With the temperature drop... I see you live fairly close to me being in Vancouver... my humidity has gone down too. I rode a perfect 65% all summer with a temp of 70 in the basement. Well now it's getting cold and my temp is decreasing as is my humidity...in the 61% range. I moved them upstairs to a little warmer spot and it came up 2%. I think this might be at least part of your problem.
Or it could be something totally different:}
Just did another bill test. There is plenty enough resistance that I was afraid of ripping my fiver. I'll try the wiping down of the seal thing. As far as checking rh, it has some glass, so I don't have to open it to check. And I have never even turned the heat on in the 1 1/2 years I've lived in this building. Hope it just needs more beads or something.
So it sounds like I'll need more beads even though I'm about 2x more than recommended as is, but they are 65% beads, so having the rh drop to 59-60% isn't much of a stretch. Maybe I should buy a tube of a higher rh. 70 or 75%. Has anyone ever combined separate tubes of different rh in the same humi?
So it sounds like I'll need more beads even though I'm about 2x more than recommended as is, but they are 65% beads, so having the rh drop to 59-60% isn't much of a stretch. Maybe I should buy a tube of a higher rh. 70 or 75%. Has anyone ever combined separate tubes of different rh in the same humi?
Try throwing in a few of the pillows that come with your order. They are rated at 67%. If they work you can stick with them, or at least you know that mixing beads should work.
make sure that the beads are charged, meaning if they are clear. I had mine drop to 58 and it was because they were white, I just charged them and now I'm sitting at 62 steady. I have 60RH beads.
Thanks guys, I'll keep trying to get the beads to absorb enough distilled to bring the rH up. Didn't think about the humidity pillows, I've got some laying around.
I have a bad seal on my humi, even though it passes the dollar bill test, I have to keep some florist foam with distilled water in it to keep the humidity up....especially during winter, If you have to recharge the beads more than say once every two months , its most likely a bad seal..or some re-seasoning is in order..
Good discussion here, but a side issue...tupperware, how long can you keep stiks in a tupperware container? I have about 15-20 stiks in a tupperware container inside of my thermidor. I use two Boveda paks at 69%. Once a week I open the tupperware for a few minutes to clear it some. Will I run into problems doing this. Thinking about adding a digital hygrometer to to chek the stability. But the paks seem to be quite reliable within 1-2% RH. Temp always between 68-73 max
Please refresh my memory on the correct rh for your cigars. Literature that came with my humi said 68-72. Is there a wider range that would be acceptable, like 65-75?
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