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Recommendations For Battery Powered Lights and Dehumidifier for Safe
Posted on 12/6/25 at 11:18 am
Posted on 12/6/25 at 11:18 am
I recently bought a Browning safe and there is no hole for a power cord to run out. I see there are battery powered light kits and dehumidifiers available online. I'm just wondering if anybody has a recommendation for any you have and really like.
My older safe has a hole and I've had a Goldenrod dehumidifier in it for 26 years now. I really don't want to drill a hole in the new safe, nor do I want to have to move it around. It weighs almost 1,000 pounds. I felt sorry for the delivery guys, therefore I don't mind changing batteries/charging periodically.
My older safe has a hole and I've had a Goldenrod dehumidifier in it for 26 years now. I really don't want to drill a hole in the new safe, nor do I want to have to move it around. It weighs almost 1,000 pounds. I felt sorry for the delivery guys, therefore I don't mind changing batteries/charging periodically.
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Posted on 12/6/25 at 12:52 pm to alduckhunter
Hornady safe light on Amazon. It is motion activated and takes batteries. Can’t help you with the dehumidifier, I’ve always used a goldenrod. I’ve heard folks say damp-rid works but I can’t verify that.
Posted on 12/6/25 at 9:37 pm to alduckhunter
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Been using one of those plug in to recharge type dehumidifier but after only two years it went cuput
Been using one of those plug in to recharge type dehumidifier but after only two years it went cuput
Posted on 12/7/25 at 5:11 am to alduckhunter
I have no idea about battery powered dehumidifiers, but you can just use silica beads
You can overpay for something that looks like a shotgun shell, or you can buy 2-3 pounds of it for the same price. You will have to throw it in the oven every couple of months to dry them out, but that is the same thing that is inside the "rechargeable" ones, those just come with a little heating element to recharge it, but then you're getting even less than the shotgun shell.
Damp Rid is salt based, I don't like the idea of throwing something corrosive into the safe, plus you would have to buy replacements every time.
You can overpay for something that looks like a shotgun shell, or you can buy 2-3 pounds of it for the same price. You will have to throw it in the oven every couple of months to dry them out, but that is the same thing that is inside the "rechargeable" ones, those just come with a little heating element to recharge it, but then you're getting even less than the shotgun shell.
Damp Rid is salt based, I don't like the idea of throwing something corrosive into the safe, plus you would have to buy replacements every time.
Posted on 12/7/25 at 7:23 am to Citica8
I realized after I made the post that the “rechargeable” ones I had been seeing weren’t battery powered but you recharge them by putting them in the oven.
I think that silica beads should work well enough for a safe that’s inside the house instead of a garage or shop.
I think that silica beads should work well enough for a safe that’s inside the house instead of a garage or shop.
Posted on 12/7/25 at 7:46 am to alduckhunter
You shouldn't need much inside the house to prevent rust anyway, as long as you don't keep it in a steamy bathroom.
In a garage or shop if you keep the door closed 99% of the time the silica beads will work fine along with proper maintenance of the guns themselves.
We use breathers on 300-gallon oil totes at work filled with silica beads to prevent moisture from getting into the oil before going into the machines. They are outside in south Louisiana humidity, probably about a quart worth of beads, and they last 2 months before they are depleted
In a garage or shop if you keep the door closed 99% of the time the silica beads will work fine along with proper maintenance of the guns themselves.
We use breathers on 300-gallon oil totes at work filled with silica beads to prevent moisture from getting into the oil before going into the machines. They are outside in south Louisiana humidity, probably about a quart worth of beads, and they last 2 months before they are depleted
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