Dehumidifier or Air Chamber???

[TheCoot]

Hello all,

This is the first time I've used a forum and hoping I might get some good advice.

I'm just in the process of preparing my garage ready to take a Morgan Aero 8. This is a big purchase for me and I want to make sure I look after the car as best as I can - the car is for life.....not just for Christmas!!! My garage is detached and backs on to open fields so is constantly battered by the elements. As a result it gets cold and is also quite damp. It is very dusty on the inside so I am having it painted with a PVC type paint to address that problem. I am also looking at having a roller door fitted to give a more secure and tighter seal. I'm struggling though to decide on what is better......a good dehumidifier with a permanent drainage outlet or an air chamber.

I've read enough web sites all professing their product is best (but then it would be wouldn't it!!). Has anyone any good/bad experiences with either of these products please and any advice?

Thanks in advance.

[TheCoot]

Thank you Gaspode. My garage is weatherproof and structurally sound. I can live with getting in/out being awkward if an air chamber would do a better job of protecting the car from condensation/rust/mould etc.. Over a dehumidifier.

I don't think there is anything that could deter me from driving this car! Morgans have been my mothers favourite car as far back as I can remember. Neither she nor I have had the where with all to ever own one.......until now :-)

I fell in love with the Aero 8 when it was shown on the TV programme where John Harvey Jones revisited Morgan back in 1999 so it's been a long time coming. The car will be driven at every opportunity.

[TheCoot]

Thanks Williamp

I have read about the sub-zero dehumidifiers and those that restart after a power failure.

Great Aston.

[TheCoot]

Thanks LE52 MOG

I did wonder how prone the Aero 8 would be to rust given much of it is made of Aluminium. Take your point about drying out too. There had been some minor frame damage to the wood on the car. The lawyer had peeled away to the front of the side windows. I put this down to water ingress. This has been made good mind by the Morgan factory.

Love the +8 ...... My next car if I can afford it.

[TheCoot]

Thanks for the info all.

Just registered with TalkMorgan as TheCoot also - will take a look around once my account is approved - thanks Sawman. "Lawyers"!!! That's the price I've paid for typing that on an iPAD!! I think "lacquer" was too difficult a word for it!! :-)

Hey AsboJohn - it's a S3 Aero 8 in Silver. I've been looking for a while and had a specific criteria 1) It had to have the original 6 spoke forged wheels, 2) A rear Librand Sports exhaust 3)S3 or S4 i.e. mini headlights and 4) the colour had to be right - I think the Aero is a car that can look magnificent if the colour is right and awful is not! (Subjective I know).

Taken a while to find it, can't wait for it to arrive.

[TheCoot]

Hi M3DEV

Thanks for the advice. I've now got both mind....a dehumidifier and an airchamber. The car came in February. The air chamber was a month late so I used the dehumidifier for that month - I've got to say it was excellent and kept the garage at a constant 50% Relative Humidity which I'd read somewhere was about where it should be.

The Air Chamber came and I erected it (that's another story!!!). It does exactly what it says it does i.e. circulates air. How useful that will be in the long run I can't say as the Relative Humidity still gets high albeit the air is moving. Now it's summer I've tended to leave the large door at one end of the air chamber open but the fans still running to circulate air in the garage as it get's pretty warm in there when zipped up which I don't reckon can be too good.

The garage was sealed using a PVC paint along with the floor and I've got to say, so far so good, even after all the rain we've had. But then again, the air chamber does have a floor to it.

Now I know a little more a) about the storage of a car and b) about the car itself if I were coming at it again, I'd probably just buy a fan and keep the dehumidifier on. The dehumidifier will maintain the relative humidity and the fan will simply circulate the air around the garage. I also use a CTEK battery conditioner and that is excellent (one new battery later after having left the lights on for a week whilst away on holiday!!!!!).

Thanks for the reply.