A little tip for when you try out different methods: Check the weight of the silica gel, to check your progress.
For example: Take a container from the AMS, weigh it.
Give it an hour in a food dehydrator. Weigh it. Repeat until weight no longer drops.
Give it a couple hours or more in an oven that’s at least 100 °C. Then weight it again.
Now you know how long it takes in the dehydrator, and how well it works.
Later you can weigh it again, and compare to the weight out of the oven. Now you know how much water is in there.
A little tip for when you try out different methods: Check the weight of the silica gel, to check your progress.
For example: Take a container from the AMS, weigh it. Give it an hour in a food dehydrator. Weigh it. Repeat until weight no longer drops. Give it a couple hours or more in an oven that’s at least 100 °C. Then weight it again.
Now you know how long it takes in the dehydrator, and how well it works.
Later you can weigh it again, and compare to the weight out of the oven. Now you know how much water is in there.