Humidifier Problems.

[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.

[dijit]

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.

[CigarNut]

Scott is right!

I hate telling people that their humidors leak. Usually, they do not want to hear it and they shoot the messenger

The funny thing is that for smaller humidors often all it takes is a good seasoning (enough for the wood to swell a bit) to seal it up...

[shilala]

I never mind saying so, Michael, but "shoot the messenger" did make me smile.
Guys understand that humidity doesn't just disappear, it has to leak out. And if it's leaking from a desktop so rapidly that it takes a Hydra to replace it, that's just plain ridiculous.
I don't think Michael (dijit) is battling a desktop, it's probably something larger, but it's still got to be pretty big and pretty leaky to defy a Hydra.

If a Hydra is just sitting in a nice, tight desktop, it's going to overhumidify it by equalization. So there's that, too.

[big pete]

Cooler or wine fridge, either one with HCM beads. My 28 bottle wine fridge (unplugged) has been rock solid at 63% for 1.5+ years with no maintenance needed