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Old 06-18-2012, 08:38 AM   #1
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Question My air conditioner died...

...and with a heat wave coming, I'm wondering if it would be viable to temporarily put my humi in the fridge.
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Whats your fridge temp at?
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Have a cooler?

Put it in a cooler with a frozen bottle of water.
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Whats your fridge temp at?
Probably around 40F.
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is a basement an option...other wise send me all your sticks and I'll hold on to them my AC works fine!!! I promise I will take good care of them
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Default Re: My air conditioner died...

It would be to cold. It would work however to keep them cool. Maybe wrap a towel around the humi.
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Have a cooler?

Put it in a cooler with a frozen bottle of water.
No, but not a bad idea. I could, of course get one.
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No, but not a bad idea. I could, of course get one.
Then you could make one of them coolidors afterwords.
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is a basement an option...other wise send me all your sticks and I'll hold on to them my AC works fine!!! I promise I will take good care of them
No basement, we have a condo on the top floor.
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Default Re: My air conditioner died...

I think you could wrap it in newspaper, then plastic then repeat and get away with it....cold be damned.
Hell you folks on this board FREEZE your cigars and claim no ill effects.
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Putting them in a cooler is a good idea. Frozen bottle of water is a very bad idea -- lots of condensation which will raise the RH.

What do you expect your ambient temperatures to be during the heat wave (both highs and lows). It may be that your cigars will be fine for the duration.
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Then you could make one of them coolidors afterwords.
Ya know Smitty, I think I'm gonna do that. You rock!


Don't know why I didn't think of that!
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Haha so hows a coolidor gonna solve the temp issue?
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Putting them in a cooler is a good idea. Frozen bottle of water is a very bad idea -- lots of condensation which will raise the RH.

What do you expect your ambient temperatures to be during the heat wave (both highs and lows). It may be that your cigars will be fine for the duration.
Lows of 70, highs of 97.
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Putting them in a cooler is a good idea. Frozen bottle of water is a very bad idea -- lots of condensation which will raise the RH.

What do you expect your ambient temperatures to be during the heat wave (both highs and lows). It may be that your cigars will be fine for the duration.
Never thought about that.


Could he put his sticks in a large tupperware container and then put that in a cooler with the bottle of water?
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Putting them in a cooler is a good idea. Frozen bottle of water is a very bad idea -- lots of condensation which will raise the RH.

What do you expect your ambient temperatures to be during the heat wave (both highs and lows). It may be that your cigars will be fine for the duration.
I'll just keep them in the humi and put that into the cooler with a frozen water bottle, it's small enough to fit.
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I'll just keep them in the humi and put that into the cooler with a frozen water bottle.
You might put your frozen bottle of water in a couple of gallon zip lock bags so you won't get condensation and water everywhere when it melts.

Just thinking............is this bad advise?
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You might put your frozen bottle of water in a couple of gallon zip lock bags so you won't get condensation and water everywhere when it melts.

Just thinking............is this bad advise?

I was thinking I'd rest my humi on a few coffee mugs in the cooler to elevate it above the bottom, creating a bilge for the condensation.
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Your best bet would be wrap the humi and the water. The last thing you want it the wood to rot ( assuming it is a wood humi).
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