Need to cool down my humi

[Havana Joe]

I have an end table humi and the heat is rediculous in LA right now. If i put a couple ice packs in a ziplock bag and throw in the humi is that gonna cause any damage?

 

[orangedog]

Beware of condensation with those icepacks... Maybe set them on a folded up hand towel.

Only other best alternative is to crank up the a/c, I think.

 

[Havana Joe]

AC is fully juiced but cant keep up with the heat (oddly humid too). I dont wanna send a drastic spike in temp but worried its getting warm in there.

 

[GoingPostal]

Well how high are the temps getting in your humi. Problem with putting the icepacks is condensation and your RH will probably drop cause of it.

Does the humi have a glass top or sides, if it does that's probably where the problem is, you might want to try wetting a towel put it in the freezer for 30 minutes and putting that on the glass to try to keep the temp down. also get it out of direct sunlight if possible.

 

[Cigar Cowboy]

Can you move you sicks to a ice chest temporarily? They seem to stay 5 degrees cooler inside.

 

[Burning Man]

I have found that putting the Ice pack on top of my humi/cooler then put a towel over it will cool your humi enough without the worry of placing the cold pack inside. I have found that it's a huge pain in my backside trying to keep the RH level with the packs inside. The vapor in the air condensates quickly around the packs sucking moisture out of the air, frosting up around the pack. The rag or whatever I use ends up wet, my beads turn white, and the RH is in the low 60s or high 50s. Having said this, many brothers have said they don't have these issues when they put the packs inside.
Placing a cold pack on top has been the answer for me. Just get the pack on before the heat kicks up. Hope it helps.

 

[Zedman05]

The problem of having very high humidity in the ambient air is making the ac work extremely hard in your house, thus not cooling as well as it should. Your ac works to cool, but the energy it uses to remove humidity is a big problem.
As far as ice packs, I dont think that having them inside is a problem as long as you have something under the ice pack to catch the condensing water off the packs. Those ice packs will sweat like a mother! They should not pull too much humidity though as they are just a passive cooler. If you have a fan blowing air around inside, then I would be worried that your humidity would drop to an unacceptable level. Now I have never had this problem, so maybe some of the other posts above might be helpful, just a little food for thought from your neighborhood refrigeration and ac specialist :]

 

[Havana Joe]

Thanks for the info fellas. I wound up wrapping the ice packs in a cloth towel and placing two inside the humi. Dropped the temp a few degrees and I removed it after 2 hours. This is a glass top end that holds about 2000-2500 cigars. Its never been an issue but the high humidity is not allowing my home ac to keep up and the temp inside is getting pretty warm. High 70s inside the house. Humi held at mid 70s but I wanted to make sure it didnt get above that. I think tomorrow (today) I will put a few ice packs on the glass top and that should stabilize it pretty good. Ive never had any beetle issues and dont want any so trying to stay proactive. Appreciate the advice. I have a vinotemp that I was using until late last year so this heat is a new issue for me. If you ever want to piss the wife off spend 30 minutes tinkering with your humi temps while the kids are in the corner sweating out the heat. Tomorrow I will be more discrete with my efforts...