Mooney
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Joe you full-timing in the camper?
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JoeChiOhki
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Yeah, been living in it since June. I live out on a farm not too far from work. Water and Electric, grey water gets filtered through a large gravel heap. Black tank gets dumped once a month or so (doesn't get very full since I use the outhouse alot of the time).
Switched to working only one job about mid-to-late august. The cost of driving down to the old job was eating up most of the money made for working the weekend. Enjoy having weekends again  .
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WX2G
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Another way to do this is to take two clean 5 gallon drywall buckets, drill a bunch of 1/4 holes in the bottom of one and set it inside the other. Fill the upper (inside) one about half full with Calcium Chloride, and set it in the camper. This is basically a large scale version of the little dehumidifiers, and works very well. Where to get the calcium chloride? Well, if you are in a cold northern state it is readily available and inexpensive in farm supplies, it is used to de ice areas where cows walk to stop slipping. Sodium chloride (salt) should not be used for either cows or dehumidifiers. Now if I could only find some in Florida.....
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RickW
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Hi,
I have a "NewAir" small dehumidifier that is identical to the referenced Petite model. It is 12 volt with a 110 v transformer. During the winter, I put it on a timer so it runs a few hours in the late evening. The most condensation is going to occur at nite when it is the coldest.
It is quiet and could be used while in the camper-especially if it is placed in a vented cabinet or bathroom for noise dampening. I got it to use while sleeping at night to remove moisture from breathing but have not used it that way yet.
It has a small reservoir (about 2-3 cups?) that I empty about once every 1-2 weeks in the winter. There is a microswitch that requires the reservoir to be in place and a float switch that will turn it off if full of water.
However, it could easily be modified to drain into the sink, shower or through the camper floor so it could be left long periods unattended.
Rick
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JoeChiOhki
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Heh, you folks keep over looking a few things I've said 
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Its the main reason I'm even looking at a dehumidifier. I use Damprid when I store it with several small containers I made spread through out the camper. I don't have any moisture problems then....
The problem is coming from me living in the camper, the cabover tends to be colder than the rest of the camper because it has far less air volume.
Hence why I was looking for spill-proof dehumidifiers to stick up in the cabover with me to reduce condensation from forming on the walls in the cabover.
Rest of the camper has no condensation problems, well outside of the metal door frame and then only on the side where my coat is hanging .
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Straydog99
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JoeChiOhki wrote:Hey all, with the PNW weather returning to its normal state of soggy and cold and me full-timing in the camper, I'm strongly considering getting a small dehumidifier to keep the moisture down inside.
It would need to be a unit with a tank on it and somewhat compact.
Any suggestions?
I have an Eva-Dry 1100 compact dehumidifier. It works very well. I drilled a hole and attached a 1/4" hose that I let drain into the sink so I don't have to empty it. The only drawback is it runs off 110VAC.
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JoeChiOhki
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Straydog99 wrote:JoeChiOhki wrote:Hey all, with the PNW weather returning to its normal state of soggy and cold and me full-timing in the camper, I'm strongly considering getting a small dehumidifier to keep the moisture down inside.
It would need to be a unit with a tank on it and somewhat compact.
Any suggestions?
I have an Eva-Dry 1100 compact dehumidifier. It works very well. I drilled a hole and attached a 1/4" hose that I let drain into the sink so I don't have to empty it. The only drawback is it runs off 110VAC.
Considering how little power it draws, I could easily power that off the inverter all night.
Thanks for the Amazon.com link, that's the best price I've seen so far since it qualifies for super saver shipping.
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fast.5
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Hi: Not quite on topic but, have you tryed using a small fan to move some of the main cabin air up into the bunk? It might get enough moisture to the back and allow it to go out a vent.
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BrandonR
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I've seen my air conditioner pull far more water out of the air in my camper in an hour than the little dehumidifier does in a month, that's why I'm not sold on the idea that it is very effective. If you happen to come to Albany or Corvallis for some reason I'll let you borrow mine for as long as you need to find out if the little one will be effective for you.
BTW, I was referring to condensation when I'm using the camper. I use the dehumidifier while it's in storage I haven't been willing to use the battery power to run it when I'm camping so far since I'm always boondocking right to the limit of my battery capacity, I'm in the process of adding more battery now.
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JoeChiOhki
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I've used my A/C in conjunction with the heater once. In order to make the A/C unit come on, the camper has to be a minimum of 70 degrees inside, otherwise all that cycles is the fan. 70 is way too warm for me to be comfortable inside, I usually keep the inside between 63-65 degrees.
A small generator and a good battery charger is always a good friend when boondocking. I have 3 deep cycles in my camper/truck setup. One group 27 under the hood and two group 31 attached to the camper. I upgraded recently to a WFCO 35 amp charger that does a splendid job of maintaining and recharging the batteries.
I'd be more than happy to borrow the unit, but sadly yer a long way from me. Though, I am thinking about throwing together a costal trip here within the next month. Visited Fort Stevens yesterday, walked away with a plastic grocery bag full of sand dollars with tons more left on the beach....
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