Housing Fogged After Battery Change

[toondebruyn]

Hello all,

If you ever replaced your battery between two dives, you might share my frustrating experience of fogged housing. It seems virtually impossible not to get some drops of water in when opening and closing the housing (I am using PT059 for my TG6). If you have a way to deal with this, please share

Many thanks!
Toon

 

[Jaan]

Take it you’re already familiar with the moisture muncher packs. You can bring a fresh one in a sealed ziplock with you.

Some other ideas here

Thread 'Fogging of housing - any solution?'

Jan 11, 2025

Hi all,

My Olympus PT-059 housing recently started fogging. I know about the usual solution, temperature, insert desiccant pack, etc.

I am wondering, since the housing wasn't prone to fogging in the early days, could it be something to do with degradation of the coating at the inner lens surface, some scratches even?

I like to know, if there is a solution involving coating that can be applied to the inner surface, to prevent this fogging?

Thanks for reading.

Asher
www.k2lembeh.com

• Asher Ang
• Replies: 5
• Forum: Tips & Techniques

We find that this has only ever happened a couple of times and of course both times when we have an awesome encounter lol. If only I had pictures to share as proof!

 

[jengineer61]

2nd the moisture munchrs. I sometimes had that issue in Suth California. Nice hot humid day but the water temp is at least 30 degrees lower. any moisture in the housing either finds its way to the electronics or the lens.

 

[pickens_46929]

Even if you don't get a drop or two of water... the humidity alone will fog things up without new moisture munchers... or avoid opening the case... let the battery die and enjoy the dive...

 

[Doc Harry]

I have an Oylmpus TG-6 and only shoot video. That camera eats batteries. I have to change the battery on the boat after every dive. I've been around the western Pacific, equatorial Indonesia, and South Pacific, and never had my housing fog after a battery change.

I rinse my camera and then dry my camera housing well with a towel. I let the camera air dry for a while.

Then I quickly open the housing, swap out the battery, put in a new dessicant pack, and close the housing.

Never had any fogging.

 

[TostitoBandito]

Yeah the only thing you can really do is have a towel or cloth to get any droplets when you have it open, and bring lots of fresh desiccant packs and use them. Unless your housing has a vacuum port, since lowering the pressure inside your housing also lowers the dew point, making it less likely for condensation to occur.