Having had a precursor of how hot it's going to be overnight in France at Camperjam over the weekend, I'm starting to think a portable fan might be useful.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Can you get them with a thermostat so that they only kick in when it's really hot?
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bobbo12
Cabin : Club Location : Kent Posts : 146 Join date : 2015-06-10
Subject: Re: Portable fan Mon Jul 10, 2017 7:46 pm
It clips very nicely to the shelf I installed above the bed on the upper bed rail. I believe you gave me the dimensions of the one you had fitted by Danbury. I found it works very well. It does not have any thermostatic control but when I use it its so hot the temperature wouldn't drop low enough to switch it off. I do however have a 13 amp socket with thermostat control that I use with my heater and suppose you could utilize that.
Subject: Re: Portable fan Mon Jul 10, 2017 8:46 pm
We have a little clip on fan like the one shown in the photo. I would say 'don't over think the problem'. If you are in France in the summer on a campsite you are going to have lots of windows/doors open. We have a roof light which helps but a simple fan works fine. Our one has a pull/push switch to turn on movement. It swings through an arc to move the air better.
(We have never left the tail gate open)
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dizzylizard
Cabin : Exec 018 Location : Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts and Bristol Posts : 2241 Join date : 2011-09-20
Subject: Re: Portable fan Mon Jul 10, 2017 9:16 pm
I got one of these early on, thinking I could use it in the winter to defrost the side windows, and in the summer as a cooling fan, but on both counts it was pretty useless
Cabin : Exec 003 Location : Hove, East Sussex Posts : 1089 Join date : 2010-04-11
Subject: Re: Portable fan Mon Jul 10, 2017 9:19 pm
Not got a fan but have an adjustable bar that locks the tailgate open by about four inches at the bottom and allows a thru breeze with windows and roof light open.
Subject: Re: Portable fan Mon Jul 10, 2017 10:25 pm
For each of the examples shown so far, isn't what you're essentially doing it moving the warm air around the van (and just providing a breeze)?
I can't see where the cooling comes from?
P.
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Cabin : Flight 011 Location : South Somerset, UK Posts : 5101 Join date : 2011-06-05
Subject: Re: Portable fan Mon Jul 10, 2017 10:29 pm
Bumble wrote:
For each of the examples shown so far, isn't what you're essentially doing it moving the warm air around the van (and just providing a breeze)?
I can't see where the cooling comes from?
P.
I needed to use T on my regular school run during the recent hot weather. There was no breeze and the kids were melting in the back so I turned on the fridge, propped the door open and placed one of our small fans in the freezer box.
Improvised air con, although only if the fridge is otherwise empty!!
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dizzylizard
Cabin : Exec 018 Location : Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts and Bristol Posts : 2241 Join date : 2011-09-20
Subject: Re: Portable fan Mon Jul 10, 2017 11:28 pm
You can get a 12v evaporative cooler fan which you fill with cold water or ice on ebay, but I didn't suggest it earlier, as some had reported they can leak.
Subject: Re: Portable fan Tue Jul 11, 2017 10:10 am
We usually put the front windows down at night in France, with the screen cover on so no one can tell. I was thinking of getting a couple of those plastic guards that fit in to allow air for pets left in cars for a bit more security.
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