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16/9/2014 at 3:46pm
Location: Weardale
Outfit: Flares and a flowery shirt
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We use ours in the winter. Nothing beats Christmas day on a pier somewhere!
We also use a dehumidifier, the chemical kind.
A couple of plastic bowls with cooking salt in does a good job too.
I wouldn't leave an unattended elec fire in the MH, some do.
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16/9/2014 at 3:53pm
Location: East Lothian
Outfit: Autocruise Stardream
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A small electric radiator will work and is safe too, I keep mine in my garage, so I don't have a problem as it's heated (its a huge garage) all my motorcycles are in there as well!
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16/9/2014 at 4:57pm
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You don't need to heat inside of van when it is unused, you just need a bit of ventilation. Cold air is no more damp than warm air. The van interior will be filled with damp air & condensation when it is occupied & being slept & cooked in, not when it is empty.
You will keep the damp out by ensuring there is no water ingress through bodywork. If water is leaking in from outside no amount of interior heating will stop it.
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19/9/2014 at 4:09pm
Location: Ayrshire
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Key thing is to bring indoors everything that may get mildewed or smelling fusty, or at least bring it out to where the air can circulate - don't leave any bedding, pillows or duvets etc in a closed locker. We leave cupboard doors open, leave a window on trickle vent, and plug the MH in regularly to keep the leisure battery from draining too low (we have a socket in the porch, trail the cable through the letter box of the storm door). We have never heated the MH when we're not in it (we have an oil filled rad with thermostat for when we are), but we do sometimes put the dehumidifyer on out there (though a bowl of salt works well too).... however, it may just be drawing water out of the general atmosphere of mild & damp Ayrshire, rather than out of the MH. No way of knowing.
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