high humidity for pc

[gastonkilby]

I feel like the level of humidity in my room is too high and I started noticing condensate on my pc's parts. what would you suggest?

[FranceBB]

I feel like the level of humidity in my room is too high and I started noticing condensate on my pc's parts. what would you suggest?

Most AC nowadays can act as dehumidifier. I would try with one.
Before we jump into any conclusion, though, do you have an hygrometer to check the level of humidity in your room?

[Emulgator]

You may move the PC tower up a bit, often the colder air stream where humidity condensates creeps along the floor.
Condensation is death for electronics, suddenly or creeping.

[pxxls51]

Oh, how I understand you. I have a pretty cold climate myself. I even have to wear many layers of clothes at home. I have a private house that we heat with a stove, and even it does not save. We thought about a solution to this problem for a long time because *perpetual permafrost* is already fed up. check radiator outlet (https://www.radiatoroutlet.co.uk/designer-radiators) which helped us lot, because we ordered a couple of good radiators from them. Now you can walk around the house in your pajamas, and it will even be hot.

[FranceBB]

I had the same problem in winter, but as soon as I installed the radiators and turned them on, the air became dry

I'm gonna tell you a little story 'cause it's been quite some years ago now and it doesn't matter anymore.
I was in Berlin as I was working for viewster (a streaming company) as an encoder at the time, it was before eventually moving to Sky. Anyway, we had a server room with the switches and the racks with the servers etc. The room was constantly being cooled down as there were the servers we used to encode which were producing a lot of heat among other things. One day, the cooling system broke down, so there was no AC whatsoever. Back then, I was there together with another colleague and we called the assistance but they didn't show up straight away and time was passing. It was in that moment that we had the brilliant idea of opening the windows and letting fresh air in and given that it was winter in Germany it was -14°C. Of course it worked like a charm. I've never seen a Xeon run so cool in my life: it was 16°C in idle and like 32°C in encoding at full speed in FULL HD with x264. :D
Later that day, our boss came back and asked whether the repair man came or not. "No" I said, "but don't worry, we found a solution: we opened the windows" and our boss was like: you what? XD
Later on the repairman came and fixed the AC system and we closed the windows and luckily nothing happened, despite the icy -14°C air coming from the window for a whole day into the server room.

[StainlessS]

Maybe of interest,

How much does it cost to run a dehumidifier? And how can you save? :- https://www.idealhome.co.uk/property-advice/how-much-does-it-cost-to-run-a-dehumidifier-298272

Natural Ways to Dehumidify Your Home:- https://www.quickenloans.com/blog/natural-ways-dehumidify-home

What Can I Use Instead of a Dehumidifier? :- https://homedetoxing.com/what-can-i-use-instead-of-a-dehumidifier/

How To Recharge Silica Gel Crystals:- https://www.beyondphototips.com/recharge-silica-gel-crystals/

You quite often get a pack of Silica Gel in some electronic gadgetry [I not so long ago got a few sachets in with a new monitor],
would do no harm to enclose a couple [ideally more] of sachets inside your computer. [like a little pillow with crunchy stuff inside]

Industry quite often has big bags [maybe 1Kg+] of silica gel delivered together with various electronic equiptment, and is usually [in my experience] just thrown away.
Perhaps you could make inquiries amongst friends as to whether their work place throws a lot of the stuff away.
I've no idea how much it costs to buy raw (non bagged) silica gel, cant be that expensive.
See last link for silica gel 're-charging'.
EDIT:
"Industry", eg Royal Naval ship building or repair yards, expensive and delicate electronic equiptment, loads of silica gel packed with it,
also some small amounts in Amazon deliveries sometimes.

EDIT: If you chose to use Rock Salt instead of silica gel, could probably just bung it in the oven on a tin baking tray to re-charge/dry it. [not for too long]

EDIT: Silica gel on Amazon, not too pricey:- https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=silica+gel&crid=17SV7UUM8QWDA&sprefix=silica%2Caps%2C326&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

And Rock Salt, [about £15.00 for 25 Kg]:- https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=silica+gel&crid=17SV7UUM8QWDA&sprefix=silica%2Caps%2C326&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

EDIT: Nuther link:- https://www.thespruce.com/diy-dehumidifier-5104638
Apparently rice also works, but not the sort left over from your chicken tikka masala.

[Audionut]

Natural Ways to Dehumidify Your Home:- https://www.quickenloans.com/blog/natural-ways-dehumidify-home

Calcium Chloride does work. I used it in a container with some holes in it, suspended over another larger container to catch the moisture. It works better with airflow.

Calcium Chloride is a fertilizer and can be purchased cheap from an agricultural supply store.

[StainlessS]

Yes, is (I think) also mentioned in one or more of above given links.
[along with a few hints on use with a couple of buckets and holes drilled in one of them, to collect water in the undrilled bucket]