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Originally Posted by dijit
A few weeks ago my humidifier started going haywire. I have the Hydra it is about 5 years old so probably time to replace it anyway. The trouble started about a month ago the reading on the humidifier was set to 72% but all of a sudden my humidity was down to about 65%. I had to turn the humidity all the way to 85% to get to 70%. So imagine my distress when I see mild growing on my most prized cigars and the new humistat says the humidity is 81%. I have cleaned the mold off and only see slight signs of over humidification such as cracks or splits or even separating seams. My question is this even after a week the Humidity level in the humidor after removing all himidifiers is still 78% and I am starting to worry about my NC cigars. I have moved all the better sticks to my old humi but dont have room to fit everything. Any hints on getting the humidity under control would be appreciated.
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If the ambient humidity is low where you live, you can just leave the door / lid of the humidor open for a few hours. You can also put a bowl of dry white rice in the humidor, it'll suck up some humidity.
As for Hydra / Humi-Care humidifiers going wonky, I don't know how common an occurrence it is, but this is certainly not the first time I've heard of it.