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Curtain air duct

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 9:32 am
by David and Susan Bratt
When sleeping in the overcab bed, I was disappointed with how little air circulated up there. When the window is open the fresh air just dropped into the living area or went straight to the fan. I found that the following helps distribute air further toward the front. I open the window and close the curtain, pressing it tight to the wall on the open window end. Then I pull the rest of curtain away from the window forming a little air duct opening toward the front of the vehicle. Because of the stiff lining, the curtain will stay rounded out away from the window. The fresh air comes into the overcab area as far forward as the first roll bar - distributing air much further toward the front. Sue

Re: Curtain air duct

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2016 11:16 am
by CuJo's Pride
Great suggestion, thanks...

Re: Curtain air duct

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 1:45 pm
by Bob Proctor
Another approach that has worked well for us is to mount a small Coleman tent fan on the end wall of the upper cupboards, facing forward toward the cabover bed, at the foot of the bed. This circulates a nice gentle breeze through the bed area and is especially helpful to anyone sleeping toward the front of the nosecone.

The fan looks like a little propeller on a brown plastic base and uses one D-cell battery. We got ours in the camping aisle in a sporting goods store. The only drawback is that a battery only lasts about one night, but it's worth it when dry camping on a hot night.