Forum Discussion

bbaker2001's avatar
bbaker2001
Explorer
Dec 07, 2016

dehumidifier

Will be moving to klamath falls this summer.
My daughter says there is very little humidity.
When i store 5er should i be concerned about moisture in rig.
Will be building a 15 x 50 ft building insulated
thanks
  • My son lives in central FL and uses a couple of containers of Damp-Rid in his 36' 5th wheel trailer. I doubt your going to have a humidity issue while in storage up there.
    Here in OK its dry enough I don't use a thing year round.
  • I use a couple Davis Air Dryers...one 1000 and one 500 I our rig during the winter months while we are not camping. Simple and easy.
  • We have not put a dehumidifier in our rig in years. We have very similar weather as K-Falls and it just isn't needed. Park it under the shed and keep it looking new


    Chris
  • Thanks
    cant wait to get it built
    wont be done unil August, but will be ready for winter.
    of course, I hope to be in the south then
  • SH wrote:
    I use a couple Davis Air Dryers...one 1000 and one 500 I our rig during the winter months while we are not camping. Simple and easy.


    Thanks to the link for these. What I can't understand about them -- where does the water go? It's set up in an enclosed space -- not vented to the exterior -- and "dries the air", which means removing water vapor from the air and lowering the ambient RH. But where does the water go? It must still be there somewhere?????

    EDIT:

    Ok, just figured it out. It's not a really a dehumidifier, it's a small heater that causes the air to circulate, hopefully permitting it to be vented to the outside. I'm not sure that will work here on Vancouver Island, where the ambient RH is near 100% most nights, all winter long.

    Ventilation by its nature, allows moist warm air to escape. But it is being replaced with cool, near 100% RH air, from the outside. Looks like we need a dehumidifier that actually removes the water from the air, and saves it in a small vat for manual dumping.