Replacing dual pane with single pane?
Has anyone replace fogged dual pane windows with thicker single pane windows? I have a dual pane that is fogging and just wonder if it's worth the price of replacing it with another dual pane or just...
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Uh, here on the forum, it's usually called condensation when there's cold air outside and warm moist air inside the RV and droplets form in the inside of a window. Then, it's called fogging when dual paned windows develop a seal leak between the panes and frame and moisture is drawn inside due to atmospheric pressure changes. I only mention this to prevent confusion that lurkers might have.
Dual paned windows usually come in RVs with what use to be known as the 'Alaska Pak'. That meant different things to different manufacturers, and I'm not positive of all the details, but I do know that up in Fairbanks, Alaska, my neighbor, without it, suffered much more then I did in the early winter cold, down to 20°F. Lots of condensation on their windows while my dual paned windows had none. Their furnace ran continuously, mine at least kicked off every once in a while. Their rig was drafty because of the cold air pouring off the windows, mine was pleasant.
And their rig, the same size and practically the same design as mine, was 10 years newer. Except I have the 'Alaska Pak' while they didn't.
Sure, there may be lots of other factors that accumulate and make some difference, but for me, right next to a 'newer, better' rig then mine and being more comfortable then they were, I'm sold on the dual paned windows. Nothing like direct experience.
Dual paned windows usually come in RVs with what use to be known as the 'Alaska Pak'. That meant different things to different manufacturers, and I'm not positive of all the details, but I do know that up in Fairbanks, Alaska, my neighbor, without it, suffered much more then I did in the early winter cold, down to 20°F. Lots of condensation on their windows while my dual paned windows had none. Their furnace ran continuously, mine at least kicked off every once in a while. Their rig was drafty because of the cold air pouring off the windows, mine was pleasant.
And their rig, the same size and practically the same design as mine, was 10 years newer. Except I have the 'Alaska Pak' while they didn't.
Sure, there may be lots of other factors that accumulate and make some difference, but for me, right next to a 'newer, better' rig then mine and being more comfortable then they were, I'm sold on the dual paned windows. Nothing like direct experience.
