Off grid staying cool???

[Motrukdriver]

It's 61F in Yellowknife Canada right now. Gonna have to go pretty far north and probably cross a border before it gets comfortable.

[Snikwahjm]

That’s in the future - family reunion.

[heron]

It's been hotter than the hinges for days, in Maine. Thermometer broke, and didn't get a new one, because there are things I do not need to know. But not much point in coming this way north!

[MN C Van]

That big lake stays a constant 40°F year round.
If you go in the water, you'll have a truly unforgettable experience.
But it does keeps the shore cool:

Grand Marais MN weather

[justjim]

I have 675 Ah of bank which will run one of the A/C's over night but in the desert southwest in the fall-spring and the Rockies in the summer I have never needed the A/C at night.

My system puts out 80 amps in the high sun of summer, more than enough to run the two 5000 BTU  A/C's and cool the trailer to 70* or lower which is uncomfortable for me. I generally shut one of them down at 75*. The big panel on the truck tilted and tracking produces 30 amps early enough that I can fire one of them up early and keep things from heating up. Knowing what low draw/low start up A/C to buy is important. Mine each pull 410 watts max, 820 watts is well below my solar output.

A quick video of the twins at 2 PM

[MN C Van]

Remember I met a lady in Denver who said she lived in a town that was always cool, or downright cold.
Not sure if it was Never Summer Area

[Motrukdriver]

A quick video of the twins at 2 PM

I like that setup.  It's almost like having zone cooling if you have one in front and one in back.  Only need to cool the area you are in when it gets too hot.

[Snikwahjm]

Found something. Gel filled cooling mats for pets. $9.99 at Aldi. Nice.

[sternwake]

it is not too often San diego coastal gets both hot and humid, but the last few days have qualified.

Right now the floor of my van, traditionally the coolest spot, is 89.5F ad other surfaces within range from 93 to95F.
65% humidity. My 12v compressor sourced beer is 31.5f and develops sweat fast and is dripping shortly thereafter.

I have a lightweight sarong. I dip it in an old coffee can filled with water and squeeze out much of it, spread it out, place it on my body and Aim my powerful internal fan on it.

it is 75.5f and 71F in the center of the fan's output, on my chest. It feels like an air conditioned blanket as it sucks the heat from my body, and I've actually achieved having the chills, and this allows me the energy to do something for brief spells before I feel like I am overheating again.

I pretty much have the opposite build of the 'Swimmers build' my body is more designed for tolerating cold, not hot..

NOw 65% humidity is obviously low, compared to many locations. Anybody with an IR gun want to aim a wet fan at a damp sheet or sarong/sulu and see what it reads in eastcoast style 85% humidity?

If I did not have this cold sarong on my chest I would be pretty freaking miserable right now.

If it were not the weekend with the insanely halfwitted, fully oblivious crowds at the beaches, i would be there, but hopes for getting parking at the one or two semi local legal places to have Fiona on her leash on the beach is non existent.

I've been wetting her down too, but she does not look much bothered with this heat and was laying on asphalt in direct sun at 10AM. Wackjob.

While i can keep my interior the same as ambinet temps, I do not yet have a large thermometer to arrange for concerned dog lovers to see, and if it is not digital perhaps they could not even read/understand its presence or readings. So I feel like I can't really go anywhere when it is this hot and if I leave her at my friends house she just sits by the door and whines and annoys until I return.

I've had the cops called on a mild day and i handed my IR thermometer to the cop to point anywhere inside, and it was less than 75F or less everywhere.

The concerned and furiously indignant onlookers who obviously made the call, looked so disappointed when he said have a nice day and left me alone.



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[RoamingKat]

I am in N. Carolina. Every day is above 95...that is the heat and humidity.
Without the power connection for my AC...smidge would be unable to stay in the RV.

I keep looking in the long range forecast for the break in the weather (hurricane making landfall)....
Beryl does look like it will stay organized long enough, and Chris just isnt moving.