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Title: Living in a fog
Post by: evilhorde on June 03, 2015, 09:39:58 PM
Hello,
I am currently living in my converted 4104 on a corner of my farm. I would like to move to a different corner of my yard, down by my irrigation pond but I am concerned about the fog in the winter time. Since this pond is in a small valley it creates a fog bank every night/morning.
Of course this is an outdoor bus and a little water isn't going to hurt it but I wonder if the dense fog daily for several months will have a negative effect on my bus. The inside is furnace heated and I like it to be warm so the cabin stays quite dry (according to my humidity meter).
Is the constant damp likely to cause me problems?
Title: Re: Living in a fog
Post by: scanzel on June 04, 2015, 03:06:37 AM
How long do you plan to live in it and maybe never start it or move it again ? I could see electrical connections getting corroded and some electrical devices with issues after a long time. As for the diesel engine some have been started right up after many years of sitting.
Title: Re: Living in a fog
Post by: Ed Hackenbruch on June 04, 2015, 07:26:40 AM
Put a coffee can or something else over your exhaust pipe to help keep moisture out of the engine.
Title: Re: Living in a fog
Post by: evilhorde on June 04, 2015, 09:26:00 PM
Quote from: scanzel on June 04, 2015, 03:06:37 AM
How long do you plan to live in it and maybe never start it or move it again ?

I hope to live in it for a few more years anyways and I am planning to make a couple of trips per year but nothing too far. Mostly it will sit.
My nightmare is that the humidity will dissolve the aluminum bus.