byAndrewDavis.com » hot camping http://www.byandrewdavis.com Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:40:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Air Conditioning (A/C) for your tent – camping in the heat http://www.byandrewdavis.com/2009/06/air-conditioning-for-you-tent-camping-in-the-heat http://www.byandrewdavis.com/2009/06/air-conditioning-for-you-tent-camping-in-the-heat#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:53:53 +0000 admin http://www.byandrewdavis.com/?p=53 OK, so here’s the deal… I live in Florida, and it gets HOT during the summer.  I like camping, but I hate sweating at night.  So i’ve picked up a 5000BTU air conditioner from ACE Hardware and rigged it up to work with a tent.

I purchased some 4×8 sheet of insulating material similar to the stuff used by HVAC people and made a box for the return air, as well as a vent using dryer vents.  Its kinda hard to explain, but easy as heck to figure out once you see the photo.

The top vent is for the cool air, and the bottom two vents are for the return air.  I didn’t want to restrict the return so i installed two ducts instead of just one.  It would have been ideal to install one larger duct, but i couldn’t find anything quickly.

Here’s some more photos showing it installed on the tent:

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