poohzilla
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Give me a place to stand and a long-enough lever, and I will invariably break the lever.
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Location: New Hamster
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Post by poohzilla on Aug 8, 2016 11:13:23 GMT -5
Hi- I have my safe in a closet, which is also locked. Over the last month, I've been taking at least one firearm a week and going over it. I noticed a little mildew and a couple of spots on one of the guns. I actually have a fan in the closet, but honestly don't run it very often (marital geopolitics...) I'm looking to upgrade my humidity control. The closet runs about 112 cubic feet. (Don't get too excited, there's a lot of other stuff in there !!!) What are you guys using ? Obviously, those of you in the desert don't have this issue, or at least as badly.
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SnapShot
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Jeep & Mocha "Remembering Patches, always"
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Location: Finally free from the Republic of Kalifornia!
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Post by SnapShot on Aug 8, 2016 12:11:47 GMT -5
Hey there pooh ~
You're right . . . living in the Southern California Desert makes for dry storage and very little rust, etc.
Back in the days when I lived in Michigan I did fight the battle. I wound up with a home-make fix that seemed to do the trick. I found a fan that was intended for basement humidity problems. It consisted of a very small motor driven squirrel-cage fan that was only about 3 inches in diameter and a foot wide. It set on the floor and connected to a plastic duct the same width and depth that went up the wall and vented at the top. It was very quiet and moved air gently up to free-fall back down. The wattage was real low so it didn't cost much to run. I placed a desiccate packet at the inlet. I would bake the packets in the oven monthly to keep them absorbing moisture. That got old and I replaced the packet with a drying rod (like most gun safe companies sell) so I didn't have to remember to bake the packets. Due to the size of the closet I had one of these set up on each side. I have to say, it worked well once I put weatherstripping around the door to keep air leakage to a minimum. This was all prior to internet; as I recall, I bought the fan kits at a local hardware store. Like I said, it was made for basement humidity problems.
~ Good luck with your problem. Larry
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bob
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I'm too old to be nice but never too old to learn!
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Location: Northern California
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Post by bob on Aug 8, 2016 19:11:03 GMT -5
Pooh, What about a light bulb? Used it to keep my welding rods dry, it didn't have to be very big either.
Other cure move to the desert!
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Post by robster on Aug 12, 2016 7:05:41 GMT -5
I have a Goldenrod in my safes and they work great here by the great lakes.
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gws
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Location: NW New Mexico
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Post by gws on Aug 13, 2016 23:15:34 GMT -5
Just move to New Mexico.....we need all the gun nuts we can get.......helps with the political balance. I haven't used anything for 40 years.....not a speck of rust.  Now as for dust......I have to dust every couple of days......   A friend of mine with a little friend.......and then where I go an hour away, when I'm tired of dust.  |
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My daughter came from Missouri, my son and grand son, my wife and I had a nice dinner of grilled "porter house" pork chops, corn on the cobb, my son, G'son and I share 10/5. G'son is 4 minutes early though @ 10/4.
Pooh I hope you find to right house . 
