Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Here in eastern Mass I gave up on the dehumidifier in my cellar darkroom---it made lots of distilled-type water the but left the place too warm and uncomfortable to work there, so i installed an AC in the cellar window, it kept the whole cellar cool and dry, including paper, slides and much ephemera, and cost to run is about the same or less. bill h ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Korenman" <faneuil@gmail.com> To: "LUG" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 8:48 AM Subject: [Leica] Ideal Humidity for storage - or - it ain't the heat,it's the humidity. Like a nice little OCD leica user, I am concerned about where I am keeping my cameras. The correct answer, of course, is strapped from your next and in use :) But I have gear I don't often use. In our our old house we were blessed with a cool dry basement which I would peak at 50% humidity during the summer. Our new basement is a swamp.. I currently keep my gear on the 3d floor. Up there in my home office, it is getting warmer and warmer and the humidity is climbing. I may have to install a dehumidifier. Questions: What is the ideal humidity to store equipment? Or, what humidity level should I try to maintain? We do not use AC. We like open windows. But I could install a dehumidifier in my home office. Eric _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information