Martin24 said:
The good thing is with this one we can all be right in what we do.
........I agree with that as no two cavanners caravan in the same way
Some caravans can be laid up for almost half the year.
Lets face it, it is often a case of out of sight out of mind until Easter Time..... they will often be on a distant storage site with no power available.
Other owners who may want to use their caravans in the winter months will have a problem of how to keep internal damp at bay.
The UK winter climate is such that the hygroscopic materials used in caravan construction means the caravan will literally absorb water from the air.
The Prof has already explained how this happens and that it is impossible to stop the process.
However the process is slow and happens over time and can be reversed by the temporary use of heating to transfer any water absorbed by the materials back to the air. This heated moisture laden air must then be removed from the caravan to have any affect at all.
Both Jaydug and I have a requirement to use our caravans in the winter months and we both store our caravans at home with available electricity.
He removes absorbed moisture as he describes and I remove it by the use of heat from an electric convector heater in conjunction with a high level 4 inch 12volt extractor fan.
(I only heat for 1 hour/day)
Neither of us is really interested in drying out the air as such ......we are interested in removing moisture from the internal fabric of the caravan before we use it as living accommodation.
PS........only 22 days before the off John :cheer: