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I have read some impressive stories about these dehumidifiers, but do they also keep the van warm, thinking about keep the tanks from icing up. Or do you have to run heating in conjuction with a dehumidifier
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I have read some impressive stories about these dehumidifiers, but do they also keep the van warm, thinking about keep the tanks from icing up. Or do you have to run heating in conjuction with a dehumidifier
Hello Bertha,
We run a small 500W fanheater on frost protect so it only cuts in when necessary. The dehumidifier removes the moisture from the air returning it drier if that makes sense. So if it was warm & moist to start with then it feels warmer after the moisture has been removed.
In the home we use one in the lounge & find we can run the central heating a few degrees lower yet the room feels warmer. Its is not a heater on its own. Hope that makes sense. I am not very good at explaining things sometimes.
Motorhomer
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Thanks Motorhomer, yes it does make sense and looks like a useful investment.
Sorry to be a pain but we have a Domestic Air Con in the van does that do the same, I guess not because there is no water collecting point
Regards
H
Hello Bertha
No an air conditioner. keeps the van / room at a constant temperature ie in the hot weather its useful for keeping the van cool. It extracts the hot air
Motorhomer
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True aircon does indeed dry the air, and the water will be discharged, onto the roof if it is a roof mounted unit. However, just as many (particularly the cheaper) dehumidifiers become relatively ineffective at low temperatures, many aircon units will also not dry the air much at low temperatures. (I think with my own unit, the compressor doesn't even switch in when the air temperature is less than 18C!)
Dave
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Our dehumidifier BQ own brand about 70 quid (sorry my pound sign not working again) works effeciently. The temperature using a frost protect has not dropped below 7 degrees. We collect more moisture when it wet weather than now. ie ATM I empty every other day. In wet weather every day. Think the container is just over 1 pint.
Motorhomer
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I'm very interested in this thread. We are VERY new to ownnig a motorhome (a Holdsworth Valentine on VW Transporter ) and had a disaster straight away. When we bought the van last month we received no real information (previous owner hand lost the handbook for a start) so were doing everything from scratch. Checked how the sink, etc., worked and as freezing temperatures were forecast I drained the tanks and the water heater - or so I thought. Didn't know that just opening the drains wasn't enough. Now the van is being worked over - probably new pump and heater needed.
My question - will having a small amount of heat in the van - folk have mentioned a 500W fan heater, etc. - protect the tanks and associated plumbing as well as the 'internal' items?
Mike
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I think th general concensus is that it's a good idea - if you are able to maintain an EHU connection- to have a heater on over winter with thermostat to keep temp about about 4/5degC. Particulalrly important if you arent using the vehicle over the winter period.
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