Safe/Vault Accessories
I am purchasing a new gun safe and I have a few questions about Dehumidifiers. The safe I am getting is 36 cubic feet with the standard fire proofing material. I am new to safes and I am curious to know if I will need a dehumidifer. If I do, should I invest in the electric type or do the disposable packages work just as good? I run a dehumidifier in my house during the summer and plan on placing the safe in my laundry room of my house. Thanks for any input.
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Condensation is cause by temperature differences. For instance if the safe is warm inside and the temperature of your laundry room becomes cold, (or vice versa) condensation can form in the safe causing rust.
The key is temperature differential between the inside and the outside of the safe. I would think a laundry room would be subject to larger swings of temperature than maybe a normal room would.
Get the dehumidifier rod for the safe. It is basically foolproof, and not expensive. Dessicate shouldn't be necessary.
Mateomasfeo
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I'm with mateo on that, the laundry room isn't the best place (besides the temp differences there'll likely be extra humidity with the washer/dryer). Either type will serve the purpose you want it for, but the electric one will be an install and forget proposition whereas the the packs you have to throw away or "recharge" in the oven. A big part of your decision should also be your location. If you're in a humid place (like here in Oklahoma) then the disposables don't last long between "recharges". Conversely, if you live in the desert, or low humidity place like NM or AZ then you'd be fine with the packs... 0 -
ditto on the location issue.
If the safe didn't come equipped to handle elect. dehumid setup then you have to modify it and that isn't an easy or even cheap approach and then there is the matter of breeching the shell and therefore fire protection rating of the safe ...
Change the location and if safe not setup for elect., use the platic impregnated "chips" ... they give you good performance for the cost, and they come in different sizes from gun rug chip to larger sheet type pieces.
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My brother in law put his three grand browning in a closet ,he couldn't keep the humidity below 80% , he even put a full size de-humidifier inside the safe with a flow tube going out and it didn't help ,he later found out after severe rust set in ,that the dryer vent was coming out through a crawl space and entering the under closet ,after redirecting it he got it down to acceptable level
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Thanks for the input. I Actually hadn't considered the effects the lanudry room would have. I live in Southern Indiana and the summer humidity here is almost always 90% or higher. Your advise has made me lean heavily on the elec. and a different location. 0
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