Lower RH with lower temp?

[Wharf Rat]

Originally Posted by nater

I recently received and setup my Edgestar 28 bottle unit, and after a few days, things have settled down nicely. I do have one question however. I have 1.5lbs of heartfelt 65% beads in my fridge, and the RH is ~66% with the fridge off and just sitting there. When I turn the fridge on (~60F), the RH drops to about 60%. Is this something that is normal? It is the thermoelectric unit, not compressor based, so I know it is not that.

Is it just the lower temp lowers the RH? Which is more desirable, 60% @ 60F or 65% at 70F?

You want to maintain the same RH, regardless of temperature. Perhaps one of the bead suppliers can comment on how the beads react to temperature. If there were no beads present, you would expect the RH to go up as the temperature declined.