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Other Stuff => Misc / Open => Topic started by: Moorey on December 19, 2019, 12:40:50 PM
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A 12 degree rise in temperature and the bikes are piss wet through with condensation. Humidity level 92% today. >:( :(
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Mine too. ACF50 helps keep it at bay.
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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 (https://www.dry-it-out.com/dry/garage-workshop.html)
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+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.
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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/
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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.
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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.
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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......)!
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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).
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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 10oC minimum and dry now, I can put bikes away wet and in the morning they've dried.
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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
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It always amazes me why people don't vent dryers to the outside. Where do they think all the water ends up?
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It was and is vented,I blamed the wife anyway ;D 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
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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 (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
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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.
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Hello all,
I speak from bitter experience on the subject of condensation, mould and chrome decaying before your very eyes and the strange feeling of desperation all this brings.
Its all to do with airflow and keeping the inside air temperature close to that outside. If there’s a big difference, and by opening a door and the two air masses meet, there will be a formation of condensation.
I had one of those Compton garages once, made from pre-fab concrete panels; these just didn’t ‘breathe’ and help equalize the two temperatures. So, at about 11.00 in the morning on a bright spring sunny day, the air temperature had risen but that in the garage was pretty much as it was during the cold night. On several occasions, I would open the up-and-over door, the warm air would rush in, meet the cold air and believe me a cloud would form momentarily.
Now I have a garage constructed from breeze block and brick; this allows the garage to breathe and is condensation free. A vent in the window also helps and I don’t bother with a dehumidifier.
So to me the key is ventilation and keeping the temperatures as equal as possible.
Hope that gives some ideas.
Have a great Christmas and the 750 K2 WILL be on the road next year.
Cheers
Phil
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Funnily enough, I have just spent an hour 'wiping' down every metal surface on my GS750 with ACF50, which is left outside under a bike cover and my immaculate T120R also had a good dose of ACF50 though that is kept in a garage.....liberally wiping it over everything using my fingers just keeps the damp from eating it alive. I can always clean the ACF50 off when I'm ready.
Thought I'd do it now as I had an hour and if I didn't do it today, it would have been left till the New Year but happily, the T120R's shiny alloy engine covers were just starting to oxidise so I'm one happy bunny.
I know that ACF 50 isn't the answer, but it's better than nothing, and it does make a difference while the bikes are sitting there in the winter. Maybe I can get my lovely Wife to rub some on my wrinkly bits !!!!!!! There may be a small chance when she sees all those lovely (and expensive) pressies I traipsed round half of Lancashire to get just to bring a smile on Christmas Day !
Happy Christmas everybody, and to all your Families..........spoken with, met with and become friends with a few good peeps on here and hopefully that will continue for many years to come.....'You meet the nicest people on a Honda'.
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All the Best Alan - and to everyone else - plus 1 with Alans comments