CARCOON Vehicle Storage Unit

The CARCOON active airflow vehicle storage unit is not only the ultimate car protection device ever created, it's an investment to preserve your pride and joy. The CARCOON will ensure your vehicle (whether show car, collector car or every day driver) remains in showroom condition. The CARCOON is not a simple storage "bubble",  rather a well thought-out and technical breakthough in vehicle preservation. Once developed and used soley for high-end British collector cars, the CARCOON is now marketed on a global scale for ANY vehicle owner who cares about investing in protecting their beloved vehicle from the eliments. Available in INDOOR and OUTDOOR versions, both CLEAR and CODED (solid colors). The CARCOON is available in a wide range of sizes from Motorcycles to full size environmentally friendly paint booths. There is a size CARCOON for every vehicle.

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BELOW you will find a detailed explaination of the science and techical aspects of the CARCOON functionality to better understand this investment. However, first we would like to share our experience with the CARCOON (our personal pictures above). Our indoor CARCOON was purchased to preserve one of our SEMA show vehicles..from dirt, dust and insects but also from retail customer taking the liberty of jumping in our car without permission. Our vehicle was cleaned before entering the unit for the first time. 2 months later we decided to remove the car to find not a spec of dust or dirt!  The vehicle was in the EXACT state when entering the CARCOON. We can attest first-hand to the effectiveness of the active airflow fans w/  filters on this unit which continously run 24 hours per day. The operating cost is estimated at 5 cents per day. Our showroom in Arizona gets extremely dirty and dusty when our various doors are opened each day. Even in these conditions the CARCOON did exactly what it claims. We have now signed on as an official CARCOON worldwide dealer and are proud to offer this amazing product. While these units are certainly an initial investment, the benifits over time are worth every penny.

THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE CARCOON:

Unfortunately in this modern industrial age, Chlorine- Benzene- Sulphates-Acids and lots of other hazardous compounds are now considered to be Ζcommon airborne contaminatesΔ. The Carcoon Airflow System uses Activated Carbon Filters held under super atmospheric pressure to ensure maximum benefit within the internal isolating airflow. By creating a Ζcocoon effectΔ for the entire vehicle, even the underside of the vehicle (you could argue the most important part) is protected from rising moisture.

The Carcoon Airflow Systems award wining design is primarily about dewpoint protection and reducing the volume of air surrounding the vehicle, thus keeping the vehicle dry and, reducing the total moisture content within the vehicles proximity. The creation of an isolated environment with a stabilizing airflow within effectively stabilizes the air temperature too within two or three degrees of the stored vehicles metal temperature. As previously considered, cold air supports considerably less moisture than warm air; therefore it makes perfect sense to keep the storage temperature low, and as stable as possible.

Once the vehicle is enclosed within its own environment, it is easy to so see what other benefits can be afforded to protect the stored vehicle. For example now within the enclosure, you have control of the air throughout the entire chamber. Air quality can be improved by filtering through anti-oxidising filters, thus reducing airborne contaminates/pollutants. Its quite a scary thought when you consider, once the air inside a Carcoon has had time to stabilize, it is probably cleaner than the air you are breathing right now.

Humidity is the Enemy

Engineering Hygiene. Dampness in the average garage is often the result of a build-up of condensation; this along with poor ventilation can create the worst environment to keep any vehicle, even for a short period of time. The moisture problem is exacerbated each time the air temperature within the garage drops below the dewpoint, when a little more moisture is absorbed into the building.

Later as the air temperature starts to rise again, the potential for drying is greatly reduced, usually entirely due to the poor air circulation and inadequate ventilation within the building.

Imagine it working like this; equate the air within the garage to a large sponge, the warmer the sponge becomes the more water it can take on, conversely the colder it becomes the more water it has to dispose of.

In the mid to late evening as the air-cools and drops below the dewpoint, it immediately starts to rid itself of excess moisture, the colder it becomes the more moisture will be expelled. Several hours later and itÎês a new day, the sun starts to rise, and the air temperature within the garage starts to increase, and begins soaking up some of the moisture deposited only a few hours earlier. 

Poorly insulated garages (in reality most) will be subject to increased temperatures, sometimes higher even than the external ambient temperature. This means that the air within the garage will not only take on moisture from inside the garage environment, under certain climatic conditions it will also take on moisture from outside, as the external ambient air finds it way into the building.  Under these conditions there will be more moisture supported within the air in the garage, than there is outside in the open air. Poor ventilation will keep the moisture locked within the building; over ventilation will let in more moist air than necessary early on in the proceedings. Subsequently again as the temperature starts to drop, the garage environment will be the first to reach the dewpoint, and could end the day with more moisture than it started with. This is all part of the normal 24-hour cycle during wintertime.

Some people simply heat the garage in an effort to keep it dry, or more importantly to keep the vehicle dry. As long as the garage doors remain closed, and the temperature is maintained throughout the 24-hour cycle, this is an adequate if not ideal solution.  However heating the garage does not remove water from the air; the resulting drop in relative humidity after turning on the heating, simply demonstrates the extra capacity of the air to support moisture. A garage heated to say 26 deg centigrade with a relative humidity of 50% will have 5.5 grains of water for every cubic foot of air. A typical unheated garage with a temperature of only 5 deg centigrade, again at 50%rh will contain 72% less water, only 1.5 grains per cubic foot. Therefore the rule of thumb has to be- if you heat your garage, keep the heat low and heat it day and night, or alternatively- donÎêt heat it at all.  

One thing is perfectly clear, the higher the humidity, and the greater the temperature drop, the heavier the condensation.

Historically only governments could afford the expense of pressurised temperature and humidity controlled buildings, these buildings cost millions to build and are very expensive to run and maintain.  Running a dehumidifier in the average garage without controlling the airflow can be an expensive and futile attempt at controlling the moisture content within the garage, sometimes itÎês more like an attempt at dehumidifying the whole neighbourhood.

***CARCOON's ARE NOT avialable for purchase through our website checkout. DO NOT purchase this item through the website checkout. Please contact us at info@sherwoodautomotive.com or by phone for payment and delivery options.