Dehumidifier

[DP425]

Does anyone here use one for their reloading room? I'm trying to determine what the best humidity level would be to set mine at. Currently I have it set to 35%- the room is in my basement, which as it is only ever gets to about 40-45%.

I want a good happy median between moist enough to not have static electricity out the ass and dry enough for good storage.

So lets here your thoughts.

 

[InTheWeeds]

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I keep one of the Remington ones right next to press. My reloading room is about 100 sq.ft. Im not looking to draw all the moisture out of the room, but just enough to prevent my presses and dies from rusting.

 

[DP425]

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Yeah mine is about 65-70sq ft but I have an electric dehumidifier that you can set to maintain a certain humidity. I suppose I could just go with one or two of those remington things instead but, I do already have the dehumidifier...

So no one runs one in their room? Anyone at least know of recommended humidity to store this shit in? I did a search but didn't come up with any specifics just "low humidity"

 

[High Binder]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: DP425</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Does anyone here use one for their reloading room? I'm trying to determine what the best humidity level would be to set mine at. Currently I have it set to 35%- the room is in my basement, which as it is only ever gets to about 40-45%.

I want a good happy median between moist enough to not have static electricity out the ass and dry enough for good storage.

So lets here your thoughts. </div></div>

That's pretty advanced and may be a bit overkill for real world applications.

Why not just get some desiccant and toss it in your storage bins but even that seems like overkill. Ammo, loaded or otherwise is pretty inert by virtue of it's composition, i.e. the materials don't oxidize easily.

 

[Kinsman]

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My reloading room is a corner of the basement. I use a dehumidifier that will remove up to 70 liters of water a day. The house is new, and has poured walls for basement. The 10" thick walls will keep wicking out moisture for a long time, therefore the high capacity unit. It does a good job of keeping the humidity at 40%. When I close in the reloading room (12x16ft) I will go to a lower cap unit.
Overkill? Not in my opinion.

 

[DP425]

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Alright well I don't know how it could be overkill... But I guess I'll just continue to run it at 35%

 

[armymedic.2]

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my basement runs at 40% and i got no problems brother

 

[Tactical30]

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Mine is set @ 40%-45%. All is good. Im sure if yours is set on 35% it is probly running almost non-stop.

 

[DP425]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: longrange30</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Mine is set @ 40%-45%. All is good. Im sure if yours is set on 35% it is probly running almost non-stop. </div></div>

Nah, it actually only kicks on maybe once every 2-3 hours. Of course I don't know how it will run in the summer. But I have a wood basement that was VERY well sealed so moisture is pretty low anyway. We'll see how it does in the summer

 

[High Binder]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Kinsman</div><div class="ubbcode-body">My reloading room is a corner of the basement. I use a dehumidifier that will remove up to 70 liters of water a day. The house is new, and has poured walls for basement. The 10" thick walls will keep wicking out moisture for a long time, therefore the high capacity unit. It does a good job of keeping the humidity at 40%. When I close in the reloading room (12x16ft) I will go to a lower cap unit.
Overkill? Not in my opinion. </div></div>

Well not in your situation with newly poured walls but I doubt that's the OP's situation.

Even at that though the only thing humidity is going to affect is the powder and maybe the primers. I would be curious to see some empirical data on the effects of humidity on unloaded powder I bet it's pretty negligible.

 

[GSPKurt]

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I am in Florida, the liquid sunshine state. I can get my reloading room down to 35% in the winter, but if I keep it at 35% in summer, it never shuts off... I have to go to 45%. When I am out there reloading in summer, I run the AC and that helps.

 

[Geno C.]

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I run mine is a 12x12 room in the basement of a 120 year old house. It runs nonstop from april till oct. I have a drain hose hooked up and route it to the drain in the floor. If it is overkill, them I'm guilty of it. BTW it costs about a dollar a day to run it constatly.