The biggest thing is to make sure the humidity stays in check, a temp of 76 is not going to cause mold by itself, my humidors stay at that temp or higher pretty much all summer long and I've only ever had mold on one cigar, and that happened in the winter due to a humidifier malfunction (read as operator failure). So yes mold is a possibility, but as long as you keep within certain parameters you should be fine, just try not to go above 72% RH and try to keep the temp between 70-75 or so, basically not 80+ degrees.
My house is extremely hot and my coolerdor sits at a constant 79-81 degrees. However the humidity is stable at 65. Is mold not a concern in these conditions?
The one thing I would add to all the good advice given so far is that if you plan on using a foam humidifier puck, save yourself some trouble and throw it directly into the trash and get some beads, gel jar, bovida packs, or drymistat tubes. Beads would be my preference. The pucks almost always mold eventually.
The one thing I would add to all the good advice given so far is that if you plan on using a foam humidifier puck, save yourself some trouble and throw it directly into the trash and get some beads, gel jar, bovida packs, or drymistat tubes. Beads would be my preference. The pucks almost always mold eventually.
+1, since your house is that hot, I would NEVER use a foam puck because it would only take a short time to have an issue if you forget to check on it for a little while.
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