I've seen those... they work. Trick is to let them drip into a catch tray that leads outside the cabinet and outside the building... you don't want the water re-evaporating inside the cabinet. One guy had one in his radio cabinet, which sat on top of a storage cabinet. The ball dripped into a funnel that was stuck into a piece of garden hose that exited the cabinet and ran down the side of the cabinet and out of the building. Several pieces of a copper scrub pad were stuffed up the hose to keep local 8-legged critters from using the hose as a entrance to the building.
Mike At 11:48 AM 6/20/05, you wrote: >If you have a small cabinet, you might try putting a product like "Damp Rid" >in the bottom of the cabinet. You can find it at places like Lowes and >Wal-Mart. It is basically calcium chloride balls that are suspended in a >strainer with a pan under it to catch the moisture as it drips off. Three of >these seem to do an OK job in my 1903 vintage basement with a running >spring. > >My idea here is along the same line as the desiccant packets that they pack >some electronics in, or the air drier compressors that they hook to air >dielectric feedline. > >You will probably need to empty the bucket and add more calcium chloride >pellets every year or so, but at a cost of $3 per year, it sure beats a >dehumidifier. > >Scott > >Scott Zimmerman >Amateur Radio Call N3XCC >612 Barnett Rd >Boswell, PA 15531 > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 11:15 PM >Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Water Tower Humidity > > > > Thanks for all of the good tips! > > We're going to try and seal a cabinet with I/O fans attached to keep > > it cool while keeping it dry. We're also going to try the > > dehumidifier and seal up the area a bit better at the base. Never > > hurts to try, right? > > > > > > Thanks again! > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.7.9/23 - Release Date: 6/20/2005 > > > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
