Wfp from car condensation info

[James102]

Anyone working from a car with wfp how do you deal with condensation ruining your car

 

[ched999uk]

I used too work from car. I had a boot liner and a waterproof cover over the back seats. I used to shake excess water off brush after each job and at end of day remove poles and dry anything that was wet.
Is the tank you are having problems with in the car? If so empty it over the weekend and get it out then you can remove the fitting and see if the hole is actually all the way through to the inside or it still has plastic in it.

 

[James102]

I used too work from car. I had a boot liner and a waterproof cover over the back seats. I used to shake excess water off brush after each job and at end of day remove poles and dry anything that was wet.
Is the tank you are having problems with in the car? If so empty it over the weekend and get it out then you can remove the fitting and see if the hole is actually all the way through to the inside or it still has plastic in it.

Right ye my vans broke and the only option I have temporarily is to work from my car now so I brought a 85 litre tank and a few 25 litre water barrels which I will be using to fill the bigger tank up with but it's soaked my back seats and ice on the back floor there's no leaks and im getting ice on the inside windows

Ive tried putting a screwdriver all the way through the hole n nothing comes out very strange so I'm having to feed my pipe through the top hole of the tank

 

[spruce]

Right ye my vans broke and the only option I have temporarily is to work from my car now so I brought a 85 litre tank and a few 25 litre water barrels which I will be using to fill the bigger tank up with but it's soaked my back seats and ice on the back floor there's no leaks and im getting ice on the inside windows

Ive tried putting a screwdriver all the way through the hole n nothing comes out very strange so I'm having to feed my pipe through the top hole of the tank

None of these tank's lids seal completely. We have Wydale tanks with screw on lids. I've found a help is to use a thin smear of vaseline on the o ring in the lid. It helps as it stops the o ring being 'rolled up' when tightening the lid. It's much like lubricating the sealing gasket on a screw on oil filter on your car's engine when doing a service. If you don't lubricate that gasket, it's certain to leak oil there.

 

[James102]

Ok thanks any other ways of getting rid of the condensation ect

 

[ched999uk]

Right ye my vans broke and the only option I have temporarily is to work from my car now so I brought a 85 litre tank and a few 25 litre water barrels which I will be using to fill the bigger tank up with but it's soaked my back seats and ice on the back floor there's no leaks and im getting ice on the inside windows

Ive tried putting a screwdriver all the way through the hole n nothing comes out very strange so I'm having to feed my pipe through the top hole of the tank

The problem is that you have a relatively large quantity of water at a lowish temp that will be below the dew point temp (the temp that moisture in the air changes from gas to liquid) so this will create moisture on the outside of the tank. This then runs down the tank onto the car. Then you have more moist air in the car that causes more condensation on the interior of the car windows as they will get cold enough to create more dew and the cycle continues!!!

Ideally you need to empty the tank of water each night and somehow get the moisture that's now in the car out - a dehumidifier!

As for the tank, I wonder if when they inserted the brass bush during manufacture they forgot to drill out the centre?
Best thing to do is to empty out the tank over the weekend and fully investigate what the heck is going on.

 

[James102]

I think I just need a new outlet a new hoselock output atm im putting my pipe into the top of the tank im getting water but I don't think it's hugely ideal I don't know wether it's possible to do this short-term till I figure it?

 

[James102]

And for moisture I'm thinking I use a load of 25 litre barrels fill my tank as and when I need to and then take the barrels out when I'm done working n empty any water in the tank so there's not so much water moisture in the car overnight?

 

[Iron Giant]

I use a load of 25 litre barrels fill my tank as and when I need to

If you are decanting the water out of the containers into the tank you'll be spilling water as you pour that's why your seats will be soaking wet, basically, a bad idea trying to run a van-type set up in a car with a 75ltr tank you should have worked with a Backpack to avoid so much spilling of water the spilling of water is your issue you need to get your car dried out as advised in this post and the other one you've been commenting in

 

[James102]

If you are decanting the water out of the containers into the tank you'll be spilling water as you pour that's why your seats will be soaking wet, basically, a bad idea trying to run a van-type set up in a car with a 75ltr tank you should have worked with a Backpack to avoid so much spilling of water the spilling of water is your issue you need to get your car dried out as advised in this post and the other one you've been commenting in

Thank you I was filling with a pump n battery from the containers to the tank to avoid spillige