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Moisture protection bag (zip lock ?) for Laptop ?

  • 06-01-2013 4:22pm
    #1
    Piliger
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    Anyone know where I would get a zip lock moisture protection bag for Laptop or something like that for my friend's laptop ?

    She lives in a very damp bedsit and I am certain the damp in the night time has damaged her desktop which died recently.

    I want to buy her a simple bag that she can slip the laptop in to at night, to stop moisture condensing inside it.


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  • #2
    Alanstrainor
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    I would imagine sealing it in a bag, with humid air, when the machine is warm would in fact be a lot worse. It would just condense into droplets and leave moisture in the bag rather than the air.

    I don't have a solution, but a zip lock bag is not it imo!


  • #3
    avalon68
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    Ask the landlord to buy a dehumidifier and demand he gets rid of the damp.....or honestly - move out. Bad for your health to be living in damp places. I dont think putting it in a case would help either, cant think of anything that would really help it as the damp will get in while its in use, so the moisture will always be in it - whether its in a bag or not.


  • #4
    Piliger
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    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    I would imagine sealing it in a bag, with humid air, when the machine is warm would in fact be a lot worse. It would just condense into droplets and leave moisture in the bag rather than the air.

    I don't have a solution, but a zip lock bag is not it imo!

    Interesting point..... Maybe in cupboard with some moisture/drying thingamajigs....


  • #5
    Alanstrainor
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    Piliger wrote: »
    Interesting point..... Maybe in cupboard with some moisture/drying thingamajigs....

    You're fighting a losing battle. It'll be exposed to the damp environment when in use, and I really can't see someone zipp locking it and putting it in a cupboard after every time they use it.

    And I suspect it wont have any positive affect, I would wager the opposite in fact...


  • #6
    Piliger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,741 ✭✭✭Piliger


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    You're fighting a losing battle. It'll be exposed to the damp environment when in use, and I really can't see someone zipp locking it and putting it in a cupboard after every time they use it.

    And I suspect it wont have any positive affect, I would wager the opposite in fact...

    WHy ? When in use, the parts inside are hot. When the room cools the excess moisture in the room will condense, correct ? If it is in a relatively dry cupboard with drying agent, then surely that will make it stays dry or drier ?


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  • #7
    mordeith
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    Piliger wrote: »
    WHy ? When in use, the parts inside are hot.

    When the room cools the excess moisture in the room will condense, correct ? If it is in a relatively dry cupboard with drying agent, then surely that will make it stays dry or drier ?

    Not all the parts are hot and the fan on the laptop is going to be taking in air from the rooms and blowing it directly onto the motherboard. The drying agent would only work on a long term basis. Putting something in a closet after being in a damp environment on a constant rotating basis won't do it any favours at all.


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