Newbie Read - Updating Your Humidifier

[beezer]

I did it for the Vicksburg and it works great

[Boston_Dude05]

Very nice post. Thanks!

[bigr8131963]

Thanks thats good advice

[bigr8131963]

Thanks thats good advice

[C.A.O Brazilia]

Wery informative. Today i have learned something. Thanks.

[BaDaBoom]

Well there ya go...everything I wanted to know about beads. Placed my order a few days ago at heartfelt, just waiting for them to arrive.

Thanks Ron! Much appreciated

[Quint]

Thanks RDG nice job. I smell manufacturing engineer in your future. I was just looking at my 3 desktop humi's wondering if I could do something like this and then stumbled onto this post. Thanks agian for taking the time to put this together.

[Tristan]

Ron's legend lives on while he is away; I just ordered a pound of 65% and I'm going to do some "updating" of my cabinet humidor and what ever is left I will apply to a cooler.

[Coz77]

Originally Posted by RGD

The bag is fitted back into the case with the maximum amount of beads that will fit.

How many ounces of beads do you think is in this case? I have a similar case...Actually I plan on doing this with the small Savoy glass top I got from holts for 19.95...how many ounces of beads do I need to fit into the Savoy case? Id hate to order a half pound of beads and only need 2oz...


Not my pic ...but it looks like this



I also plan on drilling holes into the back, as the hydro case stands upright in the small model. This way I can get humidification from both ends...good idea / not?

[montecristo#2]

From what I have been told, the plastic humidifiers hold about 2 ounces of beads. I have done this conversion twice and it takes a little while the first time you do it. Definitely, do not fill the bag all the way, I ended up only putting an inch or so of beads in the bottom of the bag and that was enough to fill the container once the beads were spread out. It took a couple of tries to figure out the correct amount of beads, but I eventually got it to work pretty well.

Not 100% sure what you mean by drilling holes, but if you set the humidifier on its side against a wall in the bottom compartment, the holes would just face the wood, probably not really needed or a good idea. I think you are going to have to place it against a wall, otherwise it will fall over everytime you move or bump the humidor.

[Coz77]

Originally Posted by montecristo#2;789581ll

Not 100% sure what you mean by drilling holes, but if you set the humidifier on its side against a wall in the bottom compartment, the holes would just face the wood, probably not really needed or a good idea. I think you are going to have to place it against a wall, otherwise it will fall over everytime you move or bump the humidor.

The Savoy I have holds the humidifier in an adjustable separator (vertically, it’s quite snug and does not allow for tipping)....

Would this contact really damage the interior of my humi? It does sit in a cedar separator, not really allowing direct contact to the humi wall.

[Schecter30]

Ok, I get it. But why? I have the el cheapo humidifier with the green sponge inside and just fill it up with distilled water once in a while. Is there a specific reason I should use beads instead?

[madurolover]

Originally Posted by Schecter30

Ok, I get it. But why? I have the el cheapo humidifier with the green sponge inside and just fill it up with distilled water once in a while. Is there a specific reason I should use beads instead?

The main reason being that with the beads you can mist them with DW and basically forget about it till they start to dry out.
Also you can get a specific humidity (ie. 65% - 70%).
Also when I was using the green foam I started having some mold issues (luckily I caught it quickly) but with the beads i have not had these issues.

[Schecter30]

Hmm I definitely don't want mold. What do you think causes this....my humidor never gets over 70%.

[madurolover]

If it is never over 70 then i would not worry too much.
you must remember with summer coming the humidity will rise in the air.
Trust me the beads are a very sound investment
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