Damp-rid question

[tiger]

Well, I went to fire up the stove, and I went to remove the container (actually a throw-away plastic stemmed wine glass, all I had handy at the time, I had jammed it between the tines of the pseudo-logs) of Damp-Rid that I had put in over the summer. This is the first time I have worked with this product...

... and did not know what to expect. Instead of the 3/4-cup of granules that I had poured in, now there was a solid mass in the bottom of the glass, and 3/4" deep layer of water on top. Normal?

Anyway, the stove is working fine, and a good thing too. A little over a week ago we had our 31-year-old A/C system replaced, and the job was botched. One thing they had done was remove the old thermostat and all wires leading to it, then only hooked up the A/C and not the boiler, I pointed it out and they re-hooked-up the wires. Apparently not well enough, Friday evening we turned it one an nothing happened, good thing we have the pellet stove as a back-up.

 

[bogieb]

My damp-rid did the same thing so I assume it is normal.

Sory you had issues with your AC people. It's Always good to have an alternative heat source, as your circumstances prove.

 

[Papelletman]

My damp rid container holds a bag of product in the top and the water it collects in the bottom, the damp rid just disappears then.

 

[Lake Girl]

Damp rid pulls moisture out of the air ... has to go somewhere, so it collects in the container that the granules are stored in.

 

[tiger]

My damp rid container holds a bag of product in the top and the water it collects in the bottom, the damp rid just disappears then.

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That's cool -- I need to locate one of those... for NEXT year.

 

[Papelletman]

That's cool -- I need to locate one of those... for NEXT year.

I think I got it at Giant super market..

 

[TimfromMA]

That's cool -- I need to locate one of those... for NEXT year.

Buckets of damprid come this way.

 

[jackbean53]

pretty sure i bought it in home depot

 

[St_Earl]

My damp rid container holds a bag of product in the top and the water it collects in the bottom, the damp rid just disappears then.

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that's what i have too. i usually have to add a second bag at some point late in the summer. and if you let the collected fluid sit, some of the dissolved desiccant can harden up again.
i just try and remember to empty the accumulated fluid fairly regularly. i definitely don't just leave it all summer w/o emptying or checking if the first bag is depleted.

 

[TimfromMA]

Lowes sells them too, usually in a 2 pack.

 

[DBCOOPER]

All it is is calcium chloride, the stuff that you melt ice with on concrete instead of rock salt.

 

[tiger]

All it is is calcium chloride, the stuff that you melt ice with on concrete instead of rock salt.

I did not know that -- never occurred to me to read the label for ingredients... if listed.

All is OK now, had a few short fires for the wife (it's still warmish in MD, a couple of hours' burn and the house is at 83 inside!). Even got the boiler fixed; the A/C install team really botched it, could not figure it out, I had my boiler expert come out and found that when the A/C team re-attached the wires to the thermostat, they got the wires on the wrong terminals. I never want to rely on only one heat source ever again.

 

[bags]

LOL! Just saw your signature there "Poster Child." Made me laugh. I remember that thread. Classic! How many bags can you haul in the Boxter again? I forget.

That was a fun thread. Have fun and stay warm! See ya around.

 

[robert65]

Mine did same thing, first year putting one in fire box.....wont be the last, huge difference!

 

[tiger]

LOL! Just saw your signature there "Poster Child." Made me laugh. I remember that thread. Classic! How many bags can you haul in the Boxter again? I forget. That was a fun thread. Have fun and stay warm! See ya around.

Ten, and that put me a few pounds over max weight for the car, but a short drive so what-the-heck. We can still get 1500LB in the trailer behind the Honda S2000, they still don't make a hitch for my Boxster yet.

Anyway, now the trick is to remember where I put the tub of Damp-Rid for next spring at the end of the season. And the new A/C for the house is two-stage, it's supposed to be a lot more effective at pulling moisture out of the air so hopefully there won't be so much water in the stove next time. And now I know I can simply use any leftover ice melt.