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Post by Craig on May 22, 2024 7:56:13 GMT
On the back of the issues with my Taylor 816 Issue with a Taylor 816I bought a hygrometer and was surprised to find that the humidity in my room (and most of the house) was 63%, pretty much what Taylor said my guitar was so can anyone recommend a dehumidifier for me? My room is only 2.6M x 3.4M and I don't have a lot of room to spare. Thanks Craig |
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Post by RodB on May 22, 2024 16:06:37 GMT
Rather than dehumidify the house (open plan) I keep my best guitars cased with Silica Gel all year round. It can get over 70% here in the Summer and stays in the 60's a lot of the time. The guitars remain around 45% +- 5%.
Cheap, easy to manage and effective...
BTW seems you got a good service from Taylor - very reasonable.
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Post by Welshruss on May 23, 2024 1:06:12 GMT
I keep the D’addario humidity packs in all guitar cases. My guitars live in their cases.
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Post by dshevy on May 23, 2024 7:16:27 GMT
If you definitely want a dehumidifier son you can leave guitars out, MEACO are probably the most reliable. I have one of their large 20litre versions and it means I can get a large room 6m x 6m down from 63% to 53% pretty easily and maintain it too. They have some logic thing that means you can set a target and it turns itself on and off to maintain it. www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/p/meacodry-abc10lb/meaco-meacodryabc10lb-dehumidifierThis would probably do the job well and it’s pretty energy efficient. KR David |
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Post by doc on May 24, 2024 4:29:32 GMT
I use a Meaco too and it does a great job in lowering and maintaining humidity levels.
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Post by bellyshere on May 25, 2024 20:09:49 GMT
EBac dehumidifiers are very good. They are a pig to get in your case though.
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Post by Craig on May 31, 2024 13:21:04 GMT
So because my guitars are in a rack I ended up buying a room dehumidifier and It's now down to a reasonable level in here.
Surprisingly all my guitars apart from the one that went back to Taylor are way out of tune, I'm guessing that's the wood moving back into shape.
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Post by sweyne1 on May 31, 2024 16:35:45 GMT
What did you buy afterwards Craig ?
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Post by Craig on Jun 1, 2024 21:06:41 GMT
One of these Sweyne. Craig |
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Post by andy3sheds on Jun 1, 2024 21:27:17 GMT
What are people using as hygrometers. I can’t find my old school whirling hygrometer or its slide rule (I said it was old school!) I’ve got three modern digital ones which are all in agreement within a degree on temperature but as regards RH range from 49 to 62%. It seems sense to establish the correct RH before considering buying a dehumidifier
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Post by Onechordtrick on Jun 2, 2024 7:45:08 GMT
What are people using as hygrometers. I can’t find my old school whirling hygrometer or its slide rule (I said it was old school!) I’ve got three modern digital ones which are all in agreement within a degree on temperature but as regards RH range from 49 to 62%. It seems sense to establish the correct RH before considering buying a dehumidifier I’ve got one of these amzn.eu/d/8E4Sqxf and one of these amzn.eu/d/hLG2j4aThe first one has Bluetooth so in can monitor it from my phone. I’ve checked the calibration using the method described here www.liveabout.com/how-to-calibrate-a-hygrometer-719640 |
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Post by Onechordtrick on Jun 2, 2024 9:21:49 GMT
Lost the final phrase when I cleaned up the links.
When I calibrated them they were both within 0.1% which is close enough for me.
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Post by andy3sheds on Jun 2, 2024 12:22:57 GMT
That seems useful I couldn’t think of a way to create a known humidity other than 100% ie a cloud of steam eg kettle
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Post by sweyne1 on Jun 13, 2024 16:45:26 GMT
Last week I bought a Meaco ABC 10L. I was iffy about the size in what is a rather small room so I bought a secondhand one on ebay for £65 rather than take a chance on a new one for £135 (the cheapest i've seen new). It looks like new and so far works perfectly.
It is a bit big as I thought but I hide it behind the guitars and it maintains 50% no problem at all. Glad I did it because i've been prevaricating for a while.
John
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Post by leoroberts on Jun 13, 2024 16:58:57 GMT
I've got a Meaco, too. 12L. Keeping it at 50% is dead easy. Tank tends to take a week or so to fill. I don't bother with the 'air purification' feature. I like beans too much - it'd overheat  |
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