@kvbarkley wrote:
I put it above my water heater all day and nothing happened. Of course, I have a >95% efficient tankless on-demand water heater. 8^)
Getting the moisture out will take days. The issue you have in facing the camera down (obviously to avoid dust ingress) is that, while it will let dry heat in, (which is a pure gas) it will not let out moisture, which is a larger molecule. So, I suggest that in your case you put the one of the fabric (not plastic) bags that would normally wrap your camea body: they are not inclined to shed hairs and will be less likely to lever deposits in the camera box. (if you no longer have one, talk to your camera shop).
Any low heat source will do.. If you have cupboard heater then use that inside a smaller volume. Even consider a low-energy bar heater inside an enclosed larger space - like a cupboard. Keep the camera away from diect contact from such an energy source. I would not place the camera face down - the evaporating moisture is not likely to leave the camera box - hot air rises and takes moisture with it, so have he camera upside-down and tilted around 45 deg to the horizontal. If the energy source is very low, this process will take days.
Where you cannot use heat, for whatever reason, then placing the camera in the same wrap and placing it in a large bowl with rice should work - rice attracts moisture. I have seen this work with cell phones and I did something similar with a camera of a friend who flooded his. In this case, because the rice will suck moisture, you could place the camera vertically. In the end if you do get some dust in your camera, the worst that will happen is you have to give it a clean, which is a much more conventional issue.
cheers, TREVOR
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