Too much Humidity

[jepe]

I just finished to build my coolidor.
I'm using beads and after a couple of hour
The hygrometer showed 80%.
Should I just pull out some of the beads?
Will they be ok if I will not use them ?

what is the best humidity %?

 

[fegbri]

I had the same problem with my humi, and I had to dry out the beads and only charge them like 20-30%. I didn't have enough beads to absorb humidity. Now my humi sits at 65% perfectly.

 

[grateful1]

I just finished to build my coolidor.
I'm using beads and after a couple of hour
The hygrometer showed 80%.
Should I just pull out some of the beads?
Will they be ok if I will not use them ?

what is the best humidity %?

What % are the beads?
Is there another water source in there?
What's the outside area humidity?
Have you tested this device or put in another hygrometer?

As far as "what is the best humidity %?" - it dpends on how you like your smokes and the cigar...a little moist or dry - I like around 64% but store lonterm a little higher.

Oh yes, please try to 'search' this forum as most of the answers are discussed.

 

[jepe]

The beads are 70 %.

There is no other water source.

The outside area humidity is approximately 65 %

I did the salt test and needed to calibrate it +3%

 

[Ugaman72]

You need to remove the other water source. My guess is that the beads are saturated to 100 percent. Some of the beads need to be white in color. I try to keep a quarter of them white and the others clear. Your beads are saturated and can't pull moisture. Take some of the baeds out and let them turn white and then return them. I'd also remove any cigars you're keeping in that humi and put them somewahere with a lower RH before you get a mold problem.

 

[jepe]

Thanks for the help.
There is no other water source,I accidentally forgot to write "NO".
How do I dry the beads?
Just put them outside the coolidor until
they turn white?

 

[Rod]

If the outside relative humidity (RH) is consistency 65%, then leave the beads out of the humidor until they get as dry as possible. Monitor your cigars every couple of days, and make sure the inside humidity remains somewhere in the 60's. Some people blow dry beads when they become too wet, though I'm not sure I would recommend doing that, as you could possibly damage the beads. My suggestion is to leave the beads out of the humidor and allow them to stabilize on their own. Sounds like you live in a high RH environment to begin with, so I wouldn't be too concerned about leaving the beads out for awhile (assuming you keep an eye on the RH inside the humidor).

 

[MoeCizlak]

The RH in your house is 65%? Good Lord man, why own a humidor? Assuming the temp in your house is somewhere around 70 degrees Farenheit, it sounds like your house would do as your humidor.

 

[jepe]

The RH in your house is 65%? Good Lord man, why own a humidor? Assuming the temp in your house is somewhere around 70 degrees Farenheit, it sounds like your house would do as your humidor.

I'm from Israel and here we have very high Rh,
especially if you live near the sea,like I do.
Now its almost winter here so the Rh is lower,approximately 40%-60%.
At summer time its a nightmare,you sweat like a pig here.