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MA_TESOL · Joined: 11 Nov 2007 Location: Seoul

I do not have an aircon and will be away on holiday for 2 weeks. Can you suggest to me how many of these to place in a room so as to protect my electronics and prevent my clothes from getting mildewed.

Lekker · Joined: 09 Feb 2008 Location: Seoul

wrap your electronics in towels, then wrap them in a few layers of plastic. You should be okay. Do the same with your clothes. Forget about the aircon.

PeteJB · Joined: 06 Jul 2007

Yesterday · Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:27 am Post subject:

A hippo (like you) must stay in the water or in a very humid habitat to prevent dehydration.

Please ensure your apartment is big enough and filled with mud and water.

Adult hippos eats more than 150 pounds of grass a night - so make sure to get enough grass.

Also keep the sun out of the apartment - hippo's get sunburnt quickly.

thatwhitegirl · Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Location: ROK

What? Hippo?
Why would your clothes get mildewy?

Stormy · Joined: 10 Jan 2008 Location: Here & there

Isn't the real question how many would fit? I presume we're talking full-grown hippos.

Anyone know the size in pyeong of the average adult hippo?

mikekim · Joined: 11 Aug 2006

It doesn't matter. You could put twenty and it wouldn't do anything.

peppermint · Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:12 am Post subject:

I love this thread!

The guy is talking about the dehumidifier boxes, sold as Thirsty Hippos:
http://www.oxy.co.kr/eng/product/hama/ha_sub01.asp

OP, I'm told those hippo boxes don't work. If you can find a dehumidifier that plugs in, those work fantastically well.

MA_TESOL · Joined: 11 Nov 2007 Location: Seoul

peppermint · Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 1:26 pm Post subject:

you're worrying too much. I went home for a month one summer, when I returned nothing was moldy or mildewy, and there was no problem with the electronics. Unplug everything except the fridge, as you won't be using it anyway -that way they're protected in case of a thunderstorm or electrical short while you're gone.

blackjack · Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Location: anyang

if you have nothing in the fridge and turn it off make sure you leave the door open. Clothes should be fine, anything which you are worried about hang on a clothes horse

Stormy · Joined: 10 Jan 2008 Location: Here & there

Open all your cupboard doors before you go so the air can circulate around your clothes etc.

MA_TESOL · Joined: 11 Nov 2007 Location: Seoul

Stormy · Joined: 10 Jan 2008 Location: Here & there

But I presume you do have air? No need for aircon.

Having your clothes, sheets etc. sitting in a small dark enclosed space leads to uber mustiness, opening all your cupboards allows better air circulation & light to get in there which helps combat that damp, musty effect.

Other than that there's not too much you can do. I come from the tropics & that mustiness that you get from high humidity is just a part of life.

As peppermint said, unplug all your electronic stuff in case there's a storm, otherwise there's no reason they should be effected by the humidity.