In a message dated 97-09-02 15:37:04 EDT, cwyatt@GI.ALASKA.EDU (Chris Wyatt) writes: << I had not noticed the door vents until last winter, when a list member mentioned that they are outlets, not inlets. I opened them, and found that the severe condensation/icing problem I experience on the insides of the rear windows in was greatly reduced. >> Of course, Chris! Smart of you to open them up! Remember folks, even in the winter, the respiration process from your body is ditching somwhere around a pint of water per hour, (proportionally more if your sweety and kids are with you). All that water has to go somewhere. In the winter, the air is too cold for it to remain suspended for long, and it quickly condenses on your windows if it can't make it's way out of the vehicle. As you know from earlier posts about these little vents, they are the only wholesale way for air to escape on 68-86? vans. Later vans have little vents near the rear windows. In the winter in particular, if you don't have A/C, let air move into your van through the heater, let it pick up all the moisture from your respiration & from your wet feet and clothes, and then give that moisture-laden air a way back OUT by leaving these vents open. If you "recirulate" air in the winter (with the A/C off) you are capturing every bit of moisture you brought into the car with you, making for a steamy, foggy, moldy mess. once again, thanks for letting me vent, gmbulley fairfax, va |
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