You should be able to swap them out without worrying much, especially if your humi is currently where you like it. If its 65 and you put in lightly charged beads it should all be fine. Just don't over soak your beads. Just keep an eye on the humidity for a few days, and if you have any wild RH swings take your sticks out and put them in plastic bags until you get the beads providing the proper RH in the humi. Beads are seriously pretty much hassle free, at least in my experience, so they're hard to make a mistake with.
I wouldn't even charge the beads at all when you get them. Just put them in the humi and monitor them for a couple days. If RH plumits, charge them... but I'd be willing to bet they are already charged enough when you get them. I know mine were.
I wouldn't even charge the beads at all when you get them. Just put them in the humi and monitor them for a couple days. If RH plumits, charge them... but I'd be willing to bet they are already charged enough when you get them. I know mine were.
BIG PLUS ONE on this. Listen to this advice... it will save you lot's of work and heartache.
I wouldn't even charge the beads at all when you get them. Just put them in the humi and monitor them for a couple days. If RH plumits, charge them... but I'd be willing to bet they are already charged enough when you get them. I know mine were.
BIG PLUS ONE on this. Listen to this advice... it will save you lot's of work and heartache.
I'll second that one. I got 65% beads and when I put them in after seasoning my humi, the RH was low 60's. I put one shot glass of distilled water in for a week and now it stays at about 66%. I didn't want to over charge the beads and didn't want them cracking over time either.
I took my old plastic/foam humidifiers apart, threw out the sponge stuff, and filled them with beads. One of them I had to put in plastic window screening cuz the holes were too big. Now they work great.
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