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High Temp vs Low Humidity
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Mr Roso Offline
#1 Posted: Sat, Jun 27 2015, 9:32 AM EST
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What's worse for cigar storage?

65% RH at 50 deg F or 50% RH at 80 deg F

Think
cacman Offline
#2 Posted: Sat, Jun 27 2015, 10:45 AM EST
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Mr Roso wrote:
What's worse for cigar storage?

65% RH at 50 deg F or 50% RH at 80 deg F

Think

IMHO 80° is a definite no-no.
shaun341 Offline
#3 Posted: Sat, Jun 27 2015, 11:32 AM EST
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80 deg is the temp where they say that beetle eggs can hatch so that would sound worse to me then 50 deg. 65 RH is perfect imo also.
elRopo Offline
#4 Posted: Sat, Jun 27 2015, 11:50 AM EST
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warm air has the capacity to hold more water vapor and as temperature increases inside your humidor the RH will tend to rise accordingly. As long as the temp doesn't climb above 80 deg, and the RH stays between 60- 70% you should be fine. At temps below 70 deg. a somewhat lower RH is desirable. I believe 50% @ 80 deg would dry out your cigars + as others have said would increase the chance of hatching cigar beetle eggs that are present in almost all tobacco.
Mr Roso Offline
#5 Posted: Sat, Jun 27 2015, 1:24 PM EST
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Thanks for the replies. I am playing with the settings of my new wineador and I'm having trouble maintaining 65% RH consistently.
euodias Offline
#6 Posted: Sat, Jun 27 2015, 1:45 PM EST
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Mr Roso wrote:
Thanks for the replies. I am playing with the settings of my new wineador and I'm having trouble maintaining 65% RH consistently.


How high/low does your humidity spike?
Mr Roso Offline
#7 Posted: Sat, Jun 27 2015, 2:01 PM EST
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euodias wrote:
How high/low does your humidity spike?


52%-68% and temp around 65-70 deg. It fluctuates in 24 hours, but the outside temperature does too. So I believe it's the internal fan of the wineador that is causing the lower humidity at times when it tries to maintain 65 deg.
ZRX1200 Offline
#8 Posted: Sat, Jun 27 2015, 2:10 PM EST
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Beads dude.
euodias Offline
#9 Posted: Sat, Jun 27 2015, 2:15 PM EST
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That's a little much. You'll want to get it dialed in a little more, but don't be in panic mode. How full is it? are you using beads to maintain humidity? A relatively full humidor with plenty of beads should stay stable pretty easily unless you are opening it constantly.
Mr Roso Offline
#10 Posted: Sat, Jun 27 2015, 2:15 PM EST
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ZRX1200 wrote:
Beads dude.

Yep, that's what I'm using.
Mr Roso Offline
#11 Posted: Sat, Jun 27 2015, 2:19 PM EST
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euodias wrote:
That's a little much. You'll want to get it dialed in a little more, but don't be in panic mode. How full is it? are you using beads to maintain humidity? A relatively full humidor with plenty of beads should stay stable pretty easily unless you are opening it constantly.

It's pretty full, using 70% beads, and not opening the door.
My guess it's the cooling fan trying to keep 65 deg. because the room is in can get quite hot a few hours in the day.
ZRX1200 Offline
#12 Posted: Sat, Jun 27 2015, 2:22 PM EST
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High humidity = mold
high Temps = beetles
tonygraz Offline
#13 Posted: Sat, Jun 27 2015, 5:13 PM EST
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high humiidity + high temps = moldy beetles.
JKilburn Offline
#14 Posted: Sat, Jun 27 2015, 6:15 PM EST
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ZRX1200 wrote:
High humidity = mold and wombat swamp nuts
high Temps = beetles and wombat under boob sweat
euodias Offline
#15 Posted: Sat, Jun 27 2015, 11:54 PM EST
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Mr Roso wrote:
It's pretty full, using 70% beads, and not opening the door.
My guess it's the cooling fan trying to keep 65 deg. because the room is in can get quite hot a few hours in the day.


Try changing the location of your hygrometer, see the reading are more consistent in certain locations.
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