So, You Like It Cold??

If you like it cold when you are indoors, do not, [repeat: DO NOT] let your salesman convince you one AC is all you need for a unit that has a separate bedroom. It is not.

Due to our affinity to the cold, we were skeptical when our salesman said, 'Oh, this AC is all you need!' 'It is vented throughout the whole unit. It will pump cold air up into the bedroom no problem.' Hmmm, really?? I am from Michigan and although Brad is from Texas, he likes it especially freezing inside...even more than me! He does work hard out in the hot Texas sun so I will be the last to give him a hard time about it. :-)

Anyway,... our RV came with a 15K BTU low profile AC with condensation resistant ducting. I will tell you, it keeps our main living space super chill. As in frosty nose hair chill. No kidding! If we ever needed to, I bet we could use it as a walk-in freezer. Our bathroom, even though it is in the upper part of the fifth wheel, also stays cold. It is a small room with a full size vent. If at least one door is closed, it will stay cool. However, the bedroom just doesn't get cold enough.

The bedroom houses a king bed with just enough space to walk around it and a dresser. I'm not including the large [very large] closet as it is enclosed. There is only one vent in this room but even if there were more, I don't think it would be enough. On its own, it takes the edge off but it never really gets cool.

If you find yourself in this situation, we have a couple of solutions short of installing another AC unit. The first is temporary: one of us will grab the remote for the fan vent and turn it on until we feel the temperature drop. It doesn't take long but it doesn't last either. The second [and one we use now] is to set a tower fan on top off our dresser so that it pulls the air into the room and across us. This works quite well now. We will see how it goes once the 100+ degree days get here. Conveniently, there is a nice sized sky light that could be used for an AC if the fans prove to be no match for the Texas summer.

If you have any other solutions you have implemented, please post in comments below. Would love to see what others are doing!