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with everyone discussing the leaks they are discovering into their cabins this winter as it has done nowt but rain, what is the best way of drying an interior out? Dehumidifier? radiator (oi; filled? any suggestions?

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When the a/c drain blocked on the Alfa & it was like a swimming pool inside & I put the garage dehumidifier in there. Which after 24 hours had dried it nicely. If it is garaged then a small oil filled heater & leaving the windows open for circulation would work.
Just bought a Ruby Dri off of E Bay for the garage & that works very well pulling around 3-4 litres a day out of it.

what about thoise of us sans garage??????

Mine lives outside, I just run an extension lead to it & put the dehumidifier inside.

what sorta dehumidifier? big? small? medium?

If it is just for the inside of the car then one of the ickle ones will do & they are circa 100 quid, I have a Ruby Dry in the garage like this:-
http://www.allergymatters.com/acatalog/ ... fier_.html
This is small enough to go in the car, it also blows warmer air 8-10Deg C so wars the environment which is important as conventional units freeze up around 2-3 Deg C. and below.

and don't forget unless you have a decent temperature the dehum just will not work, I find once temp is over 15 degrees they work most efficiently, difficult if the car is outside in the winter

What about one of those desiccant packs that you re-charge by drying out in the oven? Won't need power when in the car and might be better suited to low outside temperatures..

I've tried them Jim,they soon saturate out, I suppose if you dry them out fairly frequently & have a few spare packs to swap around they may work. You drag a lot of water out of a wet car in a short space of time.

what amounts of water are we talking here?

my double garage is sodding awful for damp, having had an integrale, i decided to tackle the problem before i returned to a pile of scrap lol...

i bought a dehumidifier (150 quid) and it was filling the bucket (12 litres) a day.

I decided to bang down a 5mm DPM and two layers of 13mm mdf, treated with oil/paint - seal the airspaces in the roof etc and now i am down to 3 litres a day.

for in the car, a friend uses - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Delonghi-148110 ... pd_cp_kh_1

just work out a way to get a hose out the car and have it on permanent drain...

ONE THING - ideally get one with a humistat, you dont want it to dry, else your rubbers and leather will suffer.

The company I work for hires out dehumidifiers of various sorts and sizes but sadly I don't know anything about them myself.

That was helpful wasn't it? lol