Edgestar 28 bottle & Humidity

07-01-2011, 08:33 AM

I've had my EdgeStar for a couple of years now. The more the fan runs, the more the RH fluctuates. It's been getting warm here, so I saw the RH drop as low as 60% in the past week or so. I left my drain open. I don't want the chance of water accumulating on the bottom of the unit and soaking some coffins sitting down there. Like some others have stated...it's time more than anything for the drawers, boxes, cigars...etc to acclimate to the environment, and stabilize the RH . In the winter months...the RH with sit at 64-65% and never needs any water to be added. I've got about a pound and a half of beads or more in the cooler. They're spread out from top to bottom, but there's a Tupperware cover holding close to a pound on the floor of the unit. That's where I add water, and leave the rest of the beads to stabilize.
The reason for having a wine-o-dor is to keep the temp down and limit the chance of beetles. ALL of my CC's are in there...and at the moment the interior is 66/62% in the "one spot" that the hygrometer is sitting at the "very moment" I looked at it. RH changes top to bottom, and swings happen over a period of time, whether minutes, hours or days. I had a ***** of a time getting my desktop to stabilize when I first set it up as well. Since it's a closed lid and I can't see the RH by just walking by it...I trust everything is ok. If it's low when I do check...I add some water and trust it'll take care of itself, because every cigar I pull out of there smokes perfect. That's what really matters most...the cigars smoke well because they've been kept in an environment that was favorable to them doing so. Cooling just adds a measure of comfort that something isn't going to manifest itself and eat the cigars you intended to smoke. It'll all work out...I promise. If it didn't...people would have stopped using wine coolers as humi's along time ago.
Funny thing to add. I typically only go into my humi's maybe twice a month now. I take out a couple/few sticks that I want to smoke and keep them in my travelers until I smoke them. I use 65% Boveda's in the travelers because that's what works best for me. But...I won't keep any CC's in the travelers knowing that they might sit in the sun for hours and get well above 75 degrees. An ounce of prevention...ya know?

07-01-2011, 08:33 AM	#26
klipsch Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Edgestar 28 bottle & Humidity I've had my EdgeStar for a couple of years now. The more the fan runs, the more the RH fluctuates. It's been getting warm here, so I saw the RH drop as low as 60% in the past week or so. I left my drain open. I don't want the chance of water accumulating on the bottom of the unit and soaking some coffins sitting down there. Like some others have stated...it's time more than anything for the drawers, boxes, cigars...etc to acclimate to the environment, and stabilize the RH . In the winter months...the RH with sit at 64-65% and never needs any water to be added. I've got about a pound and a half of beads or more in the cooler. They're spread out from top to bottom, but there's a Tupperware cover holding close to a pound on the floor of the unit. That's where I add water, and leave the rest of the beads to stabilize. The reason for having a wine-o-dor is to keep the temp down and limit the chance of beetles. ALL of my CC's are in there...and at the moment the interior is 66/62% in the "one spot" that the hygrometer is sitting at the "very moment" I looked at it. RH changes top to bottom, and swings happen over a period of time, whether minutes, hours or days. I had a *** of a time getting my desktop to stabilize when I first set it up as well. Since it's a closed lid and I can't see the RH by just walking by it...I trust everything is ok. If it's low when I do check...I add some water and trust it'll take care of itself, because every cigar I pull out of there smokes perfect. That's what really matters most...the cigars smoke well because they've been kept in an environment that was favorable to them doing so. Cooling just adds a measure of comfort that something isn't going to manifest itself and eat the cigars you intended to smoke. It'll all work out...I promise. If it didn't...people would have stopped using wine coolers as humi's along time ago. Funny thing to add. I typically only go into my humi's maybe twice a month now. I take out a couple/few sticks that I want to smoke and keep them in my travelers until I smoke them. I use 65% Boveda's in the travelers because that's what works best for me. But**...I won't keep any CC's in the travelers knowing that they might sit in the sun for hours and get well above 75 degrees. An ounce of prevention...ya know?