Condensation

[Peaky]

Alde Central Heating = No Condensation

[zildjian]

While its true our Alde will help by heating the camper uniformly as opposed blowing hot air into selected areas, the best way to combat damp is simply make sure as soon as steam or heat creates the damp, let it out;

don't allow kettles pots and pans to boil & steam without window open or lid on top,
Shower or wash, open bathroom skylight, wipe up any beads of condensation at once,
& sleep with window open and flyscreen in place,

And store either ventilated or with a dehumidifier applied regulary.

[zildjian]

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So as UK reviewer points out, (No user serviceable parts inside)


good solution if they function use>recharge & dry out at same time>use again on battery

[zildjian]

So (can) hold a shot glass full of moisture in each use quite impressive

[rubberrat]

Its just how it is. A human exhales between half a litre to a litre of water at night.
Multiply by the occupants and add 300ml for each dog and you have a lot of water. Once that touches a cold surface it reforms (condenses) as droplets.

Ventilation is the only way. A couple if those moisture traps won't hurt, but wont keep up with the output.
I always put a large mains powered dehumidifier in our camper aftet a winter trip to make sure its bone dry.

[Bookend]

So the best solution is to leave everyone else at home

[zildjian]

the truth that dare not speak its name

[rubberrat]

Its a good excuse, just point them here when you shrug and say sorry..

[Star Six]

Some campers are more prone to condensation than others. Ours has an aluminum frame (excellent heat conductor) and a popup top (relatively poor insulation, even if it has 3 layers). The only things that help are 1)heat 2)vent. A lot. Energy saving can be good, but condensation would be an unintended consequence.

Campers that are better insulated will obviously have less of hat issue. But even there, you will find cold corners, aluminum frames, uninsulated single-pane windows where condensation forms. Our old Lance with its single-pane glass windows collected a lot of water on the window glass over night. The new camper has Seitz thermopane windows and collects almost none there. But in other places... see above.

[sabconsulting]

Condensation - oh, that is that stuff dripping on me.

Our camper seems to have been invented before insulation, has single-glazed glass windows in aluminium frames, a huge moon roof and all the heat retention properties of a jerry can.

During colder months we tend to camp where there is electric hookup and use the electric frost heater thing to keep the temperature up. We also take a dehumidifier - that rechargeable thing wouldn't touch the surface - we have a domestic portable dehumidifier capable of handling a couple of litres of water.

In the morning, if Sally has disappeared to the camp showers, I'll pinch her hair drier and try to dry out some of the condensation on windows, frames, etc.

Steve.