Condensation

[gzinselmeyer]

Spent the last week on the Oregon Coast, and had a great time. However with the still cold weather, we had a lot of condensation on the inside of the windows, water was collecting in the sills at an alarming rate! I was sponging it out.

I expect there is not much we can do about this, but was wondering if anyone had any tips or tricks to cut down on this? Besides dual pane windows

Thanks,
Greg

[Cosmik Debris]

We carry some old towels and wipe the windows and try and get them dried for the next day. I suspect much of it is do to propane combustion, both stovetop and furnace. We carry a small electric heater and I might give that a go next time it happens, if we have shore power.
We do love our NW coast trips.

[RayPayne]

I assume the method of cracking a window to balance the humidity level doesn't work? You can run the AC. It may sound counter intuitive but I've done that in the motor home before when I had too much condensation and wanted to leave soon. Same as in the summer the AC will remove humidity from the air pretty quickly. There is a lower outside temperature threshold for that to work, but I do t camp in quite cold enough conditions to have encountered that myself.

[onthegoforlife]

Buy yourself a dehumidifier to eliminate the moisture.


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[oldmanAZ]

Cooking, showering, breathing all put humidity in the air. When cooking, use the range vent if you have one. We opened a window a bit and the ceiling vent a bit to reduce the window condensation.

[Tunce the traveler]

This time of year with the humidity being almost 100% on the coast you need a dehumidifier and a space heater also a microfiber towel for the Windows.

[JPBeck]

What kind of heater were you using?

[Tunce the traveler]

An oil filled heater

[Tunce the traveler]

My dehumidifier is an EvaDry #2200 , going on year 4 with the same one.

[JPBeck]

Sorry I was asking the original poster

If he or she was using a buddy heat or other unvented catalytic heater-- it'd explain alot.

[Tunce the traveler]

No problem

[JPBeck]

I was asking gzinselmeyer-- the original poster of this thread-- not you.

[Greg&Nancy]

We had a similar experience camping late November in Western PA. Found that cracking the bathroom exhaust vent overnight solved the problem.

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[mohok1]

Get you a 30 pint Dehumifier from Wal Mart and crack the bathroom vent. Forget the mopping.

[gzinselmeyer]

Thanks everyone! We were using a portable electric heater, saves the propane and is quieter. Will try more ventilation next time.


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[Isaacs]

Originally Posted by gzinselmeyer

Thanks everyone! We were using a portable electric heater, saves the propane and is quieter. Will try more ventilation next time.


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Your factory installed propane furnace will not dump any humidity into the camper if it is working properly. However, your range will. As has been mentioned, be sure to use the power vent over the range when making coffee etc.

Be careful of using your electric heater exclusively in sub freezing weather. Your furnace probably heats spaces with water pipes in them that may otherwise freeze up.

[WyEm]

Camping in western Oregon, Washington or BC usually means some camping in the rain. I use an electric space heater when hooked up to shore power. I've found that ventilation is key. I crack my bathroom roof vent and usually a window in the living area and possibly the bedroom area, especially at night. Keeping the shades up unless you need the privacy helps reduce the condensation on the windows too. We also hang our wet rain coats in the shower.

[crumgater]

We're in Seattle and are often camping in the rain around the PNW.

During the day, we'll open the door and a few windows, maybe turn on the bathroom fan and ventilate the entire rig... leave the heat off as we're going in and out doing stuff. When we're getting ready to relax for the evening, we'll button up and then turn on the heat, so it's cozy by bedtime. Saves on the fuel bill, and keeps the inside humidity manageable.

[ve7fet]

It's a "feature" of camping in the high humidity.

Been down the Oregon Coast and West Coast of BC for many trips in rainy March.

Take full advantage of that shore power. In my TC we usually had an electric box heater with fan cranked all day long, with the bathroom vent open and fan on, and a window cracked. That usually got things dried out by the next evening.

Raising the temperature and moving the air through is about all you can do. You are fighting breathing, cooking, and all those wet clothes... a never-ending battle (especially with kids that like to play out in the surf and get everything they own soaked).

If it is below freezing, of course you are going to need to run the furnace to keep the underbelly thawed... but most of the time we use electric. Too bad they don't have AC heat coils in the furnace...

Have fun! Some nice places out there that are less busy this time of year.

[BCx213]

Originally Posted by gzinselmeyer

Spent the last week on the Oregon Coast, and had a great time. However with the still cold weather, we had a lot of condensation on the inside of the windows, water was collecting in the sills at an alarming rate! I was sponging it out.

I expect there is not much we can do about this, but was wondering if anyone had any tips or tricks to cut down on this? Besides dual pane windows

Thanks,
Greg

Ventilation, if you can, avoid using the heat. We have the MaxAirii cover over our vent. I usually turn the heat on briefly in the morning to take the edge off the cold air and again at night before bed. I leave the heat off during the night.