It does. The absolute moisture in the air stays the same, but the %
humidity decreases because air can hold more moisture at higher
temperatures. Since the relative humidity is decreased, moisture doesn't
condense.
See http://www.ex.ac.uk/mfd/archive/v6/v6n25.html for more hints.
tOM
On Friday, December 14, 2001 at 7:55, Chris Barker
<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote re "Re: [OM] Fungus and lenses" saying:
> Surely in real humidity (high 90s) merely heating the cabinet will
> not reduce humidity?
>
> I have my stuff on the carpeted floor of my cellar office and it has
> a dehumidifier on 3 times a week to keep the damp down. I do hope
> that that will be sufficient to prevent fungus...
>
> Chris
>
> At 17:04 -0500 13/12/01, Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >For preventing fungus in the tropics, I've read people get a cabinet to
> >house all their photo equipment, leather, binocs, and other fungus-prone
> >stuff. The cabinet is then heated from the bottom, e.g. with a 100 watt
> >bulb, to reduce the humidity from the usual tropical 100% & prevent the
> >fungus from growing.
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