So here is the breakdown.
Bought a 3,000 count cabinet from CBid. It arrived, I seasoned for about 2 weeks. The second part of that I slowly removed the water dishes and replaced them with beads. Everything seemed ok when I loaded it up. I filled the cab up and put about 3.5lbs of beads in it (in individual half lb bags, some of the bags are 70%, some are 65% just as my coolers and vino's were, they sat right at 67%) throughout the cab. A few days later, I check the humidity, and it's tanked to 55%. Then it moved between 52 and 55%. So I purchased a Hydra and put it in last night.
2 hours later, hell breaks loose. BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP. The Hydra is beeping because it's empty? Can't be. Sure enough, I pull it out, and it accepts a good amount of water. Not a full fill, but some. 2 hours later, repeat the process. This has been going on since last night. Over and over again.
The digital hygro is reading about 6-7% below the one on the Hydra. The hydra, at the time of it last running out was up to almost 60% though. From what I've read, the Hydra's hygrometer is very accurate, so I'm thinking the digital is off. I have since replaced the batter in the little digital and placed it in my vino which I know is rock solid 65% and will read it in a few hours.
I guess what I'm thinking is since the cabinet has 30-40 boxes in it, plus a good amount of singles, since adding all that, they sucked the humidity out of the cabinet and the cabinet is technically not seasoned anymore which is why the Hydra is constantly pumping humidity through the fan and I guess it's getting absorbed by the humidor and all the cedar boxes. Does this seem right?
Lastly, I've read that people has gutted the floral foam out of their Hydra and Cigar Oasis units and filled them up with absorbed water jewels or cracked ice (the stuff that is bought at a Michael's craft store that absorbs water up to 200% of it's weight). Would this help or am I just better off continually filling the Hydra and let the problem hopefully fix itself.
Ok, I'm done. lol.
Bought a 3,000 count cabinet from CBid. It arrived, I seasoned for about 2 weeks. The second part of that I slowly removed the water dishes and replaced them with beads. Everything seemed ok when I loaded it up. I filled the cab up and put about 3.5lbs of beads in it (in individual half lb bags, some of the bags are 70%, some are 65% just as my coolers and vino's were, they sat right at 67%) throughout the cab. A few days later, I check the humidity, and it's tanked to 55%. Then it moved between 52 and 55%. So I purchased a Hydra and put it in last night.
2 hours later, hell breaks loose. BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP. The Hydra is beeping because it's empty? Can't be. Sure enough, I pull it out, and it accepts a good amount of water. Not a full fill, but some. 2 hours later, repeat the process. This has been going on since last night. Over and over again.
The digital hygro is reading about 6-7% below the one on the Hydra. The hydra, at the time of it last running out was up to almost 60% though. From what I've read, the Hydra's hygrometer is very accurate, so I'm thinking the digital is off. I have since replaced the batter in the little digital and placed it in my vino which I know is rock solid 65% and will read it in a few hours.
I guess what I'm thinking is since the cabinet has 30-40 boxes in it, plus a good amount of singles, since adding all that, they sucked the humidity out of the cabinet and the cabinet is technically not seasoned anymore which is why the Hydra is constantly pumping humidity through the fan and I guess it's getting absorbed by the humidor and all the cedar boxes. Does this seem right?
Lastly, I've read that people has gutted the floral foam out of their Hydra and Cigar Oasis units and filled them up with absorbed water jewels or cracked ice (the stuff that is bought at a Michael's craft store that absorbs water up to 200% of it's weight). Would this help or am I just better off continually filling the Hydra and let the problem hopefully fix itself.
Ok, I'm done. lol.
