[rogerg (Roger)]

Something I've pondered regarding baking my ST7's desiccant plug.... I've baked it several times over it's 6 odd year life time. Each time I wonder how best to cool the plug.

I put the plug in the oven, bake it for the required time (4 hours!!). After that time I turn off the oven, but the plug is obviously still hot. So, it must cool before I can put the rubber o-ring back on and re-attach it to the camera.

Once baked I leave the plug in the oven, closed, cooling. It takes a while to cool, let's say an hour later I check it and it's cool for me to put back in the camera. During that cooling down period, surely the plug has soaked up a lot of moisture which means it's "charge" is now less?

The plug would cool much quicker if I put it out on the bench, but surely if it were out in the open it would quickly soak up a lot of humidity?

So.... I wonder if anyone knows how quickly the plug soak's up moisture, as to what the best procedure is: quick cool down on the bench, longer cool down in the oven, etc?

Roger.