If you put a 62% and a 75% in the same humi, what RH do you end up with? Do they exhaust each other trying to win? Do they hit 68.5% and call it a day??
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I would think that eventually there would be an equilibrium between the two. I would say ~68-69%, and I would assume it would be like a buffer system. Contains both high and low humidity, thus resisting small changes. You could also put them on opposite sides of a large humidor. Then a gradient would form.
assuming both are on the same plane, id guess the greatest determining factor is the amount of distance and product between the two mediums.
the unit gradient would incrementally favor its hosts' sum by a factor of X ... although if there resides humi fans, its blade size, operating rpm, mean frequency of voltage, wire gauge & external jacket qualities should also be considered.
the unit gradient would incrementally favor its hosts' sum by a factor of X ... although if there resides humi fans, its blade size, operating rpm, mean frequency of voltage, wire gauge & external jacket qualities should also be considered.
Craig Mac
BoM 4/10 7/11 12/14
Since they are 2 way, over time, the higher humidity one will pull from the lower. It won't be a stable 68 or whatever for very long as the lower humidity pack exhausts the rH of the environment will rise toward the rH of the higher pack.
But since they are two ways anything above 62% rH in the humidor and the 62B would absorb humidity. Then the 75% would give off humidity trying to compensate. Assuming the packs are the same size, the 62 would stop absorbing around the same time the 75 was giving humidity, falling in between the two (Assuming that there is a finite amount each pack gives off/absorbs).
EDIT: I think this weekend I'm going to try this out, just because this is going to bug me until I do..
Dont the bovedas absorb excess of their set %? If so the lower rh pack will get saturated given a closed space, provide nothing and you will be at the mercy of the higher rh pack. Then if you open and lose humidity your higher one will dry out and the lower rh pack would get to play.
Craig Mac
BoM 4/10 7/11 12/14
The higher one will require more moisture and they both dry out in a humidor naturally. It may seem logical that they will live in happy harmony, one takes, one gives, but they actually both give to keep a humidor humidified and the 75% will need additional humidity to keep at 75%.But since they are two ways anything above 62% rH in the humidor and the 62B would absorb humidity. Then the 75% would give off humidity trying to compensate. Assuming the packs are the same size, the 62 would stop absorbing around the same time the 75 was giving humidity, falling in between the two (Assuming that there is a finite amount each pack gives off/absorbs).
EDIT: I think this weekend I'm going to try this out, just because this is going to bug me until I do..
The 75 I have in my cooler is always drying out, but I also have beads and a 65 in there too.