Humidifiers

[infoghost]

I use a dampit, and I have one of these coming next week.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/sid ... id/421650/

[grock]

and sarah, humidifiers are necessary if you don't want cracks/a broken guitar. cold weather puts moisture into the wood while warm weather draws it out, which causes the guitar's wood to fluctuate and such. a humidifier keeps things stable.

soory to correct you isaac, i'm a chmical engineer, and i just took a course on this type stuff.

just for reference, it is cold weather that is dry and warm weather where humidity is high. the cold air can not hold as much vapor, and in many areas of our country the humidity is actually zero during winter (this also leads to having more boogers and drying out in your nose, if your nose is dry, then you need a humidifyer) good humidity levels are between 35-55%. but that's a swing range. you want 47% consistently. i bought one from walmart for 30 bucks and it'll humidify a whole room. they have 80 dollar ones that'll do a whole house. also from walmart, i got a temperature humidity meter for a whopping 5 bucks.

[Jay]

arent' we talking relative humidity? cold air can't hold as much water, but it can still be at 100% rh

[grock]

Humidity 304 (yeah this is a bit more advanced than any freshman 101 type course) with Prof. GRock,

jay, that is def. true but now we have to consider pressure. the pressure during winter is about the same as summer, this makes it is very difficult to get a high relative humidity in cold. when it is cold, the vapor is much more liely to condense on things inside the room. if you could lessen the pressure then yeah it is just as easy to get humidity in winter, but you can't. so instead of getting humidity, everything condenses under atmospheric pressure and you get dry cracked guitars.

[HCHaikuWarrior]

whats the best and safest kind of humidifier to use??

[barcode]

i got the planetwavez and it seems to work okay (it doesn't do much but i guess it's preventative maintenance)

[PureDaveAddict]

what kind of makeshift humidifiers you guys make.

Wet sock in the guitar case usually works for me

[Jay]

Humidity 304 (yeah this is a bit more advanced than any freshman 101 type course) with Prof. GRock,

jay, that is def. true but now we have to consider pressure. the pressure during winter is about the same as summer, this makes it is very difficult to get a high relative humidity in cold. when it is cold, the vapor is much more liely to condense on things inside the room. if you could lessen the pressure then yeah it is just as easy to get humidity in winter, but you can't. so instead of getting humidity, everything condenses under atmospheric pressure and you get dry cracked guitars.

interesting...

[grock]

Humidity 304 (yeah this is a bit more advanced than any freshman 101 type course) with Prof. GRock,

jay, that is def. true but now we have to consider pressure. the pressure during winter is about the same as summer, this makes it is very difficult to get a high relative humidity in cold. when it is cold, the vapor is much more liely to condense on things inside the room. if you could lessen the pressure then yeah it is just as easy to get humidity in winter, but you can't. so instead of getting humidity, everything condenses under atmospheric pressure and you get dry cracked guitars.

interesting...

when it comes to math and science (and incidently music cuz it's all based on ratios) i am pretty well versed. if you want greg to look like a dumbass bring up history or books and i'm clueless...