is Dry cabinet suppose to be air tight?

perly · 23rd October 2003

as above....if i were to switch off the humidity control unit, would the cabinet "leak" to return to room humidity after a few hrs?

cos this is wat im seeing with my new cabinet....my mom tends to switch off the power in the day while im out...then i come home its bout 80%....

sfhuang · 23rd October 2003

but of course lah. dry cabinet is supposed to be ON all the time.

tweakmax2 · 28th October 2003

have to keep in on.... if not get a silica dry box...

frisky · 28th October 2003

Originally Posted by perly

as above....if i were to switch off the humidity control unit, would the cabinet "leak" to return to room humidity after a few hrs?

cos this is wat im seeing with my new cabinet....my mom tends to switch off the power in the day while im out...then i come home its bout 80%....

Leaking is normal, but it seems to me that the leak of your unit is higher than those I have seen.

perly · 1st November 2003

Originally Posted by frisky

Leaking is normal, but it seems to me that the leak of your unit is higher than those I have seen.

wat should be the usual rate?

Winston · 1st November 2003

I have heard/read that some dry cabinets are pretty air-tight such that the fellow went overseas for a week or so and he turned off the power to prevent overheating of the power adpator.

After he returned the humdity is still within acceptable range.

I think it varies from brand to brand.

Mine is not so air-tight, the humdifier's LED is always ON, I had expected the humdifier to TURN OFF once the correct humdity is achieved and only Turned ON when it has been opened.
However it has always been ON even when the humdity is achieved.

23rd October 2003	#1
perly Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 612	is Dry cabinet suppose to be air tight? as above....if i were to switch off the humidity control unit, would the cabinet "leak" to return to room humidity after a few hrs? cos this is wat im seeing with my new cabinet....my mom tends to switch off the power in the day while im out...then i come home its bout 80%....

23rd October 2003	#2
sfhuang Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 972	but of course lah. dry cabinet is supposed to be ON all the time.

28th October 2003	#3
tweakmax2 Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Pasir Ris Posts: 557	have to keep in on.... if not get a silica dry box...

1st November 2003	#6
Winston Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 663	I have heard/read that some dry cabinets are pretty air-tight such that the fellow went overseas for a week or so and he turned off the power to prevent overheating of the power adpator. After he returned the humdity is still within acceptable range. I think it varies from brand to brand. Mine is not so air-tight, the humdifier's LED is always ON, I had expected the humdifier to TURN OFF once the correct humdity is achieved and only Turned ON when it has been opened. However it has always been ON even when the humdity is achieved.