Anyone Have A New Idea To Keep Moisture Out Of Home Safe

By desiccant I assume you mean silica gel? I know at Marine Supply stores you can get it in industrial size.

I live in AZ A (dry Heat) But I do use silica-gel in all my storage boxes for 2x2 s also placed around the front of my safe on each shelf. As a cost savings, I place them in the microwave for 2 to 5 seconds, depending on how many I do, usually 5 to 10, this dries them out and make them re usable. I have been doing this for the past 4 years. We do get very humid here, starting the end of June to the end of August. Hope this helps you.

Yep, surely mean silica-gel.

Again, I think the best idea is to move the safe inside if manageable.

I have to agree with this. Silica gel packs are no match for the southeastern humidity.

Keep in mind that any albums or other paper based containers that you keep your coins in are also absorbing the humidity. What goes in will come out when the temperature drops.


The Ziploc bags will help, but I still feel you should move them into a climate controlled area.

Remember that those gel packs of any kind have a limit as to what they can absorb. Using them is OK but if ignored over a period of time, they become not only useless, but could also start to emit moisture containing other substances. Inside a safe with no air that moisture becomes stagnet and sits on your coins more so than leaving them on a kitchen table. People rely on those gel packs a little to much and forget them eventually creating a high humidity invironment that doesn't change.
Any safe is good and bad for so many reasons. Every time you open one, you change the air inside and add any new moisture from outside. During a fire a safe may not burn but will get hot. Any plastic inside will melt and/or give off fumes that will not help the coins at all. There are air conditioned safes available but remember the A/C system is electrical and will possibly run a real lot or most of the time so the electric bill is something to consider. And on those if the A/C unit should fail, you may not notice it for a long time.
I'm in Illinois and our outside humidity is at times like the worst anywhere. Example is today the humidity outside is 86%. Any coins I have not in a safe deposit box are in my basement and with a really good dehumidifier, my hygrometer usually shows about 28% to 32%. Even on days like today. And of course all Albums are in Zip Lock bags just in case.

Get one of those small fire and water proof boxes and put silica gel packs in there along with your coins, then put that box into your safe. That will also provide some fire protection. You can get them at Walmart for about $30-40 IIRC.

I've had good luck with a Golden Rod dehumidifier too. Used one for over 10 years and no rust on my guns.

Absolutely true. Mine is in my basement near a floor drain. The bucket that collects water has a hose that runs to that floor drain and it really pumps out the humidity.
At one time I tried a pile of those gel packs in the basement. After several days the hygrometer read 45% to 50%. Put the dehumidifier back on and it dropped to 28% to 32% in one day.