Having airflow in the rain

[jnelson]

Hey guys just wondering what people are doing for airflow when it rains, i know they have covers for the roof vents so you can have it open and rain wont get in but what about side windows. Any tips? Thanks

[Dale M.]

A lot will depend on window style.... There is a sort of "eyebrow" (rain deflector - drip cap) you can put over top of window to ward off rain...

This is sort of "funky" but would probably work...

http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/it ... hite/16962

Might get some ideas here..

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sit ... el+trailer


Dale

[jnelson]

Thats a good idea, i have been looking at drip "J" moulding similar to that. Also been thinking about something like this if i can find the right length

3489_2_lg.jpg (59.28 KiB) Viewed 637 times

. Has anyone used this above side windows?

[gudmund]

have used a MaxAir-II cover on my tear for the 4 years I have had it and think they work great!! Once mounted, they are easy to take off and on for cleaning, also and when stored or camping, you can just leave it open and don't have to worry about rain getting in. The only thing I will warn you about is when moving on down the road - if no rain, no problem, just leave it open for venting, which is something you never leave open with just the regular cover being the wind can rip/break these lids off when traveling, but when there is a chance of rain or it is raining - keep it closed!! I have had door leak problems which seem to be from a vacuum effect of air being sucked past the door seals when at hiway speeds - just keep the vent closed when traveling when raining/pending rain. At first. I thought it looked a bit hokey but am now used to it and couldn't care about the look being it works so well!!!!! The colored one are the cheaper $$$'ed ones being they are made of a cheaper different type of plastic but you will pay a bit more for the black/translusive one being it is made of a polycarbonate plastic instead which is the one I got.

[GPW]

Side vents ...

[felixx]

Wiley Windows,

[Kaz]

Side vents ...

What do you use for side vents ?

[KennethW]

I second Wiley windows. Good venting in the rain.

[gudmund]

miss read the original - thought the subject was about the roof vent "mature 'reading' moment"?? but for me, it is what I wrote about - my roof vent, I do have side rain gutters around my door edges, which helps keep the water from around the door edges but will not do anything for keeping rain out when the window is cracked open being my window opens in the lower half of my door - not the top edge where my gutter is. All of my venting is the roof vent with the MaxAir cover along with the side windows if I can open them without the rain coming it.

[daveesl77]

I have 4 wiley windows that stay in the "tilt open" position all the time. Never a drop of water inside the trailer, even in driving rain storms (central Florida). I also have a two chamber ducting system with two 200mm computer fans in each duct that pulls air from underneath the trailer and puts it out at the ceiling level, so cooler air, exhaust and no roof openings at all.

dave

[2bits]

You can get some vintage camper Jalousie windows off Craigs list, you know the ones that crank out and deflect the rain. I would avoid the slider windows they look good but are totally horrible in rain. Some corporate goober who never went camping must've designed those. I got my single crank out window from Big Woody campers.