I wouldn't just forget about them!:eyepoke:63% on the set and forget
Relative Humidity is just that, relative to Temperature. For example, air at 70 deg F/70% RH has the same moisture content as air at 78 deg F/53% RH. So if you live in a warm climate and your house (and humi) sits at 78 most of the summer, your humi should be around 53% RH. I've tried it, and my cigars smoke and taste better than if I keep the humidor RH higher than that in the summer. I'm not set-up to keep my humi cooler than the rest of the house. Not ideal, but not a problem, either.If I want my RH @ 65% lets say, does it matter what the actual temperature is?
For example, if I had 65*/65% or 70*/65% or 75*/65%.........Is there one temperature that is ideal or does it not matter b/c my RH is at 65%?
I see some humis plugged in and some not and the temps are all over the place, just curious if temperatue really mattered as long as your getting your ideal RH numbers?
Hope this makes sense
Bart
Sorry, ain't buying it. There are some completely false statements here. "At 70% relative humidity (a measure which by definition is independent of temperature)..." is completely wrong. The physics explanation attributed to the medical doc about why warmer air can hold more water molecules is incorrect as well.
Because relative humidity (at say 70%) rises with temperature, I'd say cigars do require more moisture in the air when stored at higher temperatures. This doesn't mean you cannot say 70% RH without a temperature.Sorry, ain't buying it. There are some completely false statements here. "At 70% relative humidity (a measure which by definition is independent of temperature)..." is completely wrong. The physics explanation attributed to the medical doc about why warmer air can hold more water molecules is incorrect as well.
Psychometrics tells us that air at 78 deg/70% has 1.3 times more moisture than air at 70 deg/70%. Could that be it, cigar tobacco needs more moist air when stored at higher temps? No, the author states that the interaction of the cigar tobacco with the moisture in the air is "independent of the ambient temperature".
About the only way to make this argument work is to say cigar tobacco has the same physical properties as air. I doubt it.
Again, saying "70% RH" without an accompanying temperature means nothing. I think he has the "urban myth" moniker backwards in this case.
Question? So my hygrometer is measuring moisture only and RH would have to then be calculated from an RH chart? Can I assume likewise that my humidistat is adjusting itself to the moisture content alone and is not regulating relative humidity? If this is true then I should be constantly adjusting my humidistat up and down according to the RH chart depending on the temperature.Because relative humidity (at say 70%) rises with temperature, I'd say cigars do require more moisture in the air when stored at higher temperatures. This doesn't mean you cannot say 70% RH without a temperature.
At 60* the air will hold less water then at 70*. Whatever you use is going to try to keep the air at 70% (or 65%) relative humidity. If the temperature goes up then the amount of water per foot of air is going to go up as well.Question? So my hygrometer is measuring moisture only and RH would have to then be calculated from an RH chart? Can I assume likewise that my humidistat is adjusting itself to the moisture content alone and is not regulating relative humidity? If this is true then I should be constantly adjusting my humidistat up and down according to the RH chart depending on the temperature.
My humidistat swings between 64% & 66% as it turns on and off, maintaining a 65% average. My walk-in temperature swings from the low 60's in winter to near 80 in the summer and I have not experienced any noticeable changes in my cigars. Either this temperature thing is a mute point or I am just not very observant (which is certainly a possibility).
But isn't that what the humidistat does? I suspect that it would have to run much more if the temp was low, attempting to keep the moisture content at it's set point.At 60* the air will hold less water then at 70*. Whatever you use is going to try to keep the air at 70% (or 65%) relative humidity. If the temperature goes up then the amount of water per foot of air is going to go up as well.
If you wanted to keep your cigars at say 65% absolute humidity, you would either have to keep a tight control over temperature or constantly adjust the humidity.
I haven't come across one of those, so my guess would be it just keeps up relative humidity. It will have to work harder to keep it at 65* at lower temperatures.But isn't that what the humidistat does? I suspect that it would have to run much more if the temp was low, attempting to keep the moisture content at it's set point.
So, no worries as long as I monitor the hygrometer?
Humidistat above the humidifier. A small fan helps to avoid stale air pockets and move air across the humidistat.