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<blockquote data-quote="W. Mark Hellinger" data-source="post: 48643" data-attributes="member: 692"><p>Re: Water damage... causes</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I'm thinking you have a perfect combination of all the worst possible contributing factors (based on some personal observations of similar.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">A box truck sitting outside with snow on the roof, and it's been fairly cold there for awhile. Gear inside the box truck, which is also chilled to the bone. The box truck is all closed up. Probably a wood floor in the truck that's somewhat saturated with moisture. The sun comes out and hits the side of the box truck, warming some of the inside air to possibly 80 degrees... maybe more. The snow on the roof is a fairly good insulator... keeping the metal roof cold. Warm air rises in the box, making its way to the roof, where it condenses moisture, especially on the roof ribs. The humidity level rises to saturation level in the box. The warm moisture saturated air eventually permeates the entire interior of the box… finding its way to the compression drivers. The compression drivers are constructed of material that is has high thermal mass and high thermal conductive properties… and the compression drivers are very cold. Moisture condenses with vengeance on the compression drivers. The sun goes down, the interior of the box cools down… the condensed moisture on the compression drivers freeze. The next day (or a few days later), the sun shines again, and starts the process over.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">If my hunch is correct, possibly consider parking the box truck "in the shade", where it isn't exposed to direct sunlight.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="W. Mark Hellinger, post: 48643, member: 692"] Re: Water damage... causes [COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana]I'm thinking you have a perfect combination of all the worst possible contributing factors (based on some personal observations of similar. A box truck sitting outside with snow on the roof, and it's been fairly cold there for awhile. Gear inside the box truck, which is also chilled to the bone. The box truck is all closed up. Probably a wood floor in the truck that's somewhat saturated with moisture. The sun comes out and hits the side of the box truck, warming some of the inside air to possibly 80 degrees... maybe more. The snow on the roof is a fairly good insulator... keeping the metal roof cold. Warm air rises in the box, making its way to the roof, where it condenses moisture, especially on the roof ribs. The humidity level rises to saturation level in the box. The warm moisture saturated air eventually permeates the entire interior of the box… finding its way to the compression drivers. The compression drivers are constructed of material that is has high thermal mass and high thermal conductive properties… and the compression drivers are very cold. Moisture condenses with vengeance on the compression drivers. The sun goes down, the interior of the box cools down… the condensed moisture on the compression drivers freeze. The next day (or a few days later), the sun shines again, and starts the process over. If my hunch is correct, possibly consider parking the box truck "in the shade", where it isn't exposed to direct sunlight.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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