Are there any issues with leaving windows open, including the top vent when a rig is in covered storage (i.e. under a pole barn with side walls, which keeps rain from blowing in.) With the screens on the windows, insects shouldn't be a problem, and it should keep humidity on the inside from becoming an issue or causing damage.

Unless there is a source of humidity inside the RV, it will always be close to or the same as the humidity in the barn whether the windows are open or not.I keep my vents cracked and one window open a couple of inches.If the building is clean and well enclosed it will probably not be an issue. Sometimes dust can be an issue in pole structures.

Why would you want all the dust to come in? We just keep open our ceiling vents and have little dust. We store outdoors.

Crack open a window at each end of the RV, and crack open any ceiling vents, and you will have no moisture problems.

You'll get lots of dust in there requiring a lot of cleaning.Bill

Would it help if I left the roof vent open, and taped a foam filter over an opened window with masking tape? It will look a bit janky, but this would deal with any dust issues, and nobody is going to be seeing it unless they go to the backside of the pole barn.Last year, I cracked a window open about a half-inch, and left the top vent open, and it made a world of difference.

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Trackrig
Explorer II
Mar 01, 2018
You'll get lots of dust in there requiring a lot of cleaning.

Bill
CarnationSailor
Nomad
Mar 01, 2018
Crack open a window at each end of the RV, and crack open any ceiling vents, and you will have no moisture problems.
swphotobug
Explorer
Mar 01, 2018
Why would you want all the dust to come in? We just keep open our ceiling vents and have little dust. We store outdoors.
jkwilson
Explorer III
Mar 01, 2018
Unless there is a source of humidity inside the RV, it will always be close to or the same as the humidity in the barn whether the windows are open or not.

I keep my vents cracked and one window open a couple of inches.

If the building is clean and well enclosed it will probably not be an issue. Sometimes dust can be an issue in pole structures.

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