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by First Time Camper
Should I leave a covered top vent open? Can I leave unopened bottles of alcohol in a dark cabinet? Should i put out kitty litter in containers to absorb moisture?
What about canned food can I leave it? This RV will be stored from May to November. I need all the help I can get since this is my first year of camping and I know it will be very very very hot!!! I would like to know what I can leave and what I have to pack up and take with me.
Thank you
First Time Camper
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OK let me answer some of your questions.
1. If you are not planning to cover the trailer during storage, I would not recommend leaving a vent open. Even if the vent is the covered type; the summer Florida thunderstorms or as they call them in Florida "the afternoon showers" also include high winds that can and will blow rain into those covered vents. You will end up coming back to a mold and mildew problem inside the 5th Wheel.
2. As far as the Kitty Litter idea, I am not sure that it will have much effect on the humidity in the trailer. In order for it to absorb that much moisture you have to use a lot of Kitty Litter. Plus, depending on what type of Kitty Litter you use, you may also find that the Kitty Litter may have mold or mildew form on it.
3. Since the 5th wheel is going to be in direct sunlight, the heat inside the RV can go well beyond 135 degrees. If the RV is stored on cement or blacktop, it will be baking from all sides. I would not leave any alcohol sealed or not in the trailer a dark cabinet keeps sunlight away but the heat will still be there. If anyone has ever tasted beer or wine that has been subjected to high heat they will not want to try it again. I would not even leave the hard liquor stored in the RV.
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