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RE: [Digital BW] Re: Clogs and Humidity

2002-04-19 by Jon Dubovsky

If a specific RH really bothers you, just do the old humidor trick and
mix distilled water and propylene glycol (you can get it at a drug
store) 50/50.  In a closed space, that will give you an RH of just
about 70%... high enough to be moist, but low enough that mold won't
grow.  There's a ton of web content out there on how to build such a
humidifier (not that I do it with my printer... but I do with my
cigars).

-Jon

> I really have had bad feelings about localizing the
> humidity. I know
> that some folks put a pan of water near the printer and
> throw a dust
> cover over the whole thing, and report sucess. What bothers me is
> whether you may create condensation on some electronic circuits,
> connectors, etc. You see what you've got is a small volume
> of air you
> are trying to regulate water content of.

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