How to Keep Cool In Your Food Trailer In Summer?

How hot is this summer? Most countries in the Northern Hemisphere are experiencing significantly above-average temperatures! Who would have thought that the temperature in the United Kingdom, a country where sunlight is as precious as gold, could exceed 104 degrees? Spain, France, and Portugal, these countries temperatures also ushered in the strongest category of the heat wave in turn. The temperature outside is so high, what about the environment in the food trailer?

How Hot It Will Be in Your Food Trailer?

If the outdoor temperature is above 90℉, your food trailer is so hot and stuffy that you can hardly feel any coolness even if you open all the windows. When it's over 100°F and you're busy cooking for your customers in your food trailer, you'll soon be sweating and panting as if you've just run a marathon. Those running cookers are constantly radiating heat, driving the temperature up dramatically. It's very dangerous for you to be in this state for long periods of time. Working in the heat for long periods of time raises the risk of thermoplegia, a severe degree of heat stroke. Therefore, it is important to keep your food trailer cool and comfortable in the summer so that you can work in your food trailer for a longer period of time.

Which is the Best Food Trailer Air Conditioner for You

To make the experience more comfortable for customers, we offer different types of food trailer air conditioners when customers choose their food trailer configuration. In general, there are three types of food trailer air conditioners that customers like the most.

Wall-mounted Air Conditioner

A wall-mounted air conditioner is a self-contained cooling unit that is mounted on the wall of a room. Usually, a condenser is placed outside the room, and a tough tube holds it together with the air conditioner. The unit draws in heat and humidity, then blows out cool air. The heat and humidity move through the duct to the outdoor condenser, which then disperses the heat and humidity into the outdoor air.

Advantages：

1. Energy Efficient: Wall-mounted air conditioners can save up to 30% on cooling costs compared to window air conditioners, which means you'll save more money.

2. Small Footprint: This air conditioning system is installed on the side wall of a food trailer and does not interfere with light or the view of windows.

3. Affordable Price: When it comes time to replace a wall-mounted air conditioner, this type of air conditioner is relatively inexpensive. Depending on size and function, they range from about $500 to $700.

Roof-mounted AC unit

Generally, a rooftop AC unit is a centralized cooling system that is installed on top of your food trailer and then kept cool by a system of ducts that keep your food trailer cool.

Advantages:

1. Save More Space: Roof-mounted AC unit is installed on the food trailer ceiling. Its compact size and small footprint give you more space to install wall shelves.

2. Easy to Install: This cooling equipment adopts a full DC electric compressor with a built-in condenser, easy to install.

3. Good Quality: The production material is waterproof, shockproof, and corrosion-proof. The air conditioner has a long service life and can work normally in high temperature and high humidity environments.

Where to Install the Food Trailer Air Conditioner?

In addition to the efficiency of the air conditioner, the location of the installation also determines the cooling effect of the air conditioner. We work with our customers to design their food trailers, and we listen to their input during the communication process to design food trailer layouts. Generally, we recommend that our customers install the food truck air conditioner on the side wall, facing the door. This way when you close the side windows and doors, even with the concession window open, the temperature in the food trailer can be cooled down quickly. Most importantly, the condenser is mounted on the food trailer tongue, just one wall away from the air conditioner. This is a good way to connect the two with a pipe.

If you choose a Roof-mounted AC unit, just mount it on the ceiling!

How to Cooling Down in the Food Trailer Without Air Conditioner?

Installing a food trailer air conditioner can be a hassle for those customers who have already bought a food trailer or a used food trailer that they purchased. You have to consider whether running the air conditioner will overload your generator and damage it. Therefore, when customers buy food trailers we always recommend they add an extra air conditioner for food trailers.

So how do you cool down without air conditioning?

1. Park your food trailer in a shaded area and open the windows to keep it ventilated.

2. Get a fan. Fans require low power, and some come with batteries.

3. Drink plenty of water and cool yourself down with a wet towel