condensation
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Topic: condensation
Posted By: misplacedtexan
Subject: condensation
Date Posted: 03 Oct 2010 at 1:29pm
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Has anyone had trouble with condensation on walls when using heat in R-Pod? Went camping this weekend with night temps in the low 40's. Used a 110 volt elec heater because the gas heater is to loud. Had a lot of Condensation where the wall and roof meet at the down turn in front and rear. Opened vent in bath, that helped a little but still had some water on walls this morning.
------------- Misplacedtexan 2010 171 |
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Posted By: cane2
Date Posted: 03 Oct 2010 at 1:34pm
| Open bath vent a good 3 inches should get rid of condensation if need be turn on vent for a few minutes. we have been out in the low 20's and were ok, so open vent a little more. |
Posted By: Outbound
Date Posted: 03 Oct 2010 at 7:00pm
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On our 171, I usually leave the vent hood open an inch or two and crack open both the front windows to help keep condensation down. Cool, moist air behind the curtain over the rear window usually causes a great deal of condensation too, so the curtain is left open when possible. On really cold days (just above freezing), I've also found condensation on the walls below the top of the mattress. I haven't done anything about it yet, but some http://www.reflectixinc.com/basepage.asp?Page=Double+Reflective+Insulation&PageIndex=622 - reflectix may be in order.
------------- Craig :: 2009 RP171 towed by a 2017 F150 |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 03 Oct 2010 at 10:10pm
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I do what Outbound does, and also have a problem with condensation on the rear window. I just found an idea yesterday which I may try. Get the 1" blue/pink foam from the Big Orange Store (I already have a sheet hanging around), and cut that to size. Acts as a great blackout blind, and hopefully keeps the water vapor away from the cold window surface. I wonder though if it would do better on the outside of the window to instead keep the windows warmer.
------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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Posted By: Kickstart
Date Posted: 04 Oct 2010 at 7:24pm
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We minimize the condensation in our 175 by cracking one of the windows at the head or foot of the bed, opening the roof vent, and running our space heater either on fan or heat depending on how cool we expect the night to get. You can do well by running the bathroom fan instead of the the space heater, but the bathroom fan is a little louder and I don't want to run it continually, as it would be more trouble and expensive to replace.
Over the years, we've had 5 trailers, 2 camper vans, and 3 pick up campers. The RPod has shown the least condensation of any of our rigs. The RPods must be pretty well insulated, as the only other trailer we've had with minimal condensation trouble was an Artic Fox with a winter package, and it was REALLY insulated. Running the gas furnace has always seemed to increase our condensation problems in any of our camping rigs.
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Posted By: Brin
Date Posted: 04 Oct 2010 at 8:16pm
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We bought a really small dehumidfier that we run at night ( as long as we have shore power). It seemed to help with the condensation as the bed was getting very wet at the back window in our 175. ------------- Terri and Craig and Panzer 2009 - 175 RPod 2000 Ford F250 XLT Extended Cab Diesel |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 04 Oct 2010 at 8:20pm
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kickstart, yes, the 'pod is very well insulated. If I remember right it has 2" in all the walls (vs. 1" for most trailers), and several inches in the floor.
------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual
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Posted By: Kickstart
Date Posted: 05 Oct 2010 at 2:04am
| Hey, Brin, that's a great idea! With all the rigs we've had we never even considered a dehumidifier. I'm gonna give that some serious thought, as we do quite a bit of winter camping. |
Posted By: this_is_nascar
Date Posted: 05 Oct 2010 at 9:24am
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Go to Lowes, Home Depot, Wal-Mart or the like and look for a product called Damp Rid. I have the disposable bucket-type as opposed to the hanging one or the refillable ones. This product is the bomb and works like you wouldn't believe. I keep my rig so cold in the summer, I'd constantly get severe condensation. This Damp Rid took care of all of that. ------------- "Ray & Connie" - 2017 R-Pod RP-180 - 2007 Toyota Tacoma TRD-Off Road |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 05 Oct 2010 at 12:48pm
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This A/C that I'm considering putting in has a "dry mode" (dehumidifier). Although it can't do heat and dehumidify at the same time so that won't help much in the fall/spring.
http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1433&title=possible-replacement-for-the-a-c - http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1433&title=possible-replacement-for-the-a-c ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual
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Posted By: TIDALWAVE
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2010 at 8:24am
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I had condensation on windows on both my RV and my Pod during cool nights. I found a really good insulation product at Home Depot. It is a roll of aluminized mylar bubble material (similar to the bubble material used in packing). It is slightly stiff when unrolled. I carefully cut the material to the same dimensions as the interior window framing. I can simply unroll the cut sheet and pop it into the window frame. Because of its mirror coating, the bubble material acts as an opaque night shade and because of the air containing bubbles, it is a very good insulator. I have also used it during the summer, when it was very hot and sunny out. I would install the shade on the sunny side of the Pod...it made a lot of difference in keeping the sun from overheating the interior (the Pod curtains really only give privacy not insulation). ------------- TIDALWAVE |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2010 at 9:29pm
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Very similar to what pup owners use - radiant barrier in the windows between the tenting and screen. Sometimes the bubble wrap variety, sometimes the flat type. Very helpful keeping the heat out or in depending on the season.
------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual
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