cant wait for some warmer weather!

Buzzcut1 wrote:

noxinnhoj wrote:
not a big fan of camping when it,s cold.Too much condensation from the windows,,heading to vegas instead,lol

got rid of the condensation problem by covering the windows with foam at night. Before the foam it was wet walls, dripping ceilings at nigh,t after covering the windows, skylights and hatches we were dry as a bone on the Carson river at 16* and in Yosemite covered with snow at 7*

Actually, your windows has nothing to do with condensation within an RV. What your steps did was remove the surface temperature variance from the glass surface. The interior space and outside temperatures is what saturates the water molecules that creates a Fog (Dew Point). Just like you see over a lake or in the bathroom, when you shower. The windows just provides a better vehicle for the Water Molecules to gather, drip down and collect in the window tracks.

Just like when someone says their battery bank works fine for all their needs, might consider modifying their response, if their heater is running all night with outside temperatures are in the single digits. It is all about use. While I have no knowledge of what Buzzcut did different in this trip, in regards to his previous trip, in regards to use, there was obviously a difference. Exhaling, while Breathing, and using propane is the biggest producers of condensation in an RV. All condensation becomes more noticeable as the outside temperatures plummet. Limiting showering, cooking/boiling water, Catalytic Heaters and wet clothes/boots will decrease your problems with condensation. If you are not seeing condensation, on your windows and or walls, it just means that it has migrated to other places, like the inside of your cabinets. Remember the Fog effect, which is what is happening in your RV, if you could see it, and why it collects from the top down.

By limiting use, that creates water to vaporize, limits the amount of condensation inside a camper, during winter use. For me, I keep a Humidity gauge (Wal-Mart $16) at eye level and just open the door and windows every day, no matter what the outside temperature. By wiping down the windows, ceiling seams and inside cabinets, shower, especially after use, then placing the towel outside to dry, will help minimize cumulative condensation.

Most are weekend/short trip campers, so condensation is not a real issue. But don’t neglect checking your hidden areas (cabinets where clothes as stored) and assume that moisture has not gathered and creating mold. Just like in a tent, if it is touching the walls or ceilings, it is getting wet from condensation, whether there is foam on the windows or not. (JMHO, YOMV)

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