I checked my safes this morning and they are both at 34%RH and the house is currently at 39-42% RH. I have to actually run humidifiers in the winter time just to have a comfort range at my house as we have steam heating which dry out the house in the winter.
It seems you have figured out where the differences were coming from. Thanks for the update.
One question, when you say heaters you are using are they like room heaters with blowers not the "goldenrod" tube heaters that I am using in the safes. They are less than $20 each on Amazon and I have found them to stabilize my safes over the last 5 years.