[DeTomaso] Dehumidification

[John Bentley (jab)]

Just stick a chunk of that plastic "brillo" stuff in the pipe to keep
critters out if necessary.

JB

 

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Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 1:02 PM
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Dehumidification

Just a silly thought regarding insects and other critters coming in thru
a 
drain line....what if you built in a u-shaped trap on the drain line on
the 
way out, would a bug pull a Jacques Costeau to get in?


Michael L. Shortt
Savannah, Georgia
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From: <damaadams at aol.com>
To: <mikeldrew at aol.com>; <duz185 at ori.net>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Dehumidification


> Jury is out on the condensate drains. I want to minimize potential
routes 
> for critters to get in. Especially all the mice that live in the woods

> with us. As for the existing garage, the lifts and tools stay there so
I 
> can do all the dirty stuff in the existing garage. It will also help 
> eliminate the current "Rubic's cube" ceremony I have to go through to
take 
> out one of the cars in a top bunk. The tractor, snow blower, emergency

> generator, etc. are also looking forward to having a little more elbow

> room.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mikeldrew at aol.com
> To: damaadams at aol.com; duz185 at ori.net; detomaso at realbig.com
> Sent: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 2:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Dehumidification
>
>
> Darryl wrote:
>
> While my attached garage is heated, it isn't cooled. I have two 
> dehumidifiers
> running 24/7 during the "moist" months. I sometimes have to empty them

> each
> daily. That's over 3 gallons of humidity a day. (My wife is in and out
of 
> the
> garage with her Expedition fairly often, so the machines are fighting
a 
> losing
> battle.)
>
>>>>You should be able to rig up a simple system to allow the
dehumidifiers 
>>>>to drain automatically. Johnny Woods has several of them in his
garage, 
>>>>and he simply cut a hole in the bottom of the tub in each one, and
then 
>>>>ran some PVC pipe to the outside of the building where the water
drains 
>>>>away.
>
>>I've now begun construction on a sealed pole building that will just
> house my cars, so it will be interesting to see the difference. While
I 
> was
> refinishing some spots on one of the cars the bare metal sat for
several 
> days
> and I noticed no surface rust starting, so the portable dehumdifiers
seem 
> to
> work well.
>
>>>>Yes, there's no question they are beneficial for cars in humid 
>>>>environments.
>
> What on earth will you do with your existing monster garage when you
have 
> built another monster garage???
>
> Mike
>
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