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I'm going on a camping trip with some friends in a couple weeks and i need some tricks on how to keep cool while i'm there. I'll be good during the day. I'm talking overnight, so I'll be able to sleep a little. This isn't my first time camping, so no obvious smart remarks please. I also can't afford a portable ac unit, so hopefully some good suggestions from you seasoned campers out there. I've already thought of having a box fan, I was hoping for something else. Thanks
and yes they have electrical hookups.
i'll be on ocracoke island outerbanks n.c.
i'll be at an actual camp ground not directly on the beach.
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Guessing if it's that hot, you probably have mosquitos to contend with at night. First, you might try taking the rain fly off the tent so you can get a breeze thru.
Just say no to the blow up mattress - the rubber mattress will make you sweat, and you'll wake up in damp bedding.
Try a "Cool Bandana" http://www.coolbandanas.com/coolorder.htm
If you keep your head cool, and your inside of your wrists, you can keep your temp down.
wear light, loose fitting clothing that wicks water to sleep in.
Guessing if it's that hot, you probably have mosquitos to contend with at night. First, you might try taking the rain fly off the tent so you can get a breeze thru.
Just say no to the blow up mattress - the rubber mattress will make you sweat, and you'll wake up in damp bedding.
Try a "Cool Bandana" http://www.coolbandanas.com/coolorder.htm
If you keep your head cool, and your inside of your wrists, you can keep your temp down.
wear light, loose fitting clothing that wicks water to sleep in.
How can we get power to a tent?
Felicia Da
It will be on our property. Is there a way to hook it up to our actual power box that's outside on the pole? Are you able to do that? What about using a generator? What's the cheapest way to do it? But also the safest to prevent a fire? I found this on amazon for about $100: Power Bright VC3000W Voltage Transformer 3000 Watt Step Up/Down converter 110/120 Volt - 220/240 Volt
Would this be the right thing to use? Thanks guys!!
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Run an AC extension cable from one of the AC outlets from your house to the tent. But make sure it is waterproofed. Check with an electrician.
Otherwise for outside use and using an independant power source, you can use a rechargeable DC battery with either a solar panel or hand crank electricity generator to generate and store power. The battery can run a battery charger to power up re-chargeable batteries e.g. AA, AAA sizes, or run off to an inverter (DC to AC converter), to power AC plug appliances.
You can find plenty of solar panel devices, that are advertised to charge cell/mobile phones for cheap. They are usually advertised to have an output of 6-volts. Hand crank generators can be expensive from military surplus to the dedicated K-TOR pocket socket (hand and foot pump generated) or a cheap hand crank radio/flashlight. With the military surplus and radio/flashlight hand crank, you might need to buy some adapters to fit any power inputs that you require, which are cheap anyway. A DC portable battery built for camping/hiking use including an inverter are a little expensive, but worth it in an outdoor scenario where you are miles away from the AC grid. Goal-To-Zero products are popular and sell all these devices as a package (minus hand crank dynamo generator), check the Nomad product range.
If you are really pioneering, you could build yourself a Tesla radiant energy power generator! Obtain zero point energy from nothing e.g. scalar waves. Or build yourself a mechanical perpetual energy generator e.g. check out overunity devices. One example is to use a dynamo generator propelled by a spinning disk using the repulsion of neodynium magnets, if you can visualise that...its simple. There are plenty of tutorials on how to do this.
Run an AC extension cable from one of the AC outlets from your house to the tent. But make sure it is waterproofed. Check with an electrician.
Otherwise for outside use and using an independant power source, you can use a rechargeable DC battery with either a solar panel or hand crank electricity generator to generate and store power. The battery can run a battery charger to power up re-chargeable batteries e.g. AA, AAA sizes, or run off to an inverter (DC to AC converter), to power AC plug appliances.
You can find plenty of solar panel devices, that are advertised to charge cell/mobile phones for cheap. They are usually advertised to have an output of 6-volts. Hand crank generators can be expensive from military surplus to the dedicated K-TOR pocket socket (hand and foot pump generated) or a cheap hand crank radio/flashlight. With the military surplus and radio/flashlight hand crank, you might need to buy some adapters to fit any power inputs that you require, which are cheap anyway. A DC portable battery built for camping/hiking use including an inverter are a little expensive, but worth it in an outdoor scenario where you are miles away from the AC grid. Goal-To-Zero products are popular and sell all these devices as a package (minus hand crank dynamo generator), check the Nomad product range.
If you are really pioneering, you could build yourself a Tesla radiant energy power generator! Obtain zero point energy from nothing e.g. scalar waves. Or build yourself a mechanical perpetual energy generator e.g. check out overunity devices. One example is to use a dynamo generator propelled by a spinning disk using the repulsion of neodynium magnets, if you can visualise that...its simple. There are plenty of tutorials on how to do this.
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