In-Reply-To: <199701050236.CAA16671@nemesis.cybergate.net> from "George
Procyshyn" at Jan 5, 97 02:36:28 am
> My garage is un insulated, unheated, constructed of brick, poured cement
> floor and a frame roof. It has a SMALL bit of ventilation and everything in
> it including the walls have been soaking wet for the last two days. Imagine
> going into your garage with a spray bottle, opening every drawer in your
> tool box and spritzing everything inside! Then go to your favorite LBC and
> do the same to the engine, body, interior, everywhere. I can write my name
> in the condensate, and I KNOW my LBC's don't like living underwater. I had
> to hang up the nylon car covers to dry out. This is amazing!
More heat would help, but you might be able to use a
dehumidifier. I have one which I use to keep
my garage humidity at a fairly normal level during the rainy season, and
it easily removes all of the moisture that comes from parking a wet car
inside. Actually, if you run one continuously, it can easily extract
several gallons of water each day. In a nearly sealed room, you can get
the humidity much lower than you would want.
In case you are not familiar with these devices, they are essentially
a refrigerator with a fan set up to chill the incoming air and condense
out the moisture. The cold air is then passed over the condenser coils,
to help re-liquify the refrigerant and save energy. The energy losses
cause a small heating effect, but it is not really significant.
Mine was manufactured by White Westinghouse. I got it from Grainger, who
carry a fairly wide selection. About $240 for the next to smallest model.
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-- JEV
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