Humidifier Problems.

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Originally Posted by shilala

I agree with Michael up there, but I'd take the advice a step further.
It sounds like you need a better grade of humidor that doesn't leak like a sieve. Or get to work on it and make it airtight and do away with the hydra.

When it takes a huge amount of effort to keep a humidor at the RH you want, it almost always suggests there's a big problem with leaks.

It actually was holding pretty well with the Hydra. It all started with the Hydra suddenly wouldnt run like it was out of calibration. I finally had to turn it up to 86% to get it to turn on. About 10 days ago it all of a sudden started running full tilt. I took the Hydra out and used only the evaporators that came with the Humi. The humidity actually didnt start to really come down till I removed those on Monday. Now I am down to about 75 and I will check again if I ever get home tonight. Just as a test last night I set the Hydra back in the old humi and set at 75% and the Hygrometer reading 72% in 4 hours it did not shut off even with me turning it down to under 70%. When I unplugged it the hygrometer read 81% its only a 100 count humi.

As for the new Humi over the weekend I am going to reseal the glass with aquarium silicone just to be sure, but the lid and the front door swelled nicely with seasoning and seem to seal pretty good.