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Re: [a/s] Mildew??



Now I'm puzzled.  The air circulation makes perfect sense if you are using
electric heaters.  The propane furnace creates its own air circulation ...
there's a big blower in there ... and the hot air circulation inside the RV, and
the air/exhaust gas circulation from the combustion chamber, are completely
separate.  The air for combustion is drawn from outside the RV, and the exhaust
gases vented to the same place (higher up, so the rising hot gases don't get
drawn into the intake ...).

The best way to dry out almost anything is to bring in cool outside air and then
heat it.  The amount of water vapor air can hold increases rapidly with rising
temperature (that's why dew forms, etc., and why rain falls on the windward
slopes of mountains ...).

John

Susi and John Burchard
Tepe Gawra Salukis
saluqi@ix.netcom.com