I bought a 10 pound bag of calcium chloride from the hardware store and put about 2 pounds out in a Tupperware container. We'll see how it goes. Thanks for that link! Joe Coquina Yet another cycle of warm-ish and damp then cold coming up!
From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Russ & Melody via CnC-List Sent: Friday, January 08, 2016 11:31 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Russ & Melody Subject: Re: Stus-List winter condensation Hi Bill, I saved a bunch of desiccant bags from our large turbine crate. I plan to use them in lockers and other small spaces as there is no water dropped out, they are an absorbent. You need twice as many so the companion set can be regenerating (drying) at home while the other set is working on the boat. I had no idea the material was this cheap: http://www.sorbentsystems.com/largebags.html It is similar or the same stuff that is used in industrial sized air dryers. Our application is instrument air supply for pneumatic control valves. The saloon will still have a fan (or fan & a bit o' heat) for circulation. If this works on a Wet Coast winter, it can work anywhere. Cheers, Russ Sweet 35 mk-1 Colony of Vancouver Island At 07:33 AM 08/01/2016, you wrote: Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_01C7_01D14A00.0B827710" Content-language: en-us BTW, compressed air dryers like those made by Van-Air use salt pellets over which the air passes. The water drips down and is drained out the bottom. I believe there is also calcium chloride in it too, and maybe some secret ingredients, but if you had a bucket with holes in the bottom and a muffin fan to pull air through the pellets and another bucket to catch the salt water droplets it might work. Bill Coleman C&C 39 From: CnC-List [ mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2016 1:29 PM To: 'cnc-list@cnc-list.com' Cc: Della Barba, Joe Subject: Re: Stus-List winter condensation Note that Damp-Rid is actually calcium chloride. I am going to buy a big bag of it at Home Depot and leave a bucket sitting out. We will see how well that works. Joe Coquina From: CnC-List [ mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2016 8:43 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Hoyt, Mike Subject: Re: Stus-List winter condensation A few years back I purchase an Eva Dry condensorless dehumidifier https://www.eva-dry.com/dehumidifiers/eva-dry-1100-petite-dehumidifier/ (I am not sure if condensorless is a word but I think it works in this case) This is a 12v unit that weights approx. 4 lbs and removes up to one cup of water per day. The unit comes with a 110v wall plug adaptor but for some reason not the 12v cord. Whenever we are at our dock I plug this in and leave it on all the time. When we go sailing I put it on a shelf over the settee since it is very small and light. If I was to be away from the boat for extended periods I could probably drill a hole in the reservoir and place it in the sink to provide drainage. This is a great unit and when mine finally dies I will buy another. It beats the Heck out of dragging a full sized dehumidifier on and off a boat as I used to do on previous boats Note that I obviously do not use this once the temps fall below freezing Mike Persistence Halifax From: CnC-List [ mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Josh Muckley via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2016 1:50 AM To: C&C List Cc: Josh Muckley Subject: Re: Stus-List winter condensation I'm having the same problems as everyone else. Never before. I worry about leaving heating appliances running while I'm not there. I bought a dehumidifier. 30 pint/day. Might not be any safer to leave alone than a heater. Oddly, I have a engine block heater which I don't have any fear of leaving unattended. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Jan 5, 2016 9:39 PM, "Russ & Melody via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: Hi Joe, Your current conditions sum up a B.C. South Coast winter pretty well. I run a ceramic style "cube" heater set about 10 degrees F above ambient and on a 12 hour timer set to come on at midnight. This allows me to override the timer if I'm puttering on the boat during the day. 80 bucks CDN is my winter electric bill. If it gets really cold, like now it's at freezing, then I might get some condensation on the fore hatch 'cause I don't have a foredeck tarp hung yet. Cheers, Russ Sweet 35 mk-1 B.C. South Coast At 09:10 AM 05/01/2016, you wrote: This winter with weather going form warm and humid to cold and back has caused more condensation than the last 10 winters combined. Anyone have any good ideas to get rid of it? Right now I am thinking about getting calcium chloride (the ingredient in Damp-Rid) and putting out a bucket of it plus maybe turning the heat up. I usually have it set about 45-50 degrees or so if I am not down there doing something. 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