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01-26-2011, 11:59 AM | #352 |
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I've had that same problem in the past, but somehow never for long at all. Not quite sure how that works, but going from 1 cooler to 13 seemed to take no time at all.
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Hmmmm.....with the louvered folding doors, he sure has no seal at all. Wonder how he keeps the humidity stable?
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05-09-2012, 03:52 PM | #356 |
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An update, my Kitty litter is still going strong with next to no maintenance. Not sure how long its been, but it must be years at this point.
Edit: make that 3 years 2 months...
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Had an interesting thing happen yesterday. I checked my humidors maybe a week ago and everything was fine except the coolerdor. RH was in the low 70s. That's a no-no. Should be 65-67%. I stuck some small containers of beads in there to take up slack. Checked yesterday and it was still high. Looking at the large container I could see beads on top. But after about 11 years they looked pretty grungy. So I pulled them out and gave them a stir. To my surprise the majority of the container held silica powder! I dumped that out, cleaned off the sticky container and refilled it with the kitty litter beads. Originally the jug held seven pounds and I still have lots left. Anyway, checking today, the RH is back at 65%. The fresh beads are doing their job.
So, to answer a question asked long ago: Q: How long do kitty litter beads last? A: The kitty litter beads do in fact seem to have a finite life expectancy. And it seems to be around 10 years. The humidifiers I have made with Climaxx or Heartfelt beads are older than that and are still doing the job fine. Last edited by xrundog; 08-18-2017 at 02:30 PM. |