Humi Temp Help

[Hendy]

Hey gents

The wifey turned off the air on me.

I have a Magic Chef 50 bottle wine fridge I converted to a humi. All has been well and perfect with 70/70 storage.

I came home today to 70% and 73 degrees. What does that do to me? Should I turn the air back on? Is there a "max temp" that I should call my ceiling? When do bugs appear (temp)? Is there a way to convert the cooling option on the fridge. I beleive it's highest temp is in the low 60's when it comes to degrees.

Help me, I'm freakin out here.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[dpricenator]

there are external temp controllers that will turn the fridge on and off at certain teperatures, just by controlling the power to the fridge. This is what I use

http://www.infraredheaters.com/a19bag-1.htm
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http://www.williamsbrewing.com/CONTROLLER_P762.cfm

I believe Ranco makes one as well that is cheaper

http://cgi.ebay.com/RANCO-ETC-111000-Digital-Cold-Temperature-Control-NEW_W0QQitemZ140250035418QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item140250035418&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318

 

[tubaman]

Turn the air back on.

 

[oneaday]

80 degrees give or take a couple. Listen to the tuba dude........... turn the air back on.

 

[Tegu]

73, dont sweat it, 76 start worrying, 80+ do something. Beetles can hatch at 65+, but I understand it really speeds them up when it gets to around 80, my house gets to 78 somedays in the summer, I dont worry about it, but I freeze certain sticks upon arrival.

 

[CWS]

I don't worry till I hit 75 but the advice above is good advice.

 

[marccote]

bu only if it has not had the eggs destroyed,, see my post on freezing just now, (IT) once over 75 it is more likley 80 + you will probably see som ebugs in a few days or a week if they are not treated by the manufacturer,

Relative Humdity Lesson !!! as far as I know this is a laymans method and usually close form what i understand but I could be completly wrong but works for me and i have been told by experts to use the 140 method.

70/70 equals 140/2

65/75 equals 140/2

60/80 equals 140/2

50/90 equals 140/2

40/100 equals 140/2

relative humidity is a pressure reading not a measurement really if you think about it,, it was 20% Humidity and 100d today in Phoenix, the Rh was about60% which was good for cigars had the heat not been so hot that would have probably dryed the leaves out a littel too much,, so you dont want to get too much over 75 ,, 80 is pushing it and I keep my house at 78% and have one humidor that is about 65% humidity and the cigars are fine,, my other humidor is in the wine fridge at 65 degrees 70% humidity, my igloodor is 70/70 and monitored by a CMT monitor and requires litle attention sometimes,, except when the outside air gets too humid the humidity goes up about 5%,,

rule of thumb I have been told is to not go more than 5 degrees on either temperature ro humidiity and you r cigars will probably not go through Rh shock which is really the obvious danger to cigars,, especially the taste

once again should be a mini article
© Cigar Companero Online Magazine - Marc Cote

 

[Hendy]

After much deliberation (bitchin) last night with the wifey, the air is back on.

Going to get calibrated with the system my friend Dave hooked me up with.

Thanks Dprice.

 

[bballbaby]

Good to hear you won the arguement. I too get a lot of static form the wife when it comes to leaving the air on.

When we go away for a few days in the summer, i always put all my cigars in one room and put a little window unit AC in it and turn it on to keep the temp down. Our house can get up to 90 deg in the summer with no air on.