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Grumpy374
Explorer
Aug 22, 2013

Dehumidifirer and Heater

Morning everyone.
Wondering if anyone who parks their rv's on their property runs a dehumidifier during the humid times of the year and a small space heater during the winter months.
Have had a lot of rain in the past few months here in Va. and thinking of running a small unit on the counter top and let it drain into the sink, leaving the gray valve open to drain.
On a trailer we owned in N.C. I ran a small space heater during the winter to keep the interior above freezing, around 40-45 degrees. Never really had to winterize it. Thinking of doing the same on our new class c, but would winterize it as the tanks are not enclosed.
Grumpy
  • I realize everyone has their own opinion's, and that's what I asked for. I will run a dehumidifier. I run one in my garage and it's unreal the amount of water it pulls during hot, humid, rainy days.
    To me the few bucks a month to run it is worth it in the long run.
    Thanks for the input.
    Grumpy
  • I winterize, park it and fa get a bout it!

    IMHO, JMHO keeping a parked RV hooked up to electric and appliances running is so totally unnecessary, can be unsafe and is a waste of energy.

    If you think you had to do this to an RV than tens of thousands of RV's in dealership lots all year long would all have extension cords coming out of them and plugged into the dealerships. Which we all know they don't, they don't incur any damage and we still buy them! :W
  • We run a small dehumidifier year round. In the summer and winter we empty it on average of once per week. Also in winter on nights freeze is expected we run a oil filled heater.
  • We just purchased our TT, Florida here and have had lots of rain this summer. We have been running a small fan and keep the small damp rid buckets in the TT. Put 2 in around the 30 of July and replaced them this week. We like the ones with solid removable top if you can find them. Then when you go to use the trailer you can pop the top on for travel and remove it and use them while camping. This works for us, have thought about a dehumidifier but that's just one more thing to pack/unpack and we have limited storage as it is.
  • If my trailer was located where there was power, I would definitely use a dehumidifier. But I would probably not bother with heating in the winter; too easy to winterize, and one thing I wouldn't need to worry about.
  • I also keep my trailer at home, use to keep a fan running at times of high humidity and or high temps.

    Recently, as you probably also experiencing, lots, lots of rainy days.

    Just purchased the following:
    Davis Air Dryr

    So far, really pleased with it, inside camper, air is dryer and less musty smelling. Still also keep fan, moving air in unit during storage.

    This unit does not require a drain place!

    Markiemark:C
  • Tvov's avatar
    Tvov
    Explorer II
    During the summer when we aren't using our 21ft TT we hang a DampRid moisture absorbing bag in the trailer. Seems to do an adequate job of keeping moisture under control.

    I winterize the trailer in the winter, no need to keep it heated. Especially since it is not a 4 season trailer (uninsulated), heating it wouldn't accomplish much as the pipes and tanks under the trailer would freeze anyways. I hang a dry bag in the TT in the winter also, but it many times will last all winter before filling up.

    Our trailer is not very big, so this works for us.
  • Have a house generator.Can count the number of times power has gone out here on one hand with fingers left over. But if I didn't, we'd kick the rv generator on and move in there.
    Grumpy
  • and when you have a cold snap and the electricity goes out, ???
    bumpy

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