Hi Bill,
I saved a bunch of desiccant bags from our large
turbine crate. I plan to use them in lockers and
other small spaces as there is no water dropped
out, they are an absorbent. You need twice as
many so the companion set can be regenerating
(drying) at home while the other set is working on the boat.
I had no idea the material was this cheap:
http://www.sorbentsystems.com/largebags.html
It is similar or the same stuff that is used in
industrial sized air dryers. Our application is
instrument air supply for pneumatic control valves.
The saloon will still have a fan (or fan & a bit
o' heat) for circulation. If this works on a Wet
Coast winter, it can work anywhere.
Cheers, Russ
Sweet 35 mk-1
Colony of Vancouver Island
At 07:33 AM 08/01/2016, you wrote:
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BTW, compressed air dryers like those made by
Van-Air use salt pellets over which the air
passes. The water drips down and is drained
out the bottom. I believe there is also calcium
chloride in it too, and maybe some secret
ingredients, but if you had a bucket with holes
in the bottom and a muffin fan to pull air
through the pellets and another bucket to catch
the salt water droplets it might work.
Bill Coleman
C&C 39
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Note that Damp-Rid is actually calcium chloride.
I am going to buy a big bag of it at Home Depot
and leave a bucket sitting out.
We will see how well that works.
Joe
Coquina
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A few years back I purchase an Eva Dry
condensorless dehumidifier
<https://www.eva-dry.com/dehumidifiers/eva-dry-1100-petite-dehumidifier/>https://www.eva-dry.com/dehumidifiers/eva-dry-1100-petite-dehumidifier/
(I am not sure if condensorless is a word but I think it works in this case)
This is a 12v unit that weights approx. 4 lbs
and removes up to one cup of water per day. The
unit comes with a 110v wall plug adaptor but for
some reason not the 12v cord. Whenever we are
at our dock I plug this in and leave it on all
the time. When we go sailing I put it on a
shelf over the settee since it is very small and
light. If I was to be away from the boat for
extended periods I could probably drill a hole
in the reservoir and place it in the sink to
provide drainage. This is a great unit and when
mine finally dies I will buy another. It beats
the Heck out of dragging a full sized
dehumidifier on and off a boat as I used to do on previous boats
Note that I obviously do not use this once the temps fall below freezing
Mike
Persistence
Halifax
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Subject: Re: Stus-List winter condensation
I'm having the same problems as everyone else. Never before.
I worry about leaving heating appliances running
while I'm not there. I bought a
dehumidifier. 30 pint/day. Might not be any
safer to leave alone than a heater. Oddly, I
have a engine block heater which I don't have any fear of leaving unattended.
Josh Muckley
S/V Sea Hawk
1989 C&C 37+
Solomons, MD
On Jan 5, 2016 9:39 PM, "Russ & Melody via
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Hi Joe,
Your current conditions sum up a B.C. South Coast winter pretty well.
I run a ceramic style "cube" heater set about 10
degrees F above ambient and on a 12 hour timer
set to come on at midnight. This allows me to
override the timer if I'm puttering on the boat during the day.
80 bucks CDN is my winter electric bill.
If it gets really cold, like now it's at
freezing, then I might get some condensation on
the fore hatch 'cause I don't have a foredeck tarp hung yet.
Cheers, Russ
Sweet 35 mk-1
B.C. South Coast
At 09:10 AM 05/01/2016, you wrote:
This winter with weather going form warm and
humid to cold and back has caused more
condensation than the last 10 winters combined.
Anyone have any good ideas to get rid of it?
Right now I am thinking about getting calcium
chloride (the ingredient in Damp-Rid) and
putting out a bucket of it plus maybe turning
the heat up. I usually have it set about 45-50
degrees or so if I am not down there doing something.
Joe
Coquina
Cabin temp 51 degrees right now:
<http://aprs.fi/telemetry/a/N3HGB-5>http://aprs.fi/telemetry/a/N3HGB-5
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