Mr Haynes, Mr Haynes do you think using it downstairs may have caused your ..problems. Perhaps some tubes got blocked.
"Returning approximately to the original premise" .... I'd rather be able to nip out on a cold dry winter day so, is it really necessary to remove the battery for trickle charging? And what's the folklore on where best to attach the croc clamps (assuming the battery is still in the bus)? As Elmo will be in an insulated box, have been thinking of putting one of those 12 volt pet mat thingies on the ground underneath ......
I done did one of those them a English digrees so maybe I just can't help it? Might start a thread for haiku's though .... (5/7/5 syllables) Snotty has liked this And so I am delighted Facebook can go spin
Dehumidifiers - I used to have one until Zed pointed out that moist air from outside will rush in to replace the dry air in your Bay. So what you're doing is just drying the world, a little.
this winter I just got a cheap tin of Simoniz carnauba wax, warmed it up and applied it to the whole exterior without polishing off. it seems to be working, the rain, drizzle, dew is pouring off the van.
You can leave the battery in if your trickle charger is able to maintain 13.8 volts even with things like stereos dribbling away power. Might need to be a bit more powerful than eg. a £10 solar cell based charger. Maybe 1 amp but with a regulated voltage so it cant overcharge. Otherwise use a normal smart battery charger and top it up once a week. I wouldnt heat a camper unless its dry air. A dehumidifier that runs on mains with a fan and a refrigerator/ condenser arrangement rather than a feeble chemical absorber also acts as an up to 300 watt fan heater which blows warmish dry air. So a dehumidifier dries and stops rust while a heater may warm up damp metal and make it worse ...
Than Thanks, that all makes sense ... I have a smart charger lined up and didn't really want to be bothering with heaters. I've just made a skirt with corrugated card, that sits under the cover all the way round, filling the gap between the cover's lower edge and the floor (acts as a breathable damp buffer ... Stole the idea from some old-school trailer-tenters as it made a massive difference to how cold their floors went overnight) Think I'll try the cat litter though. I've done a triple glazed fixed roof light in our house selfbuild, with a single sheet of glass like a massive tile on the slate line, and a double glazed unit (glass from someone's unwanted patio doors) on the plasterboard line inside (does away with the "velux" problem of blocking the heat exchange at the outer face) ...... Problem is I haven't got round to fitting the inner units so there's been a makeshift "temporary" inner plastic pane in place for two winters (I know I know) The point of all this is that it only took a bit of scrunched up treatment couch paper, sat in the 400mm gap between the panes, to stop the condensation build up on the inside of the outer glass, so the cat litter and cardboard should do much the same job .........? Ooh I feel a blog coming on! (That's a gift for the tlb schoolboys ... you know who you are
