Avion truck campers - Hundreds of photos
Without going into too much painful detail, we had a mishap several week-ends ago. While working with sand bag crews on the Mississippi River, the truck and camper fell into the flood waters as a road...
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Dennis, as usual, your advice is right on! Filling all the gaps and spaces and places for air to intrude is logically the first line of defense for controlling the climate inside the Avion. My web search then suggests that cracking a window as well as an overhead vent at night will help. And running the fan when cooking. And not showering inside...
It seems to me that eliminating cold and hot spots on the inner skin is a critical issue. I bought some broad plastic nozzles on eBay for the cans of commonly-available spray foam to layer foam on the low spots of my newly installed foil-faced rigid insulation board. I'm striving to get the inner skin and the insulation as close to each other as possible. Minimizing gaps should help equalize temps inside and will cut down on condensation. I'm going to put closed cell foam tape with adhesive on one side on the ribs. 67's pic of snow melting on the ribs was very instructive!
Of course, all these measures might just distribute the condensation evenly throughout the entire camper... I'll report back when and if I ever spend a night inside...
Glad to hear you're upright again, Dennis. You're doing such a masterful job, I want to see your Avion when it's completed!
Onward!
It seems to me that eliminating cold and hot spots on the inner skin is a critical issue. I bought some broad plastic nozzles on eBay for the cans of commonly-available spray foam to layer foam on the low spots of my newly installed foil-faced rigid insulation board. I'm striving to get the inner skin and the insulation as close to each other as possible. Minimizing gaps should help equalize temps inside and will cut down on condensation. I'm going to put closed cell foam tape with adhesive on one side on the ribs. 67's pic of snow melting on the ribs was very instructive!
Of course, all these measures might just distribute the condensation evenly throughout the entire camper... I'll report back when and if I ever spend a night inside...
Glad to hear you're upright again, Dennis. You're doing such a masterful job, I want to see your Avion when it's completed!
Onward!
