AC/Dehuey for 5x5

I have a 5x5 tent and can honestly say I'm not accustomed to using this amount of space. Its small size is certainly testing my experience boundaries.

I live in an area that had 40+ days above 100F last year and my tent is in an uninsulated garage so easily add 20 degrees to the hottest temps.

I have a big, rolling portable AC unit but it's take up too much real estate inside the tent and has wide flaps to exhaust cold air anyway.

I also know that with such a small space air flow is key as is pulling moisture out of the air. I have a large fan (~640cfm?) that is total overkill but also have a smaller 6" inline that I can use for intake or exhaust.

What are people using to cool their tents that DOES NOT need to go into the tent?

I'll search around this part of the forum later in the evenings but am a bit unsure if a small combo AC/Dehumidifier even exists.

Thanks!

@SCJedi
Is their any way you can circulate the air from inside the house? I am sure you keep the house cooler than the garage. 2 six inch holes into the house and you might not need the dehu or AC.

I used to use a window a.c. with a fitting on the end something like a floor vent in your house for ac and heat. And ran inch duct off that into a hole in my tent and worked well. Probably could do same with portable

nevergoodenuf said:

@SCJedi
Is their any way you can circulate the air from inside the house? I am sure you keep the house cooler than the garage. 2 six inch holes into the house and you might not need the dehu or AC.

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There is. I think what I could do it tie into house and have it go in low on tent and put my small inline and blow it out of the peak vent. The challenge is keeping the tent around 80 when that is what we normally keep inside during summer to avoid $400 onthly A.C. bills.

I also thought about fabricating some kind of sheet metal vent (wide and short) around the opening of the cold air exhaust because of the thermostat I think it's run 24/7 for a few months.

Either way I have to figure something out now instead of panicking later. I'll see if I can post a pic of my Sharp CV-2P10SC

If you go with a portable, then you want a dual hose, unless smell isn't an issue.

nevergoodenuf said:

If you go with a portable, then you want a dual hose, unless smell isn't an issue.

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Smell is not an issue.