Run My Rv Roof Ac While Driving

After all folks driving motor homes do this all the time.

Run my rv roof ac while driving.

Even though it is not the most fuel efficient way to drive your rv you and any passengers on board will be cooler and happier on very hot days. This includes both the rooftop air conditioner and dashboard air conditioner. While you could run an ac unit with a 2500 or 3000 watt inverter the 12 volt power supply from your batteries and the chassis alternator would be extremely taxed for that draw. Ac is the one that you would use while driving.

While driving we will run the genset and start the coach ac units but they don t seem to cool very well. However d epending on what source of energy you use you may only be able to use the dashboard air conditioner. This is especially true when driving a class a motorhome. Sometimes when we travel it gets so hot outside that the dash air conditioning isn t sufficient.

Roof top air conditioner has more power and cools more area. Driving with the generator and rooftop ac on is perfectly safe and will help to make you cool and comfortable while driving your rv. Yes one can run both the dash air conditioner as well as the roof top air conditioner in rv while driving. I was told by the dealer where i bought my motorhome from that it is more economical to run my roof air conditioners heat pumps while driving than to run the engine air conditioning.

In regards to the op s question about if the ac s are wired to the inverter no oem manufacturer of motorhomes under 500 000 ever wired the roof ac units to an inverter. Running the coach ac while driving. One of the biggest reasons to run the rv generator is to be able to run the rooftop a c in addition to the dash ac. I have to run my generator to do this which will also use fuel just like the engine air conditioning.

By sean wichita ks question. Hello all i am reaching out for help from anyone who has knowledge of keeping a roof ac going without using the generator or shore power. Their campers are equipped with the same air conditioners too. A good roof air conditioner is something all rver want to use while hitting the road.

In all practical theory i see no reason why you could not run an air conditioner from a generator on your tt. Figure out a safe and practical way to mount the generator and run the wire and it should work. Is it possible to add deep cycle batteries a bigger inverter and solar panels to a class b rv so i can use the r. The rv air conditioner runs off of electricity and when you are not plugged into shore power you need to run the rv generator to power the rooftop ac.

The main appliances that run on generator are air conditioners refrigerator microwave television etc. Can i run the air conditioner while driving the rv.