I recently bought a Golden Rod Moisture Control. (Humidity Sensor) It has the sensor on the inside of the safe which monitors the humidity inside the safe and out in the room. I read where the humidity should stay between about 30-50% which is considered ideal. Getting below 20% could cause the wood in a gun to "shrink, warp and crack". Getting down to 25% is a concern. The moisture in my safe has been slowly creeping down lower and lower and is now at 26%.The room is at 23%. The past day I left the light out in the safe, but the room and safe get down to about 56 degrees because there is no heat inside the room until I turn on a space heater in the evening when I use the room. I use a 40 watt light bulb to heat the safe and it usually stays about 70 degrees inside the safe all year around. It gets up to about 70 degrees in the room in the evenings when I use the space heater, but I turn it off when I go to bed. I never worried about humidity before I bought this hygrometer a few weeks ago. I have never had any problems with the wood in my guns cracking or any damage to any of them. I never dreamed my house was so dry. Do any of you keep tabs on the humidity inside your gun safe? If so, what do you keep your humidity at?
Last edited by Jimmy W; 01/27/26 09:25 PM.
