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11/10/2014 at 10:43am
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condensation is warm damp air hitting cold surfaces..
ventilation dries out the condensation.. sadly it also make the warm air less warm.. :)
the damp air can come from normal human breath or maybe damp in the van..
i would check the van for damp..
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11/10/2014 at 12:04pm
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The van needs to warm up even the walls, this happened to us, as we use the van in winter, we have put ventilation boards between walls and back of the seats, but as a short term measure we used our walking poles to keep the cushions off the walls.
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13/10/2014 at 9:35am
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in theory a well insulated van should not have cold walls if the inside has been heated.. mind you areas behind seat cushions and the likes are being insulated from the internal heat in the van so might have condensation problems.. more so if the cushion are moved after the van has been heated exposing the cold areas behind them..
i still suspect damp in van if excessive condensation is present.. but i am just thinking aloud.. :)
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13/10/2014 at 9:27pm
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Leave the heating on low overnight and open a couple of windows an inch to improve the airflow.
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14/10/2014 at 12:11pm
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If you can heat the van up the day before you go away, get the van warm and then put the windows on the night catch and open the roof a little. Then when you go away just use the heat as you want and you should find little or no condensation. We sleep with the van well ventilated so get no condensation at all, if you do not use the night catches then you can expect to find the internal windows covered in condensation.
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14/10/2014 at 1:08pm
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We have quiet a bit of condensation on the walls in colder and wetter weather. Ours is mostly in the kids bunk area where it's quite closed in. I don't like a draft at night as we have a 2 year old, so I just open some windows to vent in the day and dry it out. We had it before our damp was fixed and still have it now (the damp is defo gone).
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