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    Quote Originally Posted by Hobo Bill View Post
    I am currently in a 5th wheel at a campground in Central Florida. I will be away from the Campground for two months in July and August without my 5th wheel. I am planning to keep the air conditioning on set at apx. 82F. Water will be off and all food taken out and refrigerator empty with doors open - and a neighbor will check inside my unit every week. I just don't want to shut it down completely due to the humidity here, and am willing to pay the electric. Does anyone have any other suggestions or comments ?
    As a long time Floridian who leaves our house for weeks at a time, the only thing I’d add is make sure you turn off propane tanks and turn off electric on water heater. Other than that, AC left on at 82 degrees should work well to maintain low RH relative humidity.

    Buy one of these https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01H1R0K68/ or these https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MUOIQ8W/ so your neighbor can monitor the RH, when they check weekly. With the AC set to 82 deg that should maintain the RH well below 60% and you should be fine. Mold requires higher than 70% RH to grow.

    Here’s our temp/humidity monitor in our occupied Florida cabin this morning..
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hobo Bill View Post
    Thank you, I'll give that some thought but sitting for two months isn't long ... I've been sitting here living in it all Winter. I've had the 5th wheel almost three years and no tire shields. The tires are always in the shade with the slides out. Now, I may consider pulling the slides in, so tire shields might come in handy. By the time I make the next trip the tires will be almost 4 years old (10,000 miles) so I will likely be getting new tires anyway.
    How funny.... I was going to suggest just keeping the slides out.

    While on the tire subject, be sure to place something that doesn't absorb moisture under the tires if you leave them sitting for a long time. Boards don't qualify, moisture just weeps through them. Maybe something plastic.
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    While we are at the Vacation cabin we keep our main South Florida house AC set to 83 degrees. You can see that the current RH at the house is 51-53% in each of the 3 AC zones. It never gets above 55% RH when AC is set to 83 deg when it’s hot outside.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jerryr View Post
    As a long time Floridian who leaves our house for weeks at a time, the only thing I’d add is make sure you turn off propane tanks and turn off electric on water heater. Other than that, AC left on at 82 degrees should work well to maintain low RH relative humidity.

    Buy one of these https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01H1R0K68/ or these https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MUOIQ8W/ so your neighbor can monitor the RH, when they check weekly. With the AC set to 82 deg that should maintain the RH well below 60% and you should be fine. Mold requires higher than 70% RH to grow.

    Here’s our temp/humidity monitor in our occupied Florida cabin this morning..
    Jerry and Linda - Thanks - good info.
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    I live in Florida. I store my camper for months without air on. I place several Damp Rid buckets around the trailer. After a couple of months they are full. I replace them about that often. No moisture issues. Much cheaper than A/C not to mention wear on unit. Have friend check the Damp Rid monthly instead. I buy the stuff at Lowe’s.

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