Condensation In TT on Cold Mornings
My DW and I went on our first October camping trip and first night out when it was cold enough to get condensation inside the TT. Question: What is the best way to prevent this? Not only the windo...
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We camp a lot in the cold.
Never had a condensation issue.
First, laminated trailers use sandwiched walls with aluminum tubing for strength. The aluminum tubing conducts the outside cold to the inside of the wall, resulting in condensation on the wall. Wood framing doesn't do this.
If you have the furnace on and have a truss roof with insulation, you shouldn't have any type of condensation. If you have a laminated sandwiched roof, you'll likely have the same cold conduction through the aluminum tubing.
You should leave the heat on to warm the interior surfaces so that they don't condense any moist air.
If you don't have double pain windows, you will have a lot of condensation on the windows. You can leave the windows cracked and any roof vents cracked to allow enough air flow to remove humidity.
Or you could buy a small $200 dehumidifier, find a way to rig a hose to go out through a hole in the floor, and let it drain automatically through the hose. Or find a dehumidifier than uses a switch for auto shutdown and alarm, so that you can empty the tank when it's full.
We've camped also in the Pop Up in the 30s and just keep 1 window at each bunkend opened about 3" X 4" and keep the heat around 55 deg. f. with warm clothes and blankets. We keep the heat up more when awake. The pop ups go through propane fast since they're just tents with no insulation. ;)
Love cold weather camping, hate hot summer camping but it's still better than not camping at all. With kids in school, you make sacrifices. :)
Never had a condensation issue.
First, laminated trailers use sandwiched walls with aluminum tubing for strength. The aluminum tubing conducts the outside cold to the inside of the wall, resulting in condensation on the wall. Wood framing doesn't do this.
If you have the furnace on and have a truss roof with insulation, you shouldn't have any type of condensation. If you have a laminated sandwiched roof, you'll likely have the same cold conduction through the aluminum tubing.
You should leave the heat on to warm the interior surfaces so that they don't condense any moist air.
If you don't have double pain windows, you will have a lot of condensation on the windows. You can leave the windows cracked and any roof vents cracked to allow enough air flow to remove humidity.
Or you could buy a small $200 dehumidifier, find a way to rig a hose to go out through a hole in the floor, and let it drain automatically through the hose. Or find a dehumidifier than uses a switch for auto shutdown and alarm, so that you can empty the tank when it's full.
We've camped also in the Pop Up in the 30s and just keep 1 window at each bunkend opened about 3" X 4" and keep the heat around 55 deg. f. with warm clothes and blankets. We keep the heat up more when awake. The pop ups go through propane fast since they're just tents with no insulation. ;)
Love cold weather camping, hate hot summer camping but it's still better than not camping at all. With kids in school, you make sacrifices. :)
