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PolyDryer Humidity: September

After six months to see how much moisture entered from the 50%RH (±5%RH) basement air:

2026-09-07
Filament%RHWeight – gWt gain – gGain %
PETG White2656.26.212.4%Gel
PETG Black2857.37.314.6%Gel
PETG Orange3454.14.18.2%Alumina
PETG Clear3754.44.48.8%Alumina
PETG-CF Blue3854.04.08.0%Alumina
PETG-CF Gray3456.46.412.8%Gel
PETG-CF Black2556.36.312.6%Gel
PETG Blue3855.95.911.8%Alumina
TPU Clear3456.36.312.6%Alumina
TPU Black3255.25.210.4%Alumina

Sorted by relative humidity:

PETG-CF Black2556.36.312.6%Gel
PETG White2656.26.212.4%Gel
PETG Black2857.37.314.6%Gel
TPU Black3255.25.210.4%Alumina
PETG Orange3454.14.18.2%Alumina
PETG-CF Gray3456.46.412.8%Gel
TPU Clear3456.36.312.6%Alumina
PETG Clear3754.44.48.8%Alumina
PETG-CF Blue3854.04.08.0%Alumina
PETG Blue3855.95.911.8%Alumina

Fairly obviously, there is no correlation between the humidity level and the amount of adsorbed water.

The silica gel beads were rather dark, not that that means much:

Silica Gel beads - 2026-09-07
Silica Gel beads – 2026-09-07

All the boxes now contain 50 g of alumina beads.

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