Safe dehumidifier

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jsickle

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what's everyones opinion on a good gun safe dehumidifier. I'm going to get a safe and it will have to placed in a garage for now.
 
I use a GoldenRod and I also keep a humidity gauge in my safe to monitor the humidity .

If my safe was going in the garage I would lay some plastic down and then place a couple of 2X4's down on top of the plastic and place my safe on top of the 2x4's .
 
I also use Dry Rod Dehumidifier. Keeps my safe around 50% humidity and at about 70 degrees F. The only downside to the rods is you have to plug them in to an electrical source so that means you have to have power to your safe. Plus mine is in the house. The best accessory I purchased for my safe is the Safelert Monitoring System. It sends a message to my cell phone if there are any major changes to the safe. Temp, humidity, door open, door closed and movement. Plus I get a weekly email update on the condition of the safe and system. I got all this through Liberty Safes. Hope this helps
 
Everyone please keep in mind that those little heater rods (like GoldenRods) reduce the RH by raising the temp a bit ... no moisture is removed from the air.

I think that their real value is in bumping up the temp of the safe contents a few degrees so that if, when the door is opened, cooler/damper air comes in, the moisture will not condense on the metal surfaces.

For the "damp times" during the spring/summer/fall when I find that the little heaters are not quite enough, I depend upon a few of those rechargeable Eva-Dry 500s that actually remove moisture from my gunsafes.

I also constantly run a little "desk fan" in each gunsafe to move air. I figure that some air movement & a little additional heat added to the system cannot be a bad thing. ;)
 
I run a GoldenRod in my safe and keep a humidity gauge in it and my safes humidity never goes above 50% most of the time it is to low , so I should probably get a smaller GoldenRod . It might raise the temperature by 2 or 3 degrees . Right now the humidity in the room is 50% and temperature is 68 degrees . In my safe the humidity is 37% and 71 degrees . I have never had a problem using a GoldenRod and they guarantee against it .
 
I run a GoldenRod in my safe and keep a humidity gauge in it and my safes humidity never goes above 50% most of the time it is to low , so I should probably get a smaller GoldenRod . It might raise the temperature by 2 or 3 degrees . Right now the humidity in the room is 50% and temperature is 68 degrees . In my safe the humidity is 37% and 71 degrees . I have never had a problem using a GoldenRod and they guarantee against it .
I don't know how big your safe is but the 12 inch rod keeps my safe around 50% humidity and about 70 degrees. My safe is a mid size one.
 
Same thing I read , 50 / 70 . I also run a dehumidifier in that room and have it set on 50 % . It doesn't run much when the heat or A/C is on . Just those in between times in the fall when it runs the most .
 
I've got the Eva-Dry Edv-1100. which is a plug in dehumidifier. Its $39 on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Eva-dry-Edv-...93287638&sr=8-1&keywords=eva+dry+dehumidifier

With the Edv-1100 about every 2 weeks I open the safe and pour out the water into the sink. After 2 weeks in my south Florida garage it it about 50% full. Its really the best system I've found and i have tried dry-rods and desiccant packets before.

The safe its self I set on top of a "stall mat". This can be found at a feed supply store or a place like Tractor Supply Company. It is made out of a vulcanized rubber nearly exactly like a hockey puck but it is in a big mat like a small throw rug. It is only like 1/2" think and I just used tapcons to bold the safe down.

I also have a humidity monitor. it has magnets and just sticks onto the safe. I keep one on the outside of the door and keep one inside the door. Before you start using them compare the two to see how consistent they are in different humidity environments. Before I open the safe I take a look at the humidity outside the safe which usually around 65% or so. Then when I open it to empty out the dehumidifier I check the inside humidity (usually around 40-45%).

Summary: For a safe in a garage in a high humidity environment like Florida: 1 - Put the safe on an insulating rubber mat like a "Stall Mat" for horse stalls. 2 - Use a dehumidifier that actually collects liquid water and then physically drain that water down the sink every couple weeks. 3 - Buy two digital humidity gauges (they are cheap) one for outside the safe and one for inside the safe to gauge how well your system is working.

Dan
 
You would think that whatever chemicals are in the damp rid would remain in the bag. I wonder if just placing a standard dehumidifier near (but not inside) the safe would help, or if the fact that the safe is closed would make it irrelevant?
 
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