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Charging humidity beads

dan7876dan7876 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 47
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Keep reading about people charging their humidity beads.  How is this done?  My 2oz 65% tube came from heartfelt w/no documentation or instructions.  Currently I just have the tube in my humi (which is still seasoning from the other day), presumably they will charge by grabbing the water from the dish inside?  Or do I need to directly do something to them to get em rolling?

Also - today's day 3 in my seasoning process.  Things seem to be going nicely, my digital hygro is reading 69%, 71 degrees F.  At what point should I take out the dist water dish and just let the beads do their thing?  Honestly not being impatient (though I am looking forward to loading her up, got a big shipment from ccom today!)...  :)

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  • dutyjedutyje Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,263
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  • Smoke=FireSmoke=Fire Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 682
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  • dan7876dan7876 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 47

    Thanks for the tips guys...no worries, I'm really not gonna force the time on the humidor.  Seriously.  No, really.  Okay, fine.  I want to, but I won't.  I've got about 50 new friends coming from ccom today, they'll stay in their water-pillow bags until next week, when I'll start adding them to the humi in small groups.

     

    As for the beads, I didn't order the AC adapter, so I'll charge them a manual.  Must've been a factory mistake with the bead directions (or it fell off in the box and I missed it).  No biggie, now that I know how to work em.

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  • dutyjedutyje Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,263
    The A/C adapter was a joke :)
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  • dan7876dan7876 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 47
    Ha...guess you got me on that one.  :)
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  • madurofanmadurofan Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 6,152
    I charge my beads by soaking a paper towel in distilled water and wrapping it around the beads and gently squeezing. Seems to work ok.
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  • dutyjedutyje Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,263
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  • dutyjedutyje Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,263
    Also, I love that the humidifier disc attaches to the top of my humidor via a magnet rather than the stupid velcro that eventually becomes unglued.
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  • kuzi16kuzi16 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 14,471
    dutyje:
    Also, I love that the humidifier disc attaches to the top of my humidor via a magnet rather than the stupid velcro that eventually becomes unglued.
    i took the foam out of mine and put beads in it. i dont charge those. they are my over humidification prevention system
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  • DiasFlakDiasFlak Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 342
    nice great concept kuzi!
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  • kuzi16kuzi16 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 14,471
    the holes in those "pucks" are usually bigger than the beads so i put the beads in some new nylons i stole from the wife and shoved that in the puck.
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  • j0z3rj0z3r Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 9,403
    You guys have got some interesting charging methods. I use the tubes myself, and when I need to recharge I just pull one of the caps off and dribble some distilled water ( only distilled water ) into the open end. Then I replace the cap, rotate and shake the stick to distribute the water and shake real hard to get the excess out. Now, this might not work for everyone as I live in a pretty dry area, so I don't have to contend with excess ambient humidity in the air and just let the beads get as much water as they'll hold.
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