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Got a dehumidifier in the house to combat a bit of damp and condensation. Its usually located in the spare room with the bikes.
Now this is the silly bit. There's no danger of using it in the same room is there? Its not somehow going to suck out the oil from my full sus & Fox forks on my hardtail?
In my mind I'm thinking this is a ridiculous question to ask but thought I had better double check 🙂
No it will be fine, it will slow down rust on any unlubed parts if anything so will be a good thing.
Just make sure you use a [i]Dry[/i] lube on the chain.
Should be ok as long as your bikes isn't made of Carbon...
Most bike bits rehydrate themselves when you go for a ride, so any shrinkage will be temporary...
It might suck the paint off or even the latex out of teh tyres if you're tubeless
^^^^^ WRONG
it will suck the water moisture out the air in your tyres...best run tubeless
I have wondered if there is any impact on the bikes. Ours are kept in the garage, part f the house which is also the drying room. They get drier much quicker and definitely don't rust, even non-oiled chains but might it affect the seals etc... Not that I have ever noticed any thing The dehumidified has a significant impact on wood/cardboard/paper in there.
It's perfectly safe for bikes. But don't use it in the bedroom or you'll end up like my neighbour:
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There might be some possble harm. Electric motors (which I presume this has) produce ozone and this will cause rubber to deteriorate. I don't know whether it is enough to make any difference but I have always been advised not to store any diving equipment in a room with a motor.
EDIT might only be DC motors according to wiki: [i]Storing rubber products in close proximity to DC electric motors can accelerate the rate at which ozone cracking occurs[/i] [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone ]source[/url]
I have always been advised not to store any diving equipment in a room with a motor.
😯 Pics of your motorised room please!
or you'll end up like my neighbour:
Why did your neighbour have a dog lead on when they died?
Tory MP?
Good news. Sounds as though I wont prematurely dry out my rp3 then 😉
Well, I live in Colorado, where Humidity rarely gets above 10%. I doubt your dehumidifier is going to get that dry, even if its really strong.
And my bikes haven't shriveled up and desiccated yet....