[DeTomaso] Climate Bag

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

Wouldn't it have been a lot easier to place the dehumidifier inside the
tent and just run the drain hose away from it? Kind of how you use a
dehumidifier in general.
 
Tomas

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 	  	 From: Mike Drew via DeTomaso [detomaso at poca.com]
Sent: 4/2/2015 5:49:37 AM
To: andymay24 at gmail.com;davel at emspace.com
Cc: detomaso at poca.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Climate Bag 


In a message dated 2/3/15 12 13 52, andymay24 at gmail.com writes: 


> Yes, I certainly would not want to be doing it for a weekend - its
really 
> designed for seasonal use. 
> 

>>>Andy, he didn't say 'weekend'. He said 'week and...' 

Yes, it takes some time to put the car into and out of the cocoon, but
if 
you're taking it out and then driving it every day for a week before
parking 
it for several weeks or months, it's not unreasonable. 

FWIW, Johnny Woods balked at the high cost of a "Carcoon" in the UK so
he 
made his own. His old workshop was something straight out of a Dickens 
novel; it was in the basement of an 18th century tannery. It was
perpetually 
dark and dank, and any bare metal left exposed would literally rust in 
minutes. 

He made a lightweight balsawood rectangle larger than the car, and then
a 
light framework that reaches a peak in the middle, and covered it with
heavy 
clear PVC plastic. He put a rubber seal all the way around the bottom 
framework. He then rigged up a pulley apparatus overhead, ran a rope
from the 
top of the 'tent' through the pulley and then down to an old Jaguar 
windshield wiper motor he affixed to the wall. Powered by a 12V
inverter, with the 
flip of a switch, the whole affair lifted up and was suspended over the 
car. 

Now, what about the humidity? Well, at first he just got a standard 
dehumidifier, set it up outside the tent, with the inlet hose inside
with the 
car, and piping to the outside for the water that was removed from the
air. 
But then he got REALLY clever. You see, the dehumidifier has an air
exhaust 
as well as an inlet. So, he rigged up a long length of hose and ran the 
exhaust air back INSIDE the tent. In this way, the air was circulated
again 
and again and again, getting moisture pulled out of it with each pass 
through the machine. 

He got a humidity gauge and measured the ultimate dryness achieved by
this 
method, then on his next trip to the USA, he measured the air in Death 
Valley in the late springtime. His bubble had lower humidity! 

So, with just a few dollars spent plus a bit of cleverness, you can
really 
take care of your car if it's in a humid environment. Even if you're not
willing to manufacture your own tent, the trick of circulating
dehumidified 
air around and around and not allowing ambient air into the cocoon is a
very 
good idea! 

Mike	
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   Wouldn't it have been a lot easier to place the dehumidifier inside the
   tent and just run the drain hose away from it? Kind of how you use a
   dehumidifier in general.



   Tomas
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       From: Mike Drew via DeTomaso [detomaso at poca.com]
   Sent: 4/2/2015 5:49:37 AM
   To: andymay24 at gmail.com;davel at emspace.com
   Cc: detomaso at poca.com
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Climate Bag
   In a message dated 2/3/15 12 13 52, andymay24 at gmail.com writes:
   > Yes, I certainly would not want to be doing it for a weekend - its
   really
   > designed for seasonal use.
   >
   >>>Andy, he didn't say 'weekend'. He said 'week and...'
   Yes, it takes some time to put the car into and out of the cocoon, but
   if
   you're taking it out and then driving it every day for a week before
   parking
   it for several weeks or months, it's not unreasonable.
   FWIW, Johnny Woods balked at the high cost of a "Carcoon" in the UK so
   he
   made his own. His old workshop was something straight out of a Dickens
   novel; it was in the basement of an 18th century tannery. It was
   perpetually
   dark and dank, and any bare metal left exposed would literally rust in
   minutes.
   He made a lightweight balsawood rectangle larger than the car, and then
   a
   light framework that reaches a peak in the middle, and covered it with
   heavy
   clear PVC plastic. He put a rubber seal all the way around the bottom
   framework. He then rigged up a pulley apparatus overhead, ran a rope
   from the
   top of the 'tent' through the pulley and then down to an old Jaguar
   windshield wiper motor he affixed to the wall. Powered by a 12V
   inverter, with the
   flip of a switch, the whole affair lifted up and was suspended over the
   car.
   Now, what about the humidity? Well, at first he just got a standard
   dehumidifier, set it up outside the tent, with the inlet hose inside
   with the
   car, and piping to the outside for the water that was removed from the
   air.
   But then he got REALLY clever. You see, the dehumidifier has an air
   exhaust
   as well as an inlet. So, he rigged up a long length of hose and ran the
   exhaust air back INSIDE the tent. In this way, the air was circulated
   again
   and again and again, getting moisture pulled out of it with each pass
   through the machine.
   He got a humidity gauge and measured the ultimate dryness achieved by
   this
   method, then on his next trip to the USA, he measured the air in Death
   Valley in the late springtime. His bubble had lower humidity!
   So, with just a few dollars spent plus a bit of cleverness, you can
   really
   take care of your car if it's in a humid environment. Even if you're
   not
   willing to manufacture your own tent, the trick of circulating
   dehumidified
   air around and around and not allowing ambient air into the cocoon is a
   very
   good idea!
   Mike