Battling condensation

I leave a roof vent or 2 cracked open year round no matter the temp and have never had a condensation. Be sure to use the bath exhaust fan when showering and the kitchen vent hood/vent fan when cooking. Phillip

tnclays wrote:
run all my vent fans to exhaust moist air. Should I do this in daytime too,

no. A running a/c should take care of it just fine.

Condensation thread.

You have condensation? I have lived and camped in south Florida where 90+ with high humidity is the norm and never had an issue with condensation.

If it is that bad, then buy a dehumidifier and run it 24/7.

Never mind. ;)

We have pretty good luck during those hot humid nights using the O2COOL 10-inch battery operated fans from WALMART/LOWES... These fans run off of 120VAC/12VDC/or D-CELLS... Looks like these...



Just moving the air around seems to help us...

We only have the condensation when camping off the power grid where we are not running our air conditioner. It seems the worse enemy is your breath in these cases... We tried not to breath so much but that didnt work out so good hehe...

Nothing worse than waking up in the middle of the night with water dripping on your nose sleeping in the tent bed ends of our OFF-ROAD POPUP...

Roy ken

If you're AC is cooling the interior space too fast, you'll never dehumidy the air.

If you AC doesn't remove enough moisture you probably have too large an air conditioner. The problem of having too much air conditioning is that the AC doesn't stay on enough to dry out the air. Smaller units will run much longer giving it time to dehumidify more.

X2 on the fan to better circulate the air.

First, buy a humidity gage. They cost little: $10 or so. Knowing specifics is helpful to you and to any knowledgeable person you talk to.

Second, get a dehumidifier. It works minor miracles in both summer and winter. Ever notice how, on cooler but humid mornings, the bedding is damp and you feel 'sweaty?' It's because the A/C doesn't run much and humidity is high. Mid-day, usually the humidity is OK because of the A/C. But you don't know what humidity levels are during the day or morning, right? That's why you need a gage.

So do both of the above, and keep the humidity in the 50% or below range. All will be well, bedding won't be sticky, and you AND your RV will be healthier. All this, for probably about $200: well worth it.

Incidentally, by removing the humidity with the dehumidifier, this lets the A/C work more directly at cooling rather than dehumidification. The act of using a dehumidifier will, roughly, increase the cooling capacity of the A/C by . . . oh, let's say, 25% depending upon numerous variables.