Thank you Sir for great videos with in depth explainations of how things work. Love your engine tinkering videos, they've been really helpful for a first time boat owner like myself. This video was very educational since I live in south of Sweden and our winters are very humid, this information is going to be tremendously useful! I have a request also, if you could make a video on the topic, or have some short tips on how to get rid of odours in a old boat? My boat for example smells of humidity (mold?) and engine. The engine smell is like a petrol/oil/rubbery smell, like an old workshop. Again, thank you for amazing work.
Great video, and thanks for sharing. My wife and I were just talking about getting one. We have a 38’ Tartan, on the hard in Anacortes Wa. Take care, happy upcoming Holidays. Cheers from Vegas
I still think a heater is better for the reasons you mentioned at the start. Also dehumidifiers are a fire risk. Heaters are too but I'll trust something where the risk is more obvious :)
I love to hear different points of view, thanks for laying them down here. You're right, both can be a fire hazard, especially in a boat where people aren't always close at hand. The fire risk of a dehumidifier is about the same as a small fridge, and we all know space heaters come with risks. It may seem OK until the boat gets tossed around and something flammable touches the heating element.
Great video as usual from you. What are your thoughts on using this in a boat that is laid up on the hard all winter in freezing conditions and a cover, where access to inside the boat is not practical. I envision the sink drain freezing, the water backing up flooding the inside of the boat over time.
What an excellent question. I'll say it depends on how cold it all gets. In the ocean waters here, the boat temp rarely strays from the water temp of about 12 deg C, but out of the water temp swings can be much more dramatic. Strangely, my sink has no trap, so there is no standing water to worry about freezing. On the hard, in a place where temp plunges, I'd be much more careful to drain any standing water, leaving sea cocks open to allow it to drain. Water that can't be well drained can be partially protected by adding propylene glycol. In that case I'd probably not use a dehumidifier because it constantly drains into a trap and that water could freeze solid. In that case I'd probably pull the batteries to intermittently charge through the depths of winter.
I keep a dehumidifier on my boat as well and it has worked great. It’s kind of big and hard for me to get in and out of the boat when I’m going to use it but my boat stays nice and dry. What humidity setting would you recommend keeping the dehumidifier at?
I've been leaving it on 35%, and around here it gets used about 5 months out of the year. I agree with the annoying bulk, and a smaller unit might be easier to move in and out. Cheers!
I keep one in the RV . Great share , I don't own a boat but you sure showed me how if I get one ! Thanks man..
Just subscribed and saw in another comment that you’re at RVYC. Was moored there for evening in early spring; lovely area!
Thank you Sir for great videos with in depth explainations of how things work. Love your engine tinkering videos, they've been really helpful for a first time boat owner like myself.
This video was very educational since I live in south of Sweden and our winters are very humid, this information is going to be tremendously useful!
I have a request also, if you could make a video on the topic, or have some short tips on how to get rid of odours in a old boat? My boat for example smells of humidity (mold?) and engine. The engine smell is like a petrol/oil/rubbery smell, like an old workshop.
Again, thank you for amazing work.
Great video, and thanks for sharing. My wife and I were just talking about getting one. We have a 38’ Tartan, on the hard in Anacortes Wa. Take care, happy upcoming Holidays. Cheers from Vegas
Cheers, from RVYC Victoria, it's a short sail from Anacortes. Beautiful area, all around.
Very well done sir.
I still think a heater is better for the reasons you mentioned at the start. Also dehumidifiers are a fire risk. Heaters are too but I'll trust something where the risk is more obvious :)
I love to hear different points of view, thanks for laying them down here. You're right, both can be a fire hazard, especially in a boat where people aren't always close at hand. The fire risk of a dehumidifier is about the same as a small fridge, and we all know space heaters come with risks. It may seem OK until the boat gets tossed around and something flammable touches the heating element.
Great video as usual from you.
What are your thoughts on using this in a boat that is laid up on the hard all winter in freezing conditions and a cover, where access to inside the boat is not practical.
I envision the sink drain freezing, the water backing up flooding the inside of the boat over time.
What an excellent question. I'll say it depends on how cold it all gets. In the ocean waters here, the boat temp rarely strays from the water temp of about 12 deg C, but out of the water temp swings can be much more dramatic. Strangely, my sink has no trap, so there is no standing water to worry about freezing. On the hard, in a place where temp plunges, I'd be much more careful to drain any standing water, leaving sea cocks open to allow it to drain. Water that can't be well drained can be partially protected by adding propylene glycol. In that case I'd probably not use a dehumidifier because it constantly drains into a trap and that water could freeze solid. In that case I'd probably pull the batteries to intermittently charge through the depths of winter.
I keep a dehumidifier on my boat as well and it has worked great. It’s kind of big and hard for me to get in and out of the boat when I’m going to use it but my boat stays nice and dry. What humidity setting would you recommend keeping the dehumidifier at?
I've been leaving it on 35%, and around here it gets used about 5 months out of the year. I agree with the annoying bulk, and a smaller unit might be easier to move in and out. Cheers!