Help------ humidity in our hummingbird

[Happy wife / happy life]

Hi folks,
We have a hummingbird 16mrb.We just spent a week on the northern California coast. Every morning when we got up the Windows and parts of the ceiling were wet( drops ). Does anyone know how we can stop/minamize this problem? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you.
Mark

[goducks]

Did you leave a roof vent open? Most condensation is from poor airflow and or running the furnace which will throw moisture throughout the RV.
Small elec heaters cure the furnace issue. A lot has to do with the insulation in the RV. Thinly insulated RVs will suffer more so.

[Happy wife / happy life]

Thank you for getting back to me! We didn't have the roof vent open(we will now),I also have a small electric heater that we will try. I don't think the hummingbird is overly insulated so there's not much I can do about that.
Shorty ( that's my wife of 41years ) and I leaving for Bangs Texas in a couple of weeks,I will let you know how it works out!

Again Thank You very much.
Mark

[spoon059]

Normal humidity from breathing and cooking is amplified in a camper. Poor insulation allows the warm humid air to collect on the cooler surfaces of the ceiling and windows. You may find that an electric space heater sufficiently dehumidifies the air, or you may find you need to run a dedicated dehumidifier or simply leave a roof vent open.



The propane furnace adds to the moisture level, as it is a byproduct of the furnace. We generally like to use one or 2 space heaters overnight, rather than listen to the sudden and loud on/off noise from the furnace and fans. It also helps that electricity is cheaper to burn than propane!


Good luck, enjoy your camper! We leave on Wednesday for a 3 week trip down to Florida and back!

[Tunce the traveler]

I also use a small dehumidifier.

[dewey02]

Originally Posted by spoon059

Normal humidity from breathing and cooking is amplified in a camper. Poor insulation allows the warm humid air to collect on the cooler surfaces of the ceiling and windows. You may find that an electric space heater sufficiently dehumidifies the air, or you may find you need to run a dedicated dehumidifier or simply leave a roof vent open.

The propane furnace adds to the moisture level, as it is a byproduct of the furnace. We generally like to use one or 2 space heaters overnight, rather than listen to the sudden and loud on/off noise from the furnace and fans. It also helps that electricity is cheaper to burn than propane!


Good luck, enjoy your camper! We leave on Wednesday for a 3 week trip down to Florida and back!

I am always amazed that so many RVers have a propane furnace that vents combustion products inside their RV and they attribute the moisture to furnace combustion.

An RV furnace vents to the OUTSIDE of your RV (or else you would soon be dead). Yes, burning propane can create moisture, but only if you are using a portable ventless propane heater. Then the combustion products stay inside the RV.

Moisture is a natural occurrence when you are camping in cold weather and you are heating the inside of your camper. You breathe. You sweat. You cook. You take a shower. All these add significant moisture to your RV. If you don't have some air movement (slightly opened vent and/or window, and possibly a small fan) you are going to have moisture build up on any cold surface.

[Siamese]

We do a lot of cool weather camping in our 26bh, and struggle with humidity. We do what we can to minimize it.

- As mentioned already, try an electric heater when you have hookups. We find our little 1500w heater keeps us toasty warm when it's 30F outside. If it gets really cold we'll use our onboard propane furnace, but supposedly, that propane puts water into the air.

- During a shower, run the bathroom fan (of course), and let it run for a good long time after. Ten minutes and more.

- When I steam vegetables or make rice, I run the fan and crack a window. Any moisture I can get out is moisture that doesn't show up on my windows.

- We have some overhead cupboard storage over the bed, and if items in that area make contact with the exterior wall, condensation will form there, so I try to keep it from touching.

- the more we keep the roof vent open, the dryer we seem to be. I like to avoid just leaving it open and letting the electric heater run a lot, but I figure if I can keep some air moving, it helps. My 26bh claims to have some sort of arctic package, but it's pretty laughable, and of course, all the windows are single pane. I say, do what you can to overcome the shortcomings that are engineered into your trailer to keep it's cost down.

[Happy wife / happy life]

Thank you for your input! Have a great trip.

[Happy wife / happy life]

Shorty says she ordered one Amazon. Thank you

[Tunce the traveler]

I don’t use propane but I use an oil filled portable heater and thats all I need for the mid 40s and above.

[Johnny Lightning]

Something else to think about is the climate that you are in. Northern California on the coast is a high humidity environment due to the relatively warm ocean and cooler land. The air passing over the ocean picks up humidity and then drops it when it hits cold land or in your case a cool RV. Just something to think about. This issue may disappear when you change locations.