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#301053 - 06/17/07 01:06 AM
Re: AC for a Tent?
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#301054 - 06/17/07 07:06 PM
Re: AC for a Tent?
[Re: spidennis]
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I've been thinking the same thing. I was going to place the ac unit inside the tent with the exhaust stuck through the door opening while it set in a hot water heater pan. This would let the water drip into the pan and run it through a hose to some place away from the tent. I also though I may have a zipered hole in just big enough to fit the ac unit...
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#301055 - 06/17/07 07:22 PM
Re: AC for a Tent?
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been there, done that! here's the deal. you need a tent with 2 doors. put the window unit in one of the doorway's and duct tape up to seal around unit and use the other too get in and out of. take 2 or 3 extra blankets to put over the top of tent. we had our's at 64 degree's in the middle of july with a 5500 btu unit. i have a pic, but the file is to large to load.
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#301056 - 06/17/07 07:27 PM
Re: AC for a Tent?
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#301058 - 06/18/07 10:07 AM
Re: AC for a Tent?
[Re: spidennis]
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Registered: 08/18/04
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Loc: Watauga, TX
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I have also used an AC in a tent and it was way better than sleeping in the heat. If you have a small tent you can use a window. Set the ac on a cooler or crate to get it at the right height then duct tape to the window. I like the blankets for insulation, great idea. My tent was not well enough insulated so if the compressor cycled off it got hot quickly.
I now have a popup and really it is pretty much the same insulation as a tent and the ac works fine especially at night.
and of course please take a photo.
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#301060 - 06/18/07 12:04 PM
Re: AC for a Tent?
[Re: spidennis]
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photos? if you know me, they'll be plenty of photos, and a report ......
I got to iridered's photo and will share it here, now I'm really inspired!
Now to figure out the generator size .........
we use a 1350 watt portable gen. run's for 4 hours before a refill
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#301061 - 06/18/07 12:11 PM
Re: AC for a Tent?
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Registered: 06/21/04
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photos? if you know me, they'll be plenty of photos, and a report ......
I got to iridered's photo and will share it here, now I'm really inspired!
Now to figure out the generator size .........
that's it. a 5500 btu unit only pulls about 6 amps at start and 4 or so at run. you do not need a really big gen. 100 watts = 1 amp. we also take a small microwave and eletric can opener and a setup of lights. it's hell being poor and have to a/c a tent,but it works good. there may be another pic on that other forum if you look. ENJOY! kurt
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#301063 - 06/18/07 06:48 PM
Re: AC for a Tent?
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hot water PAN ........ The condensation cought in the pan could be routed through a water hose away from the door so that anyone not paying attention would not track any mud that may or may not be there to track in. Just a thought Not that anyone must take anything I say or do as the gospel. Infact doing so could result in something bad... like a devorce or something worse.......  AS my farther would say....Do as you want,,,not as I do.....
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#301065 - 06/18/07 09:42 PM
Re: AC for a Tent?
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Registered: 06/21/04
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look at the pic and see the hose at the bottom of the unit. we dig a small hole and put the hose in it, no more mud.
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#301067 - 06/19/07 03:11 PM
Re: AC for a Tent?
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wise choice to get the hotel for Gatorbait!!! with all the wet weather lately, the humidity will be brutal (not to mention mesquitos!!!)
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#301068 - 06/21/07 04:32 PM
Re: AC for a Tent?
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#301069 - 06/21/07 04:42 PM
Re: AC for a Tent?
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#301070 - 06/21/07 05:35 PM
Re: AC for a Tent?
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Camping in a tent with an electric can opener???? good grief i've heard it all now!
Bunch a lazy asses!
i'm not even a REDNECK????? 
Well untill now that is!
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#301071 - 06/22/07 09:01 AM
Re: AC for a Tent?
[Re: Pitracer]
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Camping in a tent with an electric can opener???? good grief i've heard it all now!
Bunch a lazy asses!
and what is it that you have to bring along for the woman to stay in your tent?
I never heard of a can opener but ..... whatever works!
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#301072 - 07/06/07 04:29 PM
Re: AC for a Tent?
