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Temperature Differential / Moisture!

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PAUL161

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We had a few days where the temp was around 30 at night and in the 40s during the day. Then we were confronted with a wet warm up the past couple of days. Went out in the shop last night, where I keep the "B" and found it soaking wet with condensation under the cover. Took the cover off, which is only a dust cover and was in the shop till midnight wiping the car dry. The 100 Watt heaters go under it today. Second time the car has ever been wet since restoration. First time was a rain shower in Gatlinburg 06.
 
On Monday morning the temp on my back porch at 5 am was 0°F. On Wednesday at 5 am it was 52°F. Hows that for a differential?

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I think we'll keep what we've got here. :wink:
 
DrEntropy said:
I think we'll keep what we've got here. :wink:
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Doc, Were not that far away! Can't you send up a little warmer air to us? We don't ask for much, just a couple degrees. You folks down there shouldn't keep it all to yourselves. Tis the season of giving you know.
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If I could just figger a way to crate it up, I'd ship some to you AND to Mark. Not so good here this weekend tho... mid 60's for highs. Went to below 50 last night.

I don't do "brisk" very well. Bundl'd up like Nanook in the garage just now.
 
PAUL161 said:
... was in the shop till midnight wiping the car dry. The 100 Watt heaters go under it today.
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Welcome to my world. Think of doing that nearly every single day. That's what it's like here almost all the time. The cars turn wet shortly after the sun starts to set. I now use a weathershield car cover 75% of the time on the Miata - the condensation usually builds on the cover and not the car, so my routine <span style="font-style: italic">every morning</span> is to go outside, wipe down the cover with a towel, go back inside for 10 minutes to let the residual dry a little, then go out to fold up the cover before heading out.

Condensation can be so bad <span style="font-style: italic">inside the hangar</span> at the airport that the exposed beams in the roof will drip filthy condensation on the airplane - so I sometimes cover it with plastic. I've seen the temps change quick enough that the engine became dripping wet and condensation forms on the wing under the fuel tanks.

I know there are "dry" areas of this state, but I've worked/stayed all over and have seen the same thing happen everywhere I've been.
 
DrEntropy said:
If I could just figger a way to crate it up, I'd ship some to you AND to Mark. Not so good here this weekend tho... mid 60's for highs. Went to below 50 last night.

I don't do "brisk" very well. Bundl'd up like Nanook in the garage just now.
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Amazin' ain't it Doc.!! That blood gets thin and the "cold" cuts right through ya, don't it though!!! Starting for work at 5:30am all bundled like Nanook and then stripping down to T-shirt for lunch break! :rolleyes:
 
DrEntropy said:
If I could just figger a way to crate it up, I'd ship some to you AND to Mark.
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We should talk to the guy who bottles Lucas smoke for fixin' the wiring. I see the stuff on Ebay occasionally.
 
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