Exactly, Dave. Mine are hermetically sealed, and so dessicant works very well.
I use it to prevent condensation turning to ice on my relay coil and contacts, thus making them stick closed in freezing conditions. I have never seen any condensation or frost on the inside of those clear polycarbonate sealed covers. I change the dessicant bags every few years. I get mine from McMaster-Carr. BTW, www.w0btu.com with my Beverage antenna page has been down since late Sunday evening. :-( 73 Mike W0BTU On Tue, Oct 29, 2019, 5:08 PM David Olean <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mike > > I would think that you would waste ur time unless the box was rather > airtight. (As in hermetically sealed) If moisture can get in, it will > and negate any desiccant in rapid order. Just my opinion. > > Dave > > On 10/29/2019 7:28 PM, Mike & Becca Krzystyniak wrote: > > I went to put my beverages back up for this winter. On a whim I > opened > > each connection box and found a fair amount of a white powderish > condensate > > inside the diecast housings. Mostly on the housing surfaces. Wires and > > cores were clean. Is it worth putting a desisscant bag inside to help > > minimize this or don't fix what isn't broken? > > > > Thanks... Mike K9MK > > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
