Dehumidifiers?

It's been a very cold wet winter so far, so I've been forced to start running a dehumidifier in the train room...I am hoping someone might know the specs(temp/Hum.) and best climate for maintaining those pesky little drive/axel gears?

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I wouldn't have an answer for what climate is best for our toys but a good question. All I know is for the human skin its between 30 and 50% humidity with higher % in the colder/heater season and lower in the warmer/hotter season. Weird you are dehumidifying out there and we are humidifying here in the east.

I run a dehumidifier in my basement at 45-50%. this is because of my issue of leaky basement previous years. And a whole house humidifier set at 45%

I don't think you need to worry about the trains. It is more for your health! Get rid of nasty molds!

all of mine spent years in the ceiling cavity. blistering hot in summer, leaky in winter. my vintage engines especially were up there more than 10 years, and it didnt appear to do much damage. however, everything was exceedingly dry lube wise, and i think the heat killed several motors that were working before. but nothing warped or was damaged beyond repair and use.

Our yearly average humidity is 87% but with this very cold wet winter it's been nearly a constant 100% for many months now and a few packages, most notably the HitToys "hangers" were beginning to show some early signs of warping, so I am nipping that!!!
I just don't want it too dry, or to change the environment to rapidly and cause stress on the nylon or neoprene gears from expanding/shrinkage and end up with a bunch of cracked gears...bottom line is I'm tiring to keep the BNIB looking BNIB, but I don't want to damage all the engines to do it...so I really need to find out the industry standards for recommended optimal temp/Hum conditions just for piece of mind.

Humidity shouldn't be an issue. Japan is extremely humid.

Cold shouldn't be an issue. Japan is cold. Unless you are in places that is very cold of course.

Dry and heat isn't an issue. 40 centigrade days are common in Australia and all mine are good.

Sunlight is NOT good.

-plarnold

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Outside temperatures and humidity numbers aren't always indicative of what the numbers are inside. My advise is to purchase a nice portable humidistat. I have one in the basement and one in the hallway on the first floor. This way you can monitor what is going on exactly in each room by moving it around. Humidistats the are built in to dehumidifiers/humidifiers aren't always very accurate. This is the model I have. These make great gifts too as I have provided these for my whole family. http://www.amazon.com/Kaz-Vicks-Health-H...humidistat

You can also get disposable or rechageable dehumidifiers aswell like this one, there great for small spaces or storage boxes and safes.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00V5YLAXG...ref=plSrch