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18th October 2007, 07:28 PM #1Member
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Humidity controllers
Hey, I am looking for a unit to help control humidity in my workshop and can find plenty of dehumidifiers which I might need occasionally but I live in the ACT and I am actually having difficulty keeping the humidity up.
For most of the winter it has been around 45 and I was thinking all was sweet but a few weeks ago it dropped to 20 and my braced tops freaked out. This is a tough place for guitars. I have put trays of water under my benches and when I am around I can throw water on the floor but I need a better solution.
I have seen on the OLF a combined humidifier/dehumidifier that looks like a solution but haven't been able to to find one in Aust. Any one got any ideas where I could get something like this?
Thanks
Dom
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18th October 2007, 11:10 PM #2
Strikes me that if humidity chez vous gets down to 20 often, your tops had better get used to it, cos once they leave your shop you won't be able to control anything. No?
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19th October 2007, 11:31 AM #3
I know that chemists used to sell evaporators, apparently they are useful for people with allergies,
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19th October 2007, 01:51 PM #4Member
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Contrebasse, most guitar owners go out of their way (or should) to maintain constant humidity by, among other things, keeping the instruments in a case, by never leaving them in the car and perhaps using one of the humidi packs that you can put in you case.
The way a guitar top is made with a very thin top and braces glued across the grain means they will never get used to a big range in humidity, they just feak out and go flat when the humidity drops. Not a pretty sight.
What seems to be the best way to go it to build them at around 45% as the best average conditions. Hence the reason most try to control the humidity in the shop. You can imagine what would happen if I built them at 70% then put them into a centrally heated room at 25%.
Sebastiaan56, i have seen the personal humidifiers but what I need is one I can set a target humidity and forget it. And hopefully I want a combined unit becasue it does get humid here every now and again when it rains.
Cheers
Dom
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19th October 2007, 02:17 PM #5"We must never become callous. When we experience the conflicts ever more deeply we are living in truth. The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil." - Albert Schweizer
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19th October 2007, 07:19 PM #6Member
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Thanks Seb, its actually not that expensive according to this link.
http://www.fotoconnection.com/p58464...-hepa-air.html
My problem is I have not been able to find this kind of unit in Aust.
Cheers
Dom
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19th October 2007, 10:42 PM #7Senior Member
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We're moving back to Australia for good in December if you need something from here bought back let me know. I use a "plug in" dehumidifier in summer and a steam humidifier in winter. an a Radioshack wireless multi channel weather station with temp and humidity to kep an eye on it all. The only hassle would be the voltage. Now if you knew someone in Europe.....
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20th October 2007, 12:37 AM #8
Mitsubishi make a good domestic dehumidifier but for some reason they no longer import the machines into Australia. You can pick them up second hand on Trade Me in New Zealand.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living...-123318563.htm
I picked up my dehumidifier from a Queensland mob. Its a Chinese no name brand and not as good as the Mitsubishi but by playing with the settings in conjunction with an accurate hygrometer I manage to keep the humidity in the shop between 45 - 50%. During the winter months a ceramic panel heater keeps the shop warm and takes the load off the dehumidifier.Whatever note you blow youre never more than a semitone away from the correct one....(Miles Davis)
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20th October 2007, 05:48 AM #9
Well there you go, I only have practical experience with laboratory and industrial type situations and didnt know this kind of kit existed. You learn something every day!
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