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05/11/2017 at 3:23pm
Location: Wales
Outfit: Peugeot AutoQuest 100 2009
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Hi guys
We've just stowed our Autotrail up for the winter months water drained, hoovered and cleaned etc but my biggest concern is keeping her damp free from now until spring...any tips or advice please?
I appreciate using the on-board heater keeps it warm and dry but leaving it on 24/7 isn't feasible and too costly
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05/11/2017 at 3:54pm
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Provided it does not leak it will not get damp. As pointed out it needs to be kept well ventilated. Cold air is not wet air. You will get far more condensation while you are using it than when it is empty.
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05/11/2017 at 4:25pm
Location: Sheffield
Outfit: Sterling Eccles Sport 636
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I agree with opensauce. If it doesn’t leak you don’t need to do anything. We don’t with ours and we leave everything in it including the duvets
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05/11/2017 at 5:15pm
Location: Notts Lincs border
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We have had our camper a very long time & it's over 20 years old. Every year we put a couple of de-humidifiers, the crystal variety from poundland in, leaving all cupboards open, wardrobe door and loo door wide.
They do gather some water but not much.Everything stays dry including the bedding.
Unless there is an ingress of water there should not be a problem.
Don't listen to the so called experts,look on here for advice!
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12/11/2017 at 6:34pm
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Only ever had a damp problem in winter with my previous Swift - but it was a generally damp motorhome. My new Elddis has no damp in winter.
After all, you can view hundreds of motorhomes in dealers during the winter and they dont take any special precautions and the bedding is not damp
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12/11/2017 at 6:44pm
Location: Wales
Outfit: Peugeot AutoQuest 100 2009
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Just seems odd that if you left bedding in a cold bedroom that didn't get used for weeks on endwith no heating then it does tend to smell a bit damp and musty...i can't see how a motor Home is any different, I think just plenty of fresh air on nice dry days
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12/11/2017 at 9:39pm
Location: Morley
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Don't stop using it, when we had a motorhome we never stopped, now we've a caravan same applies, don't stay at home whilst you can get out and about.carpe diem
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16/11/2017 at 9:13am
Location: Shropshire
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Off Topic..
If leaving it stood for any length of time, especially at this time of year, keep an eye out for mice!...
If they really want in, you aren't going to stop them. (..no matter how many holes folk may think that they've blocked up).
Engine bays, air filters,*cavities behind cupboards/wardrobes (*accessed via cable/pipe runs and/or panel gaps) etc etc
We only had the one spell of "visitations"(we were rural and surrounded by fields and hedges at that time)...and during this spell, it wasn't unusual to trap 1 or 2 from inside the van and a further 2-3 in the traps I placed **outside under the wheels.
(**These outside traps were placed in lidded marg' containers, with just a 1/2" hole at the one end, so as to minimise the risk to birds).
After a few days, the internal trappings stopped(as did any "evidence" of them being there) and after a few weeks the outside traps were also being left untouched..
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24/11/2017 at 10:30pm
Location: Derbyshire
Outfit: ElddisAvante462 Honda CRV SE2.2 i-Dtec
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I may be old fashioned, but in 35years of caravanning, this cheap and easy trick has always worked for us, and that is to leave a few cat litter trays of common salt dotted around the van during winter.
They go in as easy flowing grains of salt, and come out in spring as a solid mass, having absorbed a great deal of moisture from the air within the caravan.
We then dry them out in our airing cupboard, and crumble up the salt and store them for next season.
They work very well.
Julia
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