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Just checking - do you mean you did not restrict the entrance at all while
> treating in the daytime?  Are you using a blower?
>

No blower. I had to add a towel for the early treatment and even then some
vapor came out. I did not for the daytime treatment but my rig does close
up the entrance fairly well.

I am with Cam and think that all the stopping of entrances is overkill if
you treat in the daytime. In the early am, the vapor will take the route of
least resistance and exit the entrance much more then in the heat of the
day so the reducer is needed then.

Different vaporizers come in different configurations. Mine had a barrier
to close up the entrance to an extent. Others just come with no added
barriers and there is probably a reason- Cam's.

In the US there are a lot of different methods of OAV and it is becoming
more clear the some of the hoops are unnecessary, as noted by Cam.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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