Engine Dehydration

Hints for building an engine dehydration solution

• VAF Discussion
• YouTube Video of making a solution
• 3D-printed adapters
• Dave Barker's instructions

Fully automatic Dehydration

• Drybot
  See also BuildFlyGo's Video
• Black Max Engine Saver
  Black Max Hints

Accessories

• Inline Humidity Measurement
  • Hygrometer
  • Container for Hygrometer
  • 3/16” Thru-Bulkhead Plastic Hose Barb Fittings
  • 5/32" Silicone tube
    
• Temperature / Humidity Logging Project
  
  • Microprocessor ESC32 S2 Feather with TFT
  • SD-Card / Realtime clock
  • RTC Batterie
  • SHT30 Temperature / Humidity Sensor
  • Schematic
  • Software
• Desiccant Plugs
  • Spruce Desiccant Plugs (change desiccant to orange type before use)
  • Desiccant, white with orange indicator beads (blue desiccant is very poisonous)
  • 18mm die (Plastic threads of Spruce desiccant plugs are not conformant, makes it very hard to screw into engine, this die allows fixing the threads)
  • Toaster Oven for drying desiccant ($30, works great on lowest temperature setting, however only a 15 min timer, needs to be jammed to stop turning)