Cold weather condensation

[david craft]

I know a lot of folks here camp in cold weather. Problem is when we cook, shower, or breathe we create water vapor. Now a little is good for our lungs, skin, and controlling dust mites but how do we keep that glass and cold surfaces from continually pulling that moisture out. Ideally we would use the range vent and shower vent to expel moisture and the cold surface condensation problem would be minimised. Forced air furnaces help by circulating air. Its pretty shocking to pull a couch away from a wall and see a wet moldy rectagular pattern. We see the same occur around windows. I personally like the vent pillows for the roof. Storm windows work great on the windows. Or a person could cut plexiglass, a much better insulator than glass, to form the barrier between the cold glass and warm moist air making their own storm windows. The less the condensation, the better the we conserve the heat as well. Anyone got got tricks they have used for this problem?

[Russell E Johnson]

We use a dehumidifier.  It is small one but it pulls a lot of water out of the air.  I am thinking that we need to get another one so we will have one on each end of the MH so we can better control the excess humidity.  We have the dehumidifier running constantly, even when we are not using the MH.  I empty out the tank every 7-10 days because it is almost full.  Humidity is one of the bad things in Arkansas, but the winters are more enjoyable than when we lived in Montana.  My wife misses the mountains and the snow, I miss the mountains, but not the snow or bitter cold.  30 or more degrees below zero is not my idea of fun anymore.  LOL

[david craft]

Thats a good remedy, as long as you have power to run it. I was hoping for more on isolating the windows from the moisture inthe air in the coach. Im finishing my 3rd week with bronchitis. Some folks need some humidity in the air to breathe and cold windows dehume pretty good. I was wondering if any GORVers had tried bubble wrap with velcro or any other clever idea to stop heat loss and condensation. Just looking for some tried and true tips along these lines as well...