Cooling down the desktop humidor

[jakeemtrn]

While checking on my humidor today I noticed my temp starting to rise into the low 70's. How do you guys usually cool your humidors? I live in a condo so I don't have an especially cool room to store the humidors in. they are in a spot with no direct sun light. Actually farthest away from any heat source possible.
ideas?

 

[mnelson]

put it right in front of an AC vent if you can. If not you could buy a small wine cooler and put your humidor in there. How big is your humi?

 

[jakeemtrn]

i have 2 humidors that hold about 50 cigars

 

[mnelson]

depending on the dimensions of the humidors you could just one of these and put the humidors in it http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/productDetail.do?oid=161392&WT.mc_n=92&WT.mc_t=U&cm_ven=COMPARISON%20SHOPPING&cm_cat=NEXTAG&cm_pla=DATAFEED->PRODUCTS&cm_ite=1 PRODUCT&cm_keycode=92

you could also look on craigslist, you might be able to get a larger 20+ plus bottle wine cooler for around that same price

 

[dpricenator]

I say bottom of a dark closet, but if the whole house is heating up, the closet will heat up too. I know my house will reach 85-90 degrees during the day if no one is home, so I had to go with the wine cooler. Now I need to get enough cigarts to fill that puppy up.

 

[jakeemtrn]

Unfortunately i live in a ground floor condo so all my ducts are up on the ceiling. So I have to find another alternative. I like the wine cooler idea.... Now how to convince the wife...........

 

[dpricenator]

It's always easier to ask forgivness that ask permission

 

[jakeemtrn]

Too true... too true...

 

[SGT13]

It's always easier to ask forgivnes that ask permission

I have to agree here. I have quite a bit of experiance here. Not always the right way to go but,,there's always makin' up too :smokingco

Sarge :rifleaim:

 

[Mitch]

When I was in the Navy and in barracks I kept my cigars hidden inside tupperware in the air vent in the ceiling. Worked well for my small stash and although the barracks were often on the warm side I never had a problem. So are all you guys out of room going to start filling your vents?

 

[joshua]

I keep my cooler in the basement. Cooler is insulated, and humidity controlled. Seems to do fine even if we don't have central AC.

 

[Mitch]

Unfortunately i live in a ground floor condo so all my ducts are up on the ceiling. So I have to find another alternative. I like the wine cooler idea.... Now how to convince the wife...........

you may be able to aim a vent for some benefit.

 

[mnelson]

Unfortunately i live in a ground floor condo so all my ducts are up on the ceiling. So I have to find another alternative. I like the wine cooler idea.... Now how to convince the wife...........

or you could build a shelf up by the vents. But something tells me the wife would like that even less then the wine cooler :grin:

Your other option would to contact ron and get a temp controlled humi. :grin:

 

[CWS]

Or do what Jeff did... buy a one room air conditioner. Works great.

 

[RigilKent]

does the wife like wine? get two one for wine one for cigars

 

[bushi96]

I have these cold packs with little beads inside of them, surrounded by cloth. Kind of remind me of the humi-beads. You put them on sprained joints. They do not leak condensation like normal ice packs. Wonder if those would be OK the throw in the humi during an unusually hot spell?

 

[jakeemtrn]

I think the easy answer may be to go to a coolidor and just make room for a few more smokes.... Time to go work some over time..... Anyone want up for financing coolidor by buying a Desktop humidor?