Sorry, Rand. I see now that the question that I answered wasn't the one that
you asked.
No particular details in the cabinet to address humidity. I'll put low-voltage
quartz
halogen lighting in the upper glass-front cabinet, but don't expect to run the
lights
much.
Gary
gary edwards wrote:
> The study is contiguous with my bedroom. Humidity is a concern in Texas in
> the summer, but we keep it at bay with central air conditioning. My A/C
> unit in that end of the house is oversized (Never, ever let the HVAC
> contractor talk you into a larger unit without engineering analysis!
> Embarassing, because I'm an engineer :-() so I must supplement its
> dehumidifying efforts with a portable dehumidifier. I monitor the relative
> humidity with an Airguide hygrometer on the wall below the thermostat and
> try to keep the relative humidity between 45 and 50%. Both rooms have solid
> beech floors and the hygroscopic nature of wood tends to moderate humidity
> swings. So far I have never had any fungus, though I believe lower humidity
> levels are recommended to avoid it. (17 Zuikos, some held as long as 20
> years in similar circumstances.) Knock on wood <g>
>
> Gary Edwards
> at work, using my hotmail account, so don't tell my boss
>
> >From: "Rand E." <rtomcala@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: Re: [OM] Do You Strut Your Stuff??
> >Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 07:17:10 -0500
> >
> >Gary,
> > What are you doing, re the cabinet, about humidity?
> >Rand E.
> >
> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >Gary Edwards wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm in the process of building new cabinetry for my study. One upper
> >cabinet
> > > will have glass doors and shelves for my bodies. Several drawers in the
> >lower
> > > cabinets will have fitted partitions for lenses. All of this is not so
> >much for
> > > display as it is for access. All of my OM gear, when not in a bag, is
> >now
> > > clustered on a closet shelf and I have a heck of time finding anything
> >quickly.
> > >
> > > I'm now dovetailing drawers, but it takes a lot of time - and I spend
> >too much
> > > on this computer discussing OMs, P-38s, etc. <g>
> > >
> > > Gary Edwards
> > >
> > >
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