Question about condensation

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Tue, 07/14/2015 - 12:54
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pmo
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Question about condensation

Good day,

I made my second trip in my new (to me) Scamp, first extended trip in what turned out to be a very wet environment. (Pretty glad I wan in the Scamp and no longer my Pop Up). 9 days starting in Lone Pine and ending in Mammoth. We ran into some out of character July Weather and were rained on a lot, there was snow on the upper peaks. 

My question is with condensation. There was a LOT in the Scamp. 3 of us were in there plus a dog.

A buddy told me that is the way it is with closed RVs and the bigger they are, the more things you have to get damp.

At any rate, given the weather, I would expect condensation but I wanted to check about it. Lows were in the high 20's to low 40's and it rained fairly consistently. I didn't use the shower until the last day.

Thanks in advance for any info and here's a pic in action from Tuttle Creek just outside of the Alabama Hills/Lone Pine

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Thu, 07/16/2015 - 19:36
Greg A
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Beautiful

You are describing the perfect storm for condensation. Temps, humidity, storms, 4 breathing organisms, and a Scamp. You don't mention any heating you were using, but when portable propane type heaters are used it ups the condensation as well. Just speaking from personal experience, our Scamps have always been more prone to condensation than the other trailers we have/had. When we had us and the two kids in the 13 it would practically rain off the plexi windows when the conditions were right.

Here are some things that may/will help:

  1. Better weather conditions.  wink
  2. Less breathing organisms
  3. Ventilation. If you don't have a fantastic fan you may want to look at putting one in. These are marvelous devices for increasing air flow. Also will help take more folks with less condensation. In the meantime, crack roof vents, side windows, etc.
  4. If you're running any type of portable propane based heat source, limit the time it runs. FYI, those need ventilation to run safely as well. Even the factory heaters I usually make sure there is some addl ventilation when running.
  5. Cut Reflectix panels to fit over the frame of the inside of the windows and set them up so they attach with velcro or some such. Lots of folks have had good success cutting drafts and condensation coming from the windows.

There's some initial ideas. I'm sure more members will chime in with addl ideas as your not alone on this one.

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Fri, 07/17/2015 - 01:12
pmo
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thanks for the follow up

Greg, Thanks for the follow up!

Given the situation (wife, kid, dog), I don't believe I can legally go with less breathing organisms :) Unless of course, I'm no longer driving!

I do have a fantastic fan but the boss was with me and was cold... as in "close everything, it's cold out there"

I think we were victim of 6 or so days or wet, wet weather and then 4 big sets of lungs at night ( have a Whippet and he probably cosumes more oxygen and definitely uses more bed space than any of us). 

I'm thinking of heading to the locl Mtns next weekend and I'll see how things shake out. 

P-

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