Originally Posted by Lewis friend

But what i've personally found is that if you drive during the day and sleep at night, in the summer and surrounding months, you don't need to idle.

Originally Posted by Lewis friend

Exactly.

I think the only practical way to stay cool at least for now, is to try the generator and electric A/C unit. There are stand-alone A/C units that i've seen at home depot, so there's no need to do a wall mount.

I think the above system could be "built" for under $1,300. The honda generators, while pricey, are very quiet.

But what i've personally found is that if you drive during the day and sleep at night, in the summer and surrounding months, you don't need to idle.

Originally Posted by PackRatTDI

I have one of those stand alone units. Made by Sharp and sold through Lowes. A very nice unit.

The problem with the stand alone units is that you have to vent the discharge condensor air to the outside. The air used to cool the condensor is drawn from inside the room and the drawback to that is that air from outside the room (or truck as the case may be) is sucked in to replace the air that is discharged out and that air is usually hot/humid/etc. Though one could say a benefit to that is that you have a constant supply of fresh air.

There is a model that I've seen that draws the condensor supply air from the outside.

My Sharp has an added exhaust feature that runs the condensor fan only and ventilates the room.

Originally Posted by person

You use one of these in your truck? What generator/power do you use?