Hey Guys-
I know, I know, "You can give a man a fish..."

Any thoughts on this?

Open the lid? Bowl of dry rice?

What are you using as moisture?

cayman

Cayman-
It's weird that my humidity is so high. I use distilled water and the temp in my house is cool. I don't know what is causing this. Can you oversoak the foam? Maybe my hygrometer is just reading wrong?
Burky

You can over soak the foam. Too much water, leaves no room for the pg to absorb moisture. Also...did you just put in some new stogies? I just put a bundle of nice wet cigars in mine and the level goes up for a day or so. If mine gets too high, I either just open the door, or take out the humidifier and let sit without it until it stabilizes.

Dave

Dave-
I probobly oversoaked it, thanks!!
Burky

They will dry out pretty nicely in a USPS shipping box.

boil in bag rice, you can add or remove packs as needed, and it doesn't impart any flavor.

Wait! You can oversoak your foam? How is that?

Burky- you say distilled water..? not a PG mix...

try the mix and yes dont soak the foam until its totally saturated.. stop while its still absorbant..

cayman

If the foam is too saturated, it can only give off moisture..........can't absorb any. To correct you can use less distilled water in the foam........or you can up the PG solution. I recommend the former.......Just my thoughts........

Dave97402 is exactly right, in my experience. If you have a humi with a stable RH and you add in new 'gars that are overly moist you can expect the RH to jump for several days..........conversely, if you add too dry cigars (relative to your desired, stable RH) you can expect a drop in RH for a few days...........in either case the RH will gradually return to "normal" but it's not a quick process.

Yep. rice.

Calibrate your hygrometer ...

And, before you adk ... I did a -search the boards- and found 107 threads pertaining to this subject:

chipslave Date: 02/07/2004 04:54 PM

Setting up a Humidor

Ensuring that your humidor is properly set up and calibrated is essential to it's effective use. Step one of this process is ensuring that the hygrometer is accurate. The salt calibration test is useful for this purpose.

This test is based on the fact that when salt and water are in a saturated solution that is at equilibrium, the resultant humidity is 75%. This provides an excellent reference point for hygrometer calibration. The tools you need for this test are a ziplock bag, a screw on bottle cap, a small amount of table salt and water.

Steps for the Salt Calibration Test:

1) put the salt in the bottle cap
2) dampen the salt slightly
3) put the bottle cap with salt and the hygrometer into the ziplock bag
4) seal the ziplock bag completely and let sit for at least 8 hours
5) ensure that the hygrometer reads 75% - if it doesn't, adjust your readings accordingly, or adjust the hygrometer if possible

Note: this test should be performed every 4-6 months to ensure the hygrometer's accuracy

The humidor itself needs time to adjust to it's surroundings and reach the desired humidity. How long this takes will depend on the surrounding climate and the dryness of the humidor's wood. It can take as little as a number of days to a number of weeks.

Once the humidor reaches around 65% relative humidity, place cigars inside. Ideally, the humidor will be 75% full of cigars at this point. It is advisable to always keep the humidor at least 75% stocked with cigars, as open air space within the humidor makes it more difficult to keep adjusted. Ensure that there is sufficient room for the humidifying device.

Ensure that the humidor is sealed completely. Any air that can get in will destabilize the humidor and potentially ruin the cigars it contains.

You can lower the humidity by putting cedar blocks in the humi...