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Old January 27th 19, 02:52 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Dan Daly[_2_]
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Default Trailer Covers-will that eliminate condensation inside ?

On Saturday, January 26, 2019 at 11:04:02 PM UTC-5, wrote:
Condensation may happen as a result of one of these two causes:

* the trailer is full of warm humid air (from a hazy humid summer day in the NE US) and then cools off at night to below the dewpoint of that air. A cover won't help with that at all.

* on a not-humid summer night in the NE US, the air in the trailer may not quite cool down to its dewpoint, but under a clear sky the trailer roof (especially if metal) cools further by radiation, causing condensation both above (not an issue) and below (inside the trailer). A cover may help with this - but only if it is thick enough to have a significant insulating effect.


I have an Avionic trailer. With the factory solar fan, air is exchanged, cooler (drier) air enters before dark and condensation is not a problem.