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Rick Law:

--- Quote from: malagas_on_fire on August 15, 2019, 10:41:17 am ---I'm currently have weather with some humidity and the cheapo instruments such usb testers are very prone to fail if not kept with silica bags on the pouches.

Can i use socks and cat litter inside, locked with cable tie, to absorb humidity as an alternative to the silica bags? I'm out of silica bag

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Cat litter will not work well - not in a sock.  The dust/clay that will come out from the fabric of the sock will not be healthy for you equipment.  Besides, most brands of cat litters are "designed" to work will a pool of liquid instead of molecules in the air.

The "cat litter" mess is not an uncommon problem.  Bus depots, air plane hangers, power stations, some factories, all would have minor oil spills (near equipment) to clean up now and then.  Real cheapos may just pour some cat litter over the small oil spill, but many would purchase special sorbent pads manufactured for the purpose of absorbing/cleaning.  For oil cleanup, of course hydrophobic sorbent pads would have advantage (over just plain sorbents), but the reason of staying away from cat litter as absorbent would be the same for them as it is for you - the mess that was "used" litter left on the floor or got into your equipment.

vk6zgo:

--- Quote from: Bud on August 15, 2019, 02:11:40 pm ---Hopefully you guys did not reflow your boards in that lunchroom stove  :D

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The "bread baking" smell made us so ravenous, we would have eaten the boards! ;D

David Hess:

--- Quote from: Rick Law on August 16, 2019, 03:06:39 am ---Cat litter will not work well - not in a sock.  The dust/clay that will come out from the fabric of the sock will not be healthy for you equipment.  Besides, most brands of cat litters are "designed" to work will a pool of liquid instead of molecules in the air.
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I assume he meant the silica cat litter and not the clay cat litter.

jh15:
my cat uses a human toilet no litter needed.

in the training period i used less than a bag of flushable kitty litter. never found out what that was. make sure you get the right litter.

ps never use rice to dry electronics. myth, and i bet apple promotes rice to be sure tour phone is totally destroyed.

jessie of iphone rehab has a video of rice mess.

malagas_on_fire:

--- Quote from: David Hess on August 16, 2019, 04:13:09 am ---
--- Quote from: Rick Law on August 16, 2019, 03:06:39 am ---Cat litter will not work well - not in a sock.  The dust/clay that will come out from the fabric of the sock will not be healthy for you equipment.  Besides, most brands of cat litters are "designed" to work will a pool of liquid instead of molecules in the air.
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I assume he meant the silica cat litter and not the clay cat litter.

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Yes it is silica cat litter pellets or balls, which is the best approach for the silica bags substitute found and it is in few km from home. Rice is good for cooking and rice for humidity works on salt or sugar.. which stills sits on cook subject :P

Edit:

Looks someone did a try on some silica variants , including the one for the cat:

https://www.instructables.com/id/Inexpensive-Dessicant/

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