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As you chip ice off the end of your tools in the top half of the planet, spare a thought for those of us "down under".

Yes folks, that degrees Celsius. Warmer weather is forecast later in the week!



Fortunately, I have a spare room in the house and can control the temperature and humidity there to some extent with the help of evaporative air-conditioning and a dehumidifier. At this time of year, prior to having those luxuries, it was sometimes months before I could contemplate assembly of any critical glue joints.

How do you all cope with temperature and humidity extremes in your own workshop?

Cheers
Pete

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Pete

AC and heaters for temperature, it never gets over or under 22*C (72*F) in my shop as that's what I find comfortable in both summer and winter.

As for humidity. The AC works pretty well in the summer. When it gets really humid outside, I can't get it down below 50% but that's OK, I don't do much building in the summer. I have a small humidifier for the winter, although I don't live in a really dry location like those in the Mid West USA so I only have to fill my humidifier once every couple of days at this time of year. Sometimes I don't have to do anything in the shop as the heaters dehumidify the shop enough.

Now, I have a rather small area to worry about (185 SFT total) so that makes a difference too.

By the way, at 43*C in Perth, isn't your humidity rather low?

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If it gets over 40 degrees here in Geelong the RH will usually be somewhere between 12 and 30% Rod.

A lot of the really hot weather in Australia is accompanied by northerly winds which have travelled across some thousands of miles of desert before they reach us southern coastal dwellers.

We have problems with high humidity in winter when the southern coast of the continent is buffeted by the prevailing south-westerly winds. (Roaring forties)

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Well there you go eh Bob. You guys truely are upside down ain't ya

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Have you considered moving?

Pete M8 I have to humidify in the winter and dehumidify in the summer. Where I live, in Michigan, there is only about 2 weeks a year that the RH will be in range (42-48%) for guitar building and even during these days it is not uncommon for me to have to humidify in the morning and dehumidify in the afternoon.

It never ends, I am a slave to these stinkin, cheap devices and either hauling water to them or hauling it from them....... Maybe that is my calling......

That's some serious global warming you have down there!It's been colder than normal around these parts.My shop is in the house (actually a spare livingroom).It has it's own temp control as i have electric baseboard heating .Every room has it's own thermostat.This is the best time for me to build the box as my rh hasn't moved from 43 to 45 for the last month.The house is well insulated,as it' is block on a slab and has 2 roofs on it.I do have to run a dehumidifyer in the summer somewhat, but that's it.