Humidity Level reaches 20% or sometimes lower.

[glennyong]

just checking.

if humidity levels in the dry cabinet drops to 20% or sometimes lower. is that a good thing or a bad thing ? :dunno:

 

[glennyong]

i did some research and talked to a few people.

apparently. its no good. dries up the lubrication can causes some mechanical issue. so the best range is still 40-60%

the reason why my dry cabi's humid level dropped so fast was because i introduced some "military grade" dessicant which i bought from US.

ok so now these dessicants will end up in my clothes cabinet then.

 

[daredevil123]

i did some research and talked to a few people.

apparently. its no good. dries up the lubrication can causes some mechanical issue. so the best range is still 40-60%

the reason why my dry cabi's humid level dropped so fast was because i introduced some "military grade" dessicant which i bought from US.

ok so now these dessicants will end up in my clothes cabinet then.

military grade indeed.

Anyway, keep it between 45-55%.

 

[Cowseye]

For rifles??

 

[flipfreak]

haha. u just answered ur own qns.

dessicant is too unpredictable.

 

[glennyong]

haha. u just answered ur own qns.

dessicant is too unpredictable.

yeah.. too unpredictable... the meter did went blank for a while after i introduced the desiccant for 30mins.

 

[glennyong]

http://www.desiccare.com/unitpaks.html

i bought the MagnumPaks. hahahahaha... 16unit contents.

 

[glennyong]

For rifles??

manufacturer says one of their biggest clients is for us air force lei... my guess is missiles... :bsmilie:

 

[ZerocoolAstra]

Just curious: If you already have the dry cabinet, why introduce the desiccant?

 

[glennyong]

Just curious: If you already have the dry cabinet, why introduce the desiccant?

hahah! i buy desiccant to keep my scuba gears nice and dry.

so i had extra packs. so decided to pop them into the dry cabi.

somehow forgot that it is not good after reading it up lo

 

[Cowseye]

manufacturer says one of their biggest clients is for us air force lei... my guess is missiles... :bsmilie:

I'm just thinking back the days where me being a chao recruit. Maybe dun need to oil rifle if they keep rifles in air tight cabinets and with this. Wahaha, I hate cleaning rifles....

 

[JJLoke]

I also pop in 10 packs of military grade dessicant packs in my drybox.

No need to power on the unit for 6 months. Humidity around 40 - 45%RH

Once saturated just turn on the unit for 1 week to suck out the water content. Can save electricity for another half year.

 

[ZerocoolAstra]

I also pop in 10 packs of military grade dessicant packs in my drybox.

No need to power on the unit for 6 months. Humidity around 40 - 45%RH

Is it cost effective though, in the long run?

 

[JJLoke]

Save some money on electricity bill every month, and hopefully can prolong the life of the drybox unit

Just need to keep an eye on the RH% regularly though