The hot air from the outside is being pulled in from the canvas, so the unit is fighting itself. Dual hose might fix this as all the air would be circulating outside instead of creating the vacuum indoors and again pull the hot air in through the canvas. These units work by having two separate loops, the hot air from the room goes outdoor through one hose, then fresh air goes in to the unit on the back of the unit and that air is cooled down, but because it’s not in a solid walled environment that second loop is pulling not only the air from inside the room but also outside as well which results in no real noticeable cooling
I was thinking the same thing. This is a split zone unit so it needs to pull fresh air from outside and exhaust the hot air outside while it transfer and cools off the inside unit. no fresh air coming from outside is pulling the hot outside air into the camper through the walls and the canvas material. Causing a negative air pressure inside.
I think my expectations were too high, I bought an actual roof mounted AC unit for the pop up trailer and it still isn’t great, I thinks I need proper insulation/ reflection for the beds to actually get good efficiency, these units are working too hard to fight off temperatures rather than cool in real heat it seems.
Ive tried it with both hoses and it was worse with the outside air intake hose plugged in for me. I actually think the BTU rating is too low for an un insulated camper this big, I’ve used it in a tent it did great, use it in my room daily during the brutal summer heat and it keeps it cozy 65 degrees.
I run the compressor exhaust out the max fan. The compressor inlet pipe sits just above the floor in the coolest part of my van. Way more efficient to pull cool air over the compressor is my theory.
The hot air from the outside is being pulled in from the canvas, so the unit is fighting itself. Dual hose might fix this as all the air would be circulating outside instead of creating the vacuum indoors and again pull the hot air in through the canvas. These units work by having two separate loops, the hot air from the room goes outdoor through one hose, then fresh air goes in to the unit on the back of the unit and that air is cooled down, but because it’s not in a solid walled environment that second loop is pulling not only the air from inside the room but also outside as well which results in no real noticeable cooling
I was thinking the same thing. This is a split zone unit so it needs to pull fresh air from outside and exhaust the hot air outside while it transfer and cools off the inside unit. no fresh air coming from outside is pulling the hot outside air into the camper through the walls and the canvas material. Causing a negative air pressure inside.
Im running my hot pipe out my maxfan. Seems to be working a treat so far. Fingers crossed i dont wreck anything 😂
How about put the unit outside in the shade and just pump the cold air into the pop-up
Not a bad idea! I’ll give that a shot thanks for commenting
I think you need to read the instructions. You are set up correctly. I have a pop ip tent trailer, and it works amazing.
I think my expectations were too high, I bought an actual roof mounted AC unit for the pop up trailer and it still isn’t great, I thinks I need proper insulation/ reflection for the beds to actually get good efficiency, these units are working too hard to fight off temperatures rather than cool in real heat it seems.
I know im late to the convo... But you arent using it correctly. Read the instructions. You need two vent hoses on the hot side of the heat exchange
Ive tried it with both hoses and it was worse with the outside air intake hose plugged in for me. I actually think the BTU rating is too low for an un insulated camper this big, I’ve used it in a tent it did great, use it in my room daily during the brutal summer heat and it keeps it cozy 65 degrees.
I run the compressor exhaust out the max fan. The compressor inlet pipe sits just above the floor in the coolest part of my van. Way more efficient to pull cool air over the compressor is my theory.