Gun safes in unheated areas

[jsfricks]

Hopefully he's found something that would work over the past 7 years.

 

[Kanewpadle]

My safe is in the garage unheated. Been there for a few years. Have a dehumidifier rod in there and use gun socks. No problems. I think you will be just fine with the desiccant or better yet a dehumidifier.

The constant rise and fall of the temperature is not good.

Use this to figure out where your're at. Dew Point Calculator

 

[Muley Gil]

I stored some of my guns in an unheated Alabama garage for several years. Temps were teens to 100, with high Alabama humidity in the summer. I had a Golden Rod in it. Not a speck of rust on any of them.

 

[Tom S.]

Keep this in mind: when using a Golden rod type dehumidifier, you can't tell if it's working unless you have a gauge inside the safe that reads the humidity. That's not to say they aren't a good fix to the problem, but anything electrical can/will burn out and stop working. For this reason, if you don't have a humidity gauge, a light bulb is a good idea because it offers instant visual proof that it's working.

FWIW: I have a rod and gauge inside one of my safes and the humidity runs between 35% and 40%. I have lights inside the other safe and the humidity runs about the same.