[DeTomaso] Dehumidification

Tue Aug 29 16:58:48 EDT 2006

GL,

Damn, you guys must have large pipe over there in Ohio.  How big a drain
do you need? :)  If your pipe is big enough for a mouse to crawl in it,
you may have other problems as well!

JB

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry - Ohio Time Corp. [mailto:larry at ohiotimecorp.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 1:50 PM
To: John Bentley (jab); Michael Shortt; damaadams at aol.com
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Dehumidification

JB

The mouses up this way will eat plastic like it is food to get it out of
the 
way. If you use a copper or stainless brillo they will not eat it.

Larry (mouse land) - Cleveland

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Bentley (jab)" <jab at cisco.com>
To: "Michael Shortt" <michael at michaelshortt.com>; <damaadams at aol.com>
Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 4:10 PM
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Dehumidification

> Just stick a chunk of that plastic "brillo" stuff in the pipe to keep
> critters out if necessary.
>
> JB
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Dehumidification
>
> Just a silly thought regarding insects and other critters coming in
thru
> a
> drain line....what if you built in a u-shaped trap on the drain line
on
> the
> way out, would a bug pull a Jacques Costeau to get in?
>
>
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> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 3:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Dehumidification
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>
>> Jury is out on the condensate drains. I want to minimize potential
> routes
>> for critters to get in. Especially all the mice that live in the
woods
>
>> with us. As for the existing garage, the lifts and tools stay there
so
> I
>> can do all the dirty stuff in the existing garage. It will also help
>> eliminate the current "Rubic's cube" ceremony I have to go through to
> take
>> out one of the cars in a top bunk. The tractor, snow blower,
emergency
>
>> generator, etc. are also looking forward to having a little more
elbow
>
>> room.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mikeldrew at aol.com
>> To: damaadams at aol.com; duz185 at ori.net; detomaso at realbig.com
>> Sent: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 2:43 PM
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Dehumidification
>>
>>
>> Darryl wrote:
>>
>> While my attached garage is heated, it isn't cooled. I have two
>> dehumidifiers
>> running 24/7 during the "moist" months. I sometimes have to empty
them
>
>> each
>> daily. That's over 3 gallons of humidity a day. (My wife is in and
out
> of
>> the
>> garage with her Expedition fairly often, so the machines are fighting
> a
>> losing
>> battle.)
>>
>>>>>You should be able to rig up a simple system to allow the
> dehumidifiers
>>>>>to drain automatically. Johnny Woods has several of them in his
> garage,
>>>>>and he simply cut a hole in the bottom of the tub in each one, and
> then
>>>>>ran some PVC pipe to the outside of the building where the water
> drains
>>>>>away.
>>
>>>I've now begun construction on a sealed pole building that will just
>> house my cars, so it will be interesting to see the difference. While
> I
>> was
>> refinishing some spots on one of the cars the bare metal sat for
> several
>> days
>> and I noticed no surface rust starting, so the portable dehumdifiers
> seem
>> to
>> work well.
>>
>>>>>Yes, there's no question they are beneficial for cars in humid
>>>>>environments.
>>
>> What on earth will you do with your existing monster garage when you
> have
>> built another monster garage???
>>
>> Mike
>>
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