Plano box condesation

[Bartman]

My boat has storage slots for Plano boxes and if I leave them in there all the time they get moisture in them. I really don't want to load and unload all of them everytime I go and return from fishing. I was thinking about putting a 1/2 cup of rice scattered in each box but thinking this could get messy. I also thought about drilling a few 1/16 diameter vent holes. Anyone have any suggestions or cures?

Thanks

[speck tackler]

Put the rice in small plastic baggies, and prick pin holes in the baggies. Rice will absorb the moisture, without the mess.

[Crestliner08]

Great suggestion. Way back when, my mother always put rice in salt shakers to keep it from clumping in the summertime. No reason to think it wouldn't work as effectively in this application.

THANKS!

[CrappieKillerJigs]

i dont know what they are called but they make these gel pack things you hang in damp places and it sucks the moisture in...i will find the name of these...we hang them in our fish/ski boat when we put the cover on and they work great...no moisture or mold yet since using these

[Bartman]

Put the rice in small plastic baggies, and prick pin holes in the baggies. Rice will absorb the moisture, without the mess.

Wonder what the wife will say when she finds all the toes cut off her pantyhose!

[BigKyd]

i dont know what they are called but they make these gel pack things you hang in damp places and it sucks the moisture in...i will find the name of these...we hang them in our fish/ski boat when we put the cover on and they work great...no moisture or mold yet since using these

I'm not sure if you are trying to remember a specific brand name but the word for what you are describing is desiccant, in you case probably a silica gel type desiccant.

[talldude33]

Save up the sillica gel packs from shoes and beef jerky and store em in the tackle boxes

[Wannabe...]

How much condensation we talking about? Is this sweat from changing temps and humidity in the air or is it a leaking storage box coming up from the bilge or run off from the decks?

If it's sweat, I'd try and cut that down with ventilation and maybe the rice/dessicate route. If it's more water than that, I'd be hunting the source.

Wannabe...

[Bartman]

How much condensation we talking about? Is this sweat from changing temps and humidity in the air or is it a leaking storage box coming up from the bilge or run off from the decks?

If it's sweat, I'd try and cut that down with ventilation and maybe the rice/dessicate route. If it's more water than that, I'd be hunting the source.

Wannabe...

It's sweat from changing temps and humidity. Bilge is always dry when I get home from a day on the lake.

[Sawman53]

I've got at least 500 of those little silica packs in the bottom of my gun safe. I think you can get the big ones from Midway USA Shooters supply or Midsouth Shooter Supply