Condensation

[Moorey]

A 12 degree rise in temperature and the bikes are piss wet through with condensation. Humidity level 92% today. 

[cooleronthecoast]

Mine too.  ACF50 helps keep it at bay.

[Andrew-S]

A 12 degree rise in temperature and the bikes are piss wet through with condensation. Humidity level 92% today. 

ACF50 will not keep everything in the garage condensation free. I live at about 600' above sea level and the residual humidity (RH) levels get pretty intense (can be up to 95%) and my classic cars, tools, spares etc in the garage got soaked on a regular basis. So I bought an XDry dehumidifier about 9 years ago (and a cheap digital RH monitor off eBay) and it's still going strong and draws 3.5lts of water over a 10-12 hr period. Now everything is bone dry, including my bikes since I got back into biking in early 2016.

This is a good site with a good FAQ page - NTDWM, just a very satisfied customer: https://www.dry-it-out.com/dry/garage-workshop.html

[Laverda Dave]

+1 with Andrew's thoughts. I bought a Ruby Dry dehumidifier a few years ago and run it on its lowest setting 24/7. Best garage (and bike, and tools) investment I have ever made.

[adespin]

I put my 750 into a Vac-Bag last month after being horrified at seeing it dripping with condensation in a dry garage. https://www.vac-bag.co.uk/

[mike the bike]

A bonus with a dehumidifier is the condensate is ideal for steam irons, lead acid batteries, house plants etc, as it's free from calcium, magnesium and chlorine.

[royhall]

Dehumidifier for me as well. If I forget to put it back on when I lock up, the following morning all the chromework is wet through with condensation. Again it is a dry garage, except for the humidity.

[Laverda Dave]

Great tip there Mike. I'll bottle some of the water for the iron that continually clogs up and spits out limescale all over a clean white shirt whenever I use it (not often enough so I'm told......)!

[MrDavo]

I shared a terraced house in Salford once. My housemate complained bitterly that  I was treating the kitchen as a garage (i was building a 650cc BSA chopper in there, there was no garage). I complained bitterly that the condensation from all his stupid cooking, washing and ironing was making my bike parts go rusty.

I think I won that one - when I moved in he was a law abiding pedestrian, with no interest in motorbikes, by the time I moved out he was rebuilding his own  BSA twin engine on the front room carpet !! (luckily the carpet was stain coloured).

[Tomb]

My garage is on the side of my house and originally had a tin roof, when conditions were right (wrong) it would literally rain inside from the condensate on the inside of the roof. I built bedrooms on top later which cured the garage problem, its always 10^oC minimum and dry now, I can put bikes away wet and in the morning they've dried.

[davefirestorm]

Dehumidifier on in my garage last few weeks  got to keep moisture at bay.Few years ago my wife would use the tumble dryer daily in the garage I didn’t realise that caused condensation causing chrome on my Suzy Kettle and wheel on my Hardley to rust🙀🙀 the dryers in the shed now

[mike the bike]

It always amazes me why people don't vent dryers to the outside.  Where do they think all the water ends up?

[davefirestorm]

It was and is vented,I blamed the wife anyway cost me a new exhaust system new chrome bases for speedo/tacho plus powder coating wheels.I find wooden sheds not good for storing bikes

[H2Eric]

ACF50 will not keep everything in the garage condensation free. I live at about 600' above sea level and the residual humidity (RH) levels get pretty intense (can be up to 95%) and my classic cars, tools, spares etc in the garage got soaked on a regular basis. So I bought an XDry dehumidifier about 9 years ago (and a cheap digital RH monitor off eBay) and it's still going strong and draws 3.5lts of water over a 10-12 hr period. Now everything is bone dry, including my bikes since I got back into biking in early 2016.

This is a good site with a good FAQ page - NTDWM, just a very satisfied customer: https://www.dry-it-out.com/dry/garage-workshop.html

Thanks for tip Andrew, I've just ordered a Which Best Buy model from them.
Cheers and Merry Christmas to all

Eric

[cooleronthecoast]

ACF50 will not keep everything in the garage condensation free.

It won't, but if you don't have an electrical supply in your garage or can't afford a dehumidifier,  its a good second option.