Dehumidifier?

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Chimera

I do avoid using the AC pretty much all the time. I know it comes on automatically in defog mode, but otherwise I don't use it much, and that doesn't do anything when the cars parked.

Reminds me of back-in-the-day, I was in Yuma, Arizona one august morning when a tech rep picked me up at my motel and we were on our way to Scottsdale, Arizona.

At about 10 AM, when the temperature reached about 110*F, I suggested we roll up the windows and turn on the A/C. He replied he didn't want to run the A/C so he could save money. I pulled a $5 bill out of my billfold, tossed it on his dash and turned the A/C on HI .......


humfrz

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by radroach

@Chimera I had a hole poked in my floor from running over a chisel on the highway which would cause some ingress and lots of moisture. I had great success in removing wetness and mildew by using Damprid hanging packs hung off the backs of my seats. They'd collect like a liter of water each after about a week.

Also, best place to buy them is Home Depot / Lowes. Everywhere else marks them up like crazy.

Wouldn't have been easier too just plug the hole?

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Reminds me of back-in-the-day, I was in Yuma, Arizona one august morning when a tech rep picked me up at my motel and we were on our way to Scottsdale, Arizona.

At about 10 AM, when the temperature reached about 110*F, I suggested we roll up the windows and turn on the A/C. He replied he didn't want to run the A/C so he could save money. I pulled a $5 bill out of my billfold, tossed it on his dash and turned the A/C on HI .......


humfrz

Ya sure. "Air conditioning"

[radroach]

@Tcoat I did, used flex seal. But there was water still trapped in the carpet that i needed to get out.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by radroach

@Tcoat I did, used flex seal. But there was water still trapped in the carpet that i needed to get out.

LOL I figured that was the reality but the way you wrote it made it sound like you just drove around constantly getting new water then soaking it up.

[extrashaky]

I bought my car in New Orleans and lived there with it for a year and a half.

I now live in Florida.

I've had zero problems with humidity in this car.

Sounds like operator error to me.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Wouldn't have been easier too just plug the hole?

Now THAT would have been too damn simple .........


humfrz

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Ya sure. "Air conditioning"

OK, you got me there, Tcoat ....... but I did buy the ice for it (yes, ice, he had the de-lux model) .......


humfrz

[ToySub1946]

My family have had two different cars ruined by mildew...their interiors.

Both cars were in a locked attached garage (different decades) in Clearwater, Fl. Garage not opened up for months....family members only using the house 3 months of each year.

Other friends who live in Florida state they have no problem. The difference is these people are living in their homes, opening garage daily, or even keeping garage open most of the day for air circulation of house and garage.

Who can afford an air-conditioned garage...not many.

[radroach]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

LOL I figured that was the reality but the way you wrote it made it sound like you just drove around constantly getting new water then soaking it up.

Well I kinda did, I just plugged the hole with plastic bags while I was looking around for body shops to see what the fix might be. Abra wanted $1000 do do a patch job!! So glad for flex seal.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by radroach

Well I kinda did, I just plugged the hole with plastic bags while I was looking around for body shops to see what the fix might be. Abra wanted $1000 do do a patch job!! So glad for flex seal.

What would have been wrong with a piece of tin, some pop rivets and roofing tar .......


humfrz

[FR-Sky]

This is my first time hearing that word "dehumidifier" lol

[billwot]

Originally Posted by Chimera

I do avoid using the AC pretty much all the time. I know it comes on automatically in defog mode, but otherwise I don't use it much, and that doesn't do anything when the cars parked.

No, but it will very quickly dry out the interior once you turn it on!

[Riftur]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

I bought my car in New Orleans and lived there with it for a year and a half.

I now live in Florida.

I've had zero problems with humidity in this car.

Sounds like operator error to me.

I live in south florida and have never had any issue also. OP, do you get in the car and it has mist in it? Like you left a window cracked open?