[Re: spidennis]
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I have a 5250 btu in the back window of my 89 chevy conv. van that I bought at wally world for 89 buck's that is a dripless uint. It has a slinger fan that blow the cond. throw the uint so no drip's no mud. For the gen. I have a 2500 watt that I got from pep boy's for less then 200 buck's.Last year at Katemcy in aug. we slept under a sleeping bag on a 100 degree night. Parked in the sun on a 100 degree day I have the temp. at 60 degree's(it get's to cold sometime's) I know it's not a tent that should give you some info. on how it work's. I also run light's, 27" tv,dvd player,toaster oven,fan's out side an so far the gen. has had no problem's keeping up with the load. 
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#301073 - 07/09/07 01:54 AM
Re: AC for a Tent?
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awesome... may have to put in some OT to get me a genny...
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#301074 - 06/10/08 10:17 AM
Re: AC for a Tent?
[Re: spidennis]
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Registered: 04/30/07
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i know this is an old post but I wanted to add another positive for the tent thing. We spent a week in Ponca City racing with a tent and a 2500w genny. I hung a gas can in a tree and put a 1/4" barb epoxied on the bottom and fed a hose to the gen fuel line. we could run a solid 7 hours on a tank of gas. In the day it was too hot to hang out in the tent but at night it was so cold we had to zip up the sleeping bags. Our tent was open on the top. Should have used the extra blanket idea.
We weren't the coolest guys in the pits...but at least we were cool.
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#301075 - 06/10/08 01:03 PM
Re: AC for a Tent?
[Re: 999renville]
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Registered: 06/21/04
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Loc: galveston tx
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In reply to:
i know this is an old post but I wanted to add another positive for the tent thing. We spent a week in Ponca City racing with a tent and a 2500w genny. I hung a gas can in a tree and put a 1/4" barb epoxied on the bottom and fed a hose to the gen fuel line. we could run a solid 7 hours on a tank of gas. In the day it was too hot to hang out in the tent but at night it was so cold we had to zip up the sleeping bags. Our tent was open on the top. Should have used the extra blanket idea.
We weren't the coolest guys in the pits...but at least we were cool.
its funny that you bring this back to life. me and my buddy were talking the other day about this again. we had to get a gen small enough to carry in the canoe and the a/c. i hope the canoe does not tip over??? he got one of those little 2 cycle gen kicking out 1000 watts or so, more then enough to run a 5000 btu unit. i think it would also carry a light or something else at the same time. may have to get up and refuel, but i'm more then sure someone will have to take a LEAK in the middle of the night, so they will have to refill it at that time. the cover of the top of the tent really works good. tents tend to suck up the heat from the sun rays. we were out a few months ago and i layed down for a few in the heat of the day and was burning up/ so i get a blanket and covered the tent on the side the sun was beating on and it knocked out all of the heat from the suns rays. it was still hot, but not like the sun was beating right on you. we are making a trip to the lake at the end of this month and will be CHILLIN out in the A/C'ed tent. if you happen to see up, come soak up some a/c and a cold one. have a good day
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#301076 - 06/10/08 01:11 PM
Re: AC for a Tent?
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#301079 - 06/11/08 08:38 AM
Re: AC for a Tent?
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Great Post for Tents and Cooling off!!!
thnx for your helpful info.
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#419486 - 06/18/09 01:13 AM
Re: AC for a Tent?
[Re: Decan]
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Registered: 06/28/05
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Time to raise this thread again. If you don't want to stuff your AC in a doorway, check out the AC Boot - a bit on the pricey side and you could probably DIY, but here it is. http://acboot.com/index.html
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#423189 - 07/16/09 03:04 PM
Re: AC for a Tent?
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Bringing it back to life again. Someone came up with an idea to make an A/C in a tent easier. http://acboot.com/
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#437921 - 10/31/09 03:14 AM
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Bringing it back to life again. Someone came up with an idea to make an A/C in a tent easier. http://acboot.com/ uh see 2 posts above.... 
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#462378 - 04/13/10 01:34 PM
Re: AC for a Tent?
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Hi, thank you very much for posting the link here. I just gone through the link and its helps me a lot. Thanks again
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#490661 - 01/11/11 07:32 AM
Re: AC for a Tent?
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f the AC unit shifts, breaks or falls out, it will allow a lot of water to come into the cabin, this is making impractical for sellers, these are more efficient for installation.
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#597144 - 02/09/20 06:23 PM
Re: AC for a Tent?
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Well, If it is that hot I bring my jeep instead of my Ram since I do own a mopar tent https://www.jeepsareus.com/sku/82209878.html. It is connected to my truck so I just turn the ac on and let it cool the whole tent.
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