[DeTomaso] Climate Bag

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

Like Thomas wrote, it's more or less exactly the same except you don't route the air outside the bag through the dehumidifier.

Tomas
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  From: MikeLDrew at aol.com 
  To: guson at home.se 
  Cc: detomaso at poca.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 9:15 PM
  Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Climate Bag



  In a message dated 2/4/15 11 09 22, guson at home.se writes:



    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.



  >>>While that would certainly do *something*, it would be far less effective.  Remember, the tent has both an inlet and an exhaust vent, and a fan to circulate air through it.  Your technique would see super-damp air being drawn into the tent, some humidity removed from it, and then that air is exhausted back into the environment.  

  I realize I misspoke (miswrote?) when I described Johnny's setup, confusing the inlet/exhaust of the tent with the inlet/exhaust of the dehumidifier.  The dehumidifier is set up outside the tent, with the exhaust (relatively dry) air of the unit then being pumped into the tent.  Originally, the exhaust from the tent just went into the atmosphere.  This was moderately effective, but the air in his garage was so damp that the dehumidifier could only do so much.  By taking the exhaust air from the *tent*, and routing it back into the intake of the dehumidifier, the air was dried again and again, and that's how he got the humidifity inside the tent down to very dry levels.

  One could argue that it was *too* dry, but he offset that by simply using the car periodically, or at least moving it out of the way, meaning it still got plenty of exposure to moisture to help keep rubber seals etc. supple.

  Mike
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   Like Thomas wrote, it's more or less exactly the same except you don't
   route the air outside the bag through the dehumidifier.



   Tomas

   ----- Original Message -----

   From: [1]MikeLDrew at aol.com

   To: [2]guson at home.se

   Cc: [3]detomaso at poca.com

   Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 9:15 PM

   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Climate Bag

     In a message dated 2/4/15 11 09 22, [4]guson at home.se writes:
     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.
     >>>While that would certainly do *something*, it would be far less
     effective.  Remember, the tent has both an inlet and an exhaust
     vent, and a fan to circulate air through it.  Your technique would
     see super-damp air being drawn into the tent, some humidity removed
     from it, and then that air is exhausted back into the environment.
     I realize I misspoke (miswrote?) when I described Johnny's setup,
     confusing the inlet/exhaust of the tent with the inlet/exhaust of
     the dehumidifier.  The dehumidifier is set up outside the tent, with
     the exhaust (relatively dry) air of the unit then being pumped into
     the tent.  Originally, the exhaust from the tent just went into the
     atmosphere.  This was moderately effective, but the air in his
     garage was so damp that the dehumidifier could only do so much.  By
     taking the exhaust air from the *tent*, and routing it back into the
     intake of the dehumidifier, the air was dried again and again, and
     that's how he got the humidifity inside the tent down to very dry
     levels.
     One could argue that it was *too* dry, but he offset that by simply
     using the car periodically, or at least moving it out of the way,
     meaning it still got plenty of exposure to moisture to help keep
     rubber seals etc. supple.
     Mike

References

   1. mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com
   2. mailto:guson at home.se
   3. mailto:detomaso at poca.com
   4. mailto:guson at home.se