I put up black shower curtains on a tension rod (black because they weren’t visible from outside the coach, looked better)…dividing the cab from the house and used cab air.
Now we have a Ventanna and have found the cab air to be plenty adequate.
I can’t use shower curtains behind the seats in the Ventana anyhow because of the way it’s designed. But we still run the generator and one house AC for the refrigerator. We do have a three-way refrigerator, but we prefer to use the generator.

 

[Dan_Frisbie]

Do you get any better fuel mileage and I would think.
Thanks

No. I've been known to run the dash a/c, too when the sun starts baking me through the windshield.
No noticeable fuel consumption difference.

 

[Kevin D Pem]

Do you get any better fuel mileage and I would think.
Thanks

The answer is no! We must not forget a generator large enough to run the AC sips roughly 1/2 gallons an hour from you fuel tank.

 

[RKins]

Also remember that a dash air consumes about 35hp. My old coach has a 325 hp Cummins diesel, so losing 35hp is quite a whack. I notice the burden when taking off and trying to get up to highway speed. If it's on it really hurts at low speed. If I turn it off, it has much more pep. Now if you have one of the 605hp diesels, they probably don't feel it.

 

[Dan_Frisbie]

Also remember that a dash air consumes about 35hp. My old coach has a 325 hp Cummins diesel, so losing 35hp is quite a whack. I notice the burden when taking off and trying to get up to highway speed. If it's on it really hurts at low speed. If I turn it off, it has much more pep. Now if you have one of the 605hp diesels, they probably don't feel it.

No. A vehicle air conditioner consumes 5-10 hp tops.
Maybe a diesel that has an a/c intended for a MH is big enough to use 35 hp, but nothing else would.

 

[bpaikman]

When our town lost power after Hurricane Beryl, we pulled our 340 hp Ventana in front of our house and lived there all week. Used about 10 gal fuel maybe. On the other hand, we saw long lines at the gas station for people with gas gen - they were saying they could only run about 24 hrs before needing a refill. I don’t know what fuel capacity they had, or what all they were running.
We felt pretty snug (and smug) in our coach.

 

[BGMAC]

We run with just the truck AC. I had painted the roof with a UV reflective paint and tinted the front 3 windows. I close the door to the bedroom/main bath. I have an inverter for the fridge so it will run on the house battery. Now I do have the fron house ac set just in case it does get too hot. If so I’ll crank up the gen to supplement cooling.

 

[GypsyR]

Trying to picture a 35 hp compressor. That's like an industrial duty $25,000 unit. I think about "3.5 HP" would have been closer to reality. Decimal points are important.