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Old September 20th 11, 06:24 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Matt RX Matt RX is offline
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I have a Schreder trailer that I'm having trouble dealing with mositure. It
is all metal including the floor and has good positive venting includng a
solar vent. Despite this I can open the trailer after only a week and find
evidence on my glider of signficant mositure. It may just be the dew cycle
and I think what happens is we have a heavy dew overnight and then the
folllowing days are cloudy/wet and the moisutre is not able to evaporate.
Should I install more solar fans?

I know this is an endelss debate....I have heard comments around sealing up
the trailer instead and using dehumidifiers? are there any cordless
dehumidifiers that could be placed in a trailer that would do the job.

A few more years of this are going to kill the Simtec/Prestec. It just
doesn'tlike the prolonged mositure.

Anyone else had problems with Prestec deteriortating quickly from
mositure?

The only option may be to park the trailer inside.

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Old September 20th 11, 09:08 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Damp trailer

On Sep 20, 10:24*am, Matt Rx wrote:
I have a Schreder trailer that I'm having trouble dealing with mositure. It
is all metal including the floor and has good positive venting includng a
solar vent. Despite this I can open the trailer after only a week and find
evidence on my glider of signficant mositure. It may just be the dew cycle
and I think what happens is we have a heavy dew overnight and then the
folllowing days are cloudy/wet and the moisutre is not able to evaporate.
Should I install more solar fans?

I know this is an endelss debate....I have heard comments around sealing up
the trailer instead and using dehumidifiers? are there any cordless
dehumidifiers that could be placed in a trailer that would do the job.

A few more years of this are going to kill the Simtec/Prestec. It just
doesn'tlike the prolonged mositure.

Anyone else had problems with Prestec deteriortating quickly from
mositure?

The only option may be to park the trailer inside.


we had the same issue on our old schreder trailer.we had foam
insulation sprayed everywhere except the floor. this fixed the
problem. Dennis
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Old September 21st 11, 05:54 AM
Mike Kennedy Mike Kennedy is offline
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I have a Schreder trailer that I'm having trouble dealing with mositure. It
is all metal including the floor and has good positive venting includng a
solar vent. Despite this I can open the trailer after only a week and find
evidence on my glider of signficant mositure. It may just be the dew cycle
and I think what happens is we have a heavy dew overnight and then the
folllowing days are cloudy/wet and the moisutre is not able to evaporate.
Should I install more solar fans?

I know this is an endelss debate....I have heard comments around sealing up
the trailer instead and using dehumidifiers? are there any cordless
dehumidifiers that could be placed in a trailer that would do the job.

A few more years of this are going to kill the Simtec/Prestec. It just
doesn'tlike the prolonged mositure.

Anyone else had problems with Prestec deteriortating quickly from
mositure?

The only option may be to park the trailer inside.
Well, 1. If you have a power source, like at home, use a dehumidifier. You need to be able to empty the water tray if you haven't led the flow line outside the trailer, plus you need to be able to turn the unit on and off from its control panel if it does not have the ability to do so itself. If you put it on a timer plugged into the wall, like a lamp timer, it won't turn on the unit, only put power to the unit.
Dehumidifiers dry out the interior of the race boat full of damp spinnakers in about two days. You could run it maybe 10+hrs thru the week? Its like keeping track of a bowl full of gold fish.
2. I also have experience with humidity bags, amazing how much water they pull out of the air and fill the bags. $5 bucks a bag, get some and see what it takes. LOL
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