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Originally Posted by Gem
Sounds like you are in a warmer climate than here. Since it is around -4 or -5 on clear nights, the house has its heating going. Hence the air is quite dry inside. I usually do the same as others. I put the cap on and store the scope in the unheated, detached spare room, then transfer it into the dry, heated house without a cap in the morning.
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Sound like a good plan! I have a similar set up at home with heating so I reckon you are spot on.
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Originally Posted by brian nordstrom
 Up here in Darwin , especially when the dry season is comming to and end ,, late september that is a real problem , dew , but its the other way around , eg taking the scope from a cooler 24 degrees air cond house to the 32 degrees and 95% humidity out side , we get dew build up .  , its a pain .
Thats when a hair drier comes in handy .
But for storage I use those miosture absorbing pads from Bunnings , $15 for a pack and leave the scope opened lying horizintal over night inside with the air con and fans on after use , and place 1 pad in the eyepiece end and 1 in the dew shield till next time , . its a pain in the XXXX but you gotta do it up here , or any where its really humid .
The Mould builds up so fast here it's amazing .
Every so often I place the pads in the oven for 20 miniutes at about 80 degrees to dry them out , this works for 1/2 a dozen times until they dont work any more .
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Very interesting post Brian. Never really thought about it but I can definitely see how your dilemma comes about. I think having one of those moisture absorbent buckets or pads you can get from the local hardware would also be could for the scope storage room.