The other week we had a heat wave in the Northeast. High 90's high Humidity. Well my coolidor is in the basement. It stays around 64 degrees down there, but the humidity gets high cause of the dampness in the summer. I run the dehumidifier daily down there. Except for the other week when the temps were high. We were on vacation and the dehumidifier was off. My coolidor went up to 66 degrees and 73% humidity. For the past week I have been trying to get it back down, but I have had no luck. I have left the lid open, tried leaving the drain plug open, removed the media no luck.
Now that its cool again, mid to high 60's. The dehumidifier has sucked all the moister out of the air. I figured I would leave the top open for a few hours to get the Humidity down. One problem, I forgot to close the top!!! So 36 hours later the humidity is at 56%. I closed the top and within 4 hours its slowly climbed back up to 65% where I want it. I have some new unopened beads that are 65rh that I put in. I did not add any distilled water to them. I hoping once them temps and humidity go up they will suck the moister out and keep it a little more steadier and if need be I can dry them out with a hair drier.
This could end up being a long summer if I cannot keep the humidity stable.
Now that its cool again, mid to high 60's. The dehumidifier has sucked all the moister out of the air. I figured I would leave the top open for a few hours to get the Humidity down. One problem, I forgot to close the top!!! So 36 hours later the humidity is at 56%. I closed the top and within 4 hours its slowly climbed back up to 65% where I want it. I have some new unopened beads that are 65rh that I put in. I did not add any distilled water to them. I hoping once them temps and humidity go up they will suck the moister out and keep it a little more steadier and if need be I can dry them out with a hair drier.
This could end up being a long summer if I cannot keep the humidity stable.