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<blockquote data-quote="FearNoWind" data-source="post: 1158747" data-attributes="member: 50867"><p>When considering a dehumidifier think first about what they do and how the do it.</p><p>1. They remove water from the air</p><p>2. Where does it go? (some use a chemical collection system, others hold it temporarily in a tank)</p><p>3. Preventing rust is not a matter of simply applying a dehumidifier; it's an issue of how much moisture the dehumidifier can remove over a given period of time and how much of an effect it has on the overall humidity inside the safe. The amount of moisture in the air, relative to the temperature of the air inside the safe, relative to the temperature on the surfaces of the rifle(s), relative to the amount of time the rifle(s) are exposed to that environment are all very important considerations.</p><p>Water condensing into a tank in your safe is free to evaporate back into the air.</p><p>Water collected in a holding tank must be removed before there is any significant change in ambient temperature.</p><p>Water collected into a chemical holding medium (e.g. silica jell) has to be eliminated once the medium is saturated. </p><p>Bottom line - the effectiveness of one type of dehumidifier over another in my basement gun safe will not be the same in your basement gun safe.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FearNoWind, post: 1158747, member: 50867"] When considering a dehumidifier think first about what they do and how the do it. 1. They remove water from the air 2. Where does it go? (some use a chemical collection system, others hold it temporarily in a tank) 3. Preventing rust is not a matter of simply applying a dehumidifier; it's an issue of how much moisture the dehumidifier can remove over a given period of time and how much of an effect it has on the overall humidity inside the safe. The amount of moisture in the air, relative to the temperature of the air inside the safe, relative to the temperature on the surfaces of the rifle(s), relative to the amount of time the rifle(s) are exposed to that environment are all very important considerations. Water condensing into a tank in your safe is free to evaporate back into the air. Water collected in a holding tank must be removed before there is any significant change in ambient temperature. Water collected into a chemical holding medium (e.g. silica jell) has to be eliminated once the medium is saturated. Bottom line - the effectiveness of one type of dehumidifier over another in my basement gun safe will not be the same in your basement gun safe. [/QUOTE]
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