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Humidity: Realistically, what's too high?
Here in the Dallas area, we've had an awful lot of rain and damp weather. RH indoors has been above 50% for a while, sometime into the low 60s. At what point should the guitar go back into the case where it's not as humid?
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I wouldn’t fully assume that it’s not as humid in the case necessarily....depending on how long of a period it is that you are talking about...ideally u are measuring the humidity in the case to know for sure...
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Your guitars should be completely fine at those levels. If humidity gets to 70%+ and is going to stay that way for a week or longer, then get them in cases. Otherwise all should be fine.
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Thanks all. Should have mentioned that I have D'Addario 2-way humidity packs in the case...I just like leaving the guitar out, within easy reach.
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Do you recharge those humidipaks, or do you just throw them out and use new ones?
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You'll find that different guitars are more sensitive to high humidity than others. At around 70%, some guitars will sound noticeably dull, as if the strings got really old real quick. Others will take 70% in stride, at least for a few days. If left outside, no guitar will sound as bright at 70% as it will at 45%.
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I'm on the Georgia coast and even with my AC on humidity is in the low 60s. I find that once it gets in the 70s the sound suffers. That's when I usually turn on the dehumidifier but the downside is it generates a bit of heat. Never have put my guitars in their cases because of high humidity and so far in 10 years no damage.
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I have others that I use for cigars, they maintain 70%. Works with them too. |
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I posted about this not too long ago. I recharged a set not too long ago and observed that the recharged set was greatly over humidifying inside my case relative to a new set that stayed closer to the 50% value they are designed to target. My SensorPush showed that the recharged set was over humidifying by 15% or more...not good... The solution for that I found was to leave the recharged set out on my shop bench for 2-3 days min to let them decharge in an an accelerated fashion, and only then put them in the case. Even then by memory I still did not need as many packs as I would if they were brand new not recharged ones.... The Sensorpush don’t lie. I suspect a lot of people are just recharging these things and not realizing that this could be a problem. I will do more testing moving forward. This was observed inside a Godin Tric case, which is really superior at controlling environment. Perhaps a conventional less tight wood case wouldn’t exhibit the same behaviour...not sure... Just be careful
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I personally wouldn’t dip them in water, but some do...I think that could more quickly bring the packet’s integrity into question...
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Need to be careful until the packet's outside dries. That one of the reasons I prefer the other way.
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