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Camping in Montana August 1st 2021

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Re: Camping in Montana August 1st 2021

Post by John E Davies » Tue Aug 03, 2021 10:00 pm

Can you please post the name of the campground? We are hoping to get into Canada, as far as Whitehorse YT, starting August 9, if the border actually opens, but if one of us fails our mandatory Covid-19 test, we will most likely head that direction instead. I love the central and western parts of MT.

Yes, air quality has been pretty bad, up around 175 to 200 for the past three days. Yuck. I fitted my Oliver trailer with MERV 12 furnace filters for the three big windows, so I can run the exhaust fan and draw in relatively sterile air.

https://olivertraveltrailers.com/forum ... ke-filter/

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Re: Camping in Montana August 1st 2021

Post by Hatchdog » Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:11 am

^^^^^^^^^

Very clever John.

We’re heading up to Sullivan Lake in a few weeks, if it’s still smoky I see what I can do to put filters in mine. No hookups so it will be whatever we can do to move air to stay cool. Up at Kettle Falls two weeks ago it was uncomfortably hot at bedtime. No A/C of course.
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Re: Camping in Montana August 1st 2021

Post by Sir Henry » Wed Aug 04, 2021 2:25 pm

John E Davies wrote:
Tue Aug 03, 2021 10:00 pm
Can you please post the name of the campground? We are hoping to get into Canada, as far as Whitehorse YT, starting August 9, if the border actually opens, but if one of us fails our mandatory Covid-19 test, we will most likely head that direction instead. I love the central and western parts of MT.

Yes, air quality has been pretty bad, up around 175 to 200 for the past three days. Yuck. I fitted my Oliver trailer with MERV 12 furnace filters for the three big windows, so I can run the exhaust fan and draw in relatively sterile air.

https://olivertraveltrailers.com/forum ... ke-filter/

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Murphy Lake.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy_La ... ,_Montana)
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Re: Camping in Montana August 1st 2021

Post by John E Davies » Wed Aug 04, 2021 2:47 pm

Hatchdog wrote:
Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:11 am
Up at Kettle Falls two weeks ago it was uncomfortably hot at bedtime. No A/C of course.
That is what a generator is for…… I cannot sleep if it gets over about 82 inside.

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Re: Camping in Montana August 1st 2021

Post by Sir Henry » Wed Aug 04, 2021 3:31 pm

John E Davies wrote:
Wed Aug 04, 2021 2:47 pm
Hatchdog wrote:
Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:11 am
Up at Kettle Falls two weeks ago it was uncomfortably hot at bedtime. No A/C of course.
That is what a generator is for…… I cannot sleep if it gets over about 82 inside.

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I sleep in my teardrop with a/c if it gets too hot in the house which happens for maybe a week a year.
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Re: Camping in Montana August 1st 2021

Post by Hatchdog » Thu Aug 05, 2021 10:42 am

John E Davies wrote:
Wed Aug 04, 2021 2:47 pm
Hatchdog wrote:
Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:11 am
Up at Kettle Falls two weeks ago it was uncomfortably hot at bedtime. No A/C of course.
That is what a generator is for…… I cannot sleep if it gets over about 82 inside.

John Davies
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Agreed. Unfortunately my generator is only one Honda 2K which will not power my 15K A/C. I’m thinking about installing a soft start in the A/C or picking up a second Honda and a pigtail so I can run the A/C. For the most part in the past camping here in the north isn’t so hot that it’s been a problem but it’s seems to be going in that direction. After the sun goes down I can get the trailer cooled down with air flow but my wife and I are early to bed folks so that first hour or two can be miserable.
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Re: Camping in Montana August 1st 2021

Post by GeoBoy » Thu Aug 05, 2021 7:31 pm

Hatch, look into a MicroAir for your 15k AC. They claim that they can run a 15k with a Honda 2000i generator.
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Re: Camping in Montana August 1st 2021

Post by Hatchdog » Thu Aug 05, 2021 9:25 pm

GeoBoy wrote:
Thu Aug 05, 2021 7:31 pm
Hatch, look into a MicroAir for your 15k AC. They claim that they can run a 15k with a Honda 2000i generator.
That’s what I understand from some reading on the Forest River forum. The MicroAir comes highly recommended as you state. Probably much cheaper than a second Honda.
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Re: Camping in Montana August 1st 2021

Post by John E Davies » Fri Aug 06, 2021 9:18 am

Not only cheaper, it is so much easier to maintain and transport just one generator. I don’t know why people use two paired ones, it never made even a bit of sense to me.

Correct the problem, not the symptom! A soft start might be OK with a 15k unit, I have not read anything definite. I know it will work on the smaller ones. You still might need to get a larger generator like the wonderful Yamaha EF2400iSCH. This model has been superceded and you can get if for $900 with shipping (MSRP $1425). I have been camping with one for five seasons, plus a few power outages at home.

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Re: Camping in Montana August 1st 2021

Post by GeoBoy » Fri Aug 06, 2021 10:10 am

Hatch, MicroAir is $299.00 delivered. I just watched a video where a fella installed a MicroAir on a 6k AC and ran it with a Honda 1000 generator!
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