Water dripping from the pop top in the morning

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twinfalls
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Water dripping from the pop top in the morning

Post by twinfalls » Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:59 pm

When cold outside, there is a lot of condensation inside, in the morning.

It is humid on windows; The worst is water dripping from the pop top.

Is there an effective way to avoid drops from the pop top.
Like lining with cork ?
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Post by Randy in Maine » Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:53 pm

Open a window.
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Post by hiwaycallin » Fri Nov 06, 2009 3:10 pm

Randy in Maine wrote:Open a window.
Yep, just like in any tent. The most effective thing you can do is vent both high and low. For example, crack one of your jalousies a bit and also open up the topmost part of your pop-top window. If it's cold, just open them a little bit ... that should do it. If you are worried about the cold air coming in, don't ... damp air is worse.

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Post by BumbleBus » Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:53 pm

A little de-humidifier can work really well provided you have a power source for it like a city hookup or beefy aux batt and 'lo and behold you've got fresh water in the morning. Plus it's nice white noise at night for sleeping... helpful for those sometimes noisy campgrounds.
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Post by twinfalls » Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:05 pm

Indeed venting is the way to go.
It was so cold, some morning I had ice, but no water inside at the top and windows.
So cold I did not think about venting.

Jalousies were removed, replaced by plain glass to comply with some dumb import car regulation.
I thought that was better for cold nights; Now I have a good reason to put the jalousies back.

Tell me about winter nights with jalousies.

BTW I never camp hooked up on the 220 volt nuclear grid.
BTW I think about a small propane heater ( as seen here in a near thread ).
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