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bipolar · 07-22-2006, 09:18 AM

I just set up a coolerador, and I think it's doing ok, I just switch out the blue ice packs and keep it around 65degrees and 60-70 RH.
Is this fluctuation in humidity ok?? I can't seem to keep it steady.
I think I'll get some beads... well anyhoo..when I come home from work, and I open that bad boy up, it is the greatest smell in the world.
It seems that my sticks are all so much more fragrant in a coolerador...anyone else get this???

hoagie55 · 07-22-2006, 10:38 AM

Nope, but then again I've lined my coller with spanish cedar. Now I get a beautiful wiff of that eveytime I open my cooler!!

univibe88 · 07-22-2006, 03:39 PM

Your ice packs are causing dips in RH. Notice how they are covered in condensation? Where do you think that condensation comes from? The air!

bipolar · 07-22-2006, 07:10 PM

WHat should I do about the ice packs?? Just put some more humidifier in it??

bigpuff · 07-22-2006, 08:48 PM

Try putting you'r ice packs in a zip lock bag. See if that helps.

The Puff

JoeyBogus · 07-22-2006, 09:20 PM

Whatever you do, don't take any advice from Iron Bar...

univibe88 · 07-23-2006, 05:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigpuff

Try putting you'r ice packs in a zip lock bag. See if that helps.

The Puff

That won't help. The ice will cool down the ziplock bag and moisture will still condensate on the ziplock bag - once again lowering the RH.

There really is nothing you can do for a humidification point of view that will help. The ice is causing a relatively rapid cooling and condensation. Humidification devices just can't compensate as rapidly.

I think you need to make a choice: steadier RH and higher temps, or lower temps and variable humidity. How high would the temp be if you didn't mess around with the ice? Are you without a/c?

I keep my coolerdor in the basement and the humidity never budges from 67%. The temp ranges from 71-75 degrees.

bipolar · 07-23-2006, 07:07 AM

The temp hovers around the mid seventies, without the ice packs.

univibe88 · 07-23-2006, 07:49 AM

I'd say to heck with the ice then.

bipolar · 07-23-2006, 10:29 AM

Ok then, I think I'll just worry about keeping the humidity squared away.
Thanks.

07-22-2006, 09:18 AM	#1
bipolar Club Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: The Free State of Georgia Posts: 2,250	coolerador smells I just set up a coolerador, and I think it's doing ok, I just switch out the blue ice packs and keep it around 65degrees and 60-70 RH. Is this fluctuation in humidity ok?? I can't seem to keep it steady. I think I'll get some beads... well anyhoo..when I come home from work, and I open that bad boy up, it is the greatest smell in the world. It seems that my sticks are all so much more fragrant in a coolerador...anyone else get this??? __________________ When Uncle Terry’s been drinking…you don’t F with him.

07-22-2006, 10:38 AM	#2
hoagie55 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Cincy, OH Posts: 1,645	Nope, but then again I've lined my coller with spanish cedar. Now I get a beautiful wiff of that eveytime I open my cooler!! __________________ You're no Daisy! "You make a living by what you get, But you make a life by what you give. " Winston Churchill

07-22-2006, 03:39 PM	#3
univibe88 Herf Meister Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Slidell 4 Life Posts: 5,814	Your ice packs are causing dips in RH. Notice how they are covered in condensation? Where do you think that condensation comes from? The air! __________________ Karl "No man's life, liberty, or property is safe," warned Mark Twain, "while Congress is in session."

07-22-2006, 07:10 PM	#4
bipolar Club Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: The Free State of Georgia Posts: 2,250	WHat should I do about the ice packs?? Just put some more humidifier in it?? __________________ When Uncle Terry’s been drinking…you don’t F with him.

07-22-2006, 08:48 PM	#5
bigpuff Herf Meister Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: and of lincolnL Posts: 5,127	Try putting you'r ice packs in a zip lock bag. See if that helps. The Puff __________________ It doesn't matter if you think you can walk on water. It's how you walk on land that matters. Ok I must confess. I am and always will be an Opus whore. Life is too short to smoke cheap cigars.

07-22-2006, 09:20 PM	#6
JoeyBogus Club Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Kansas City Posts: 2,895	Whatever you do, don't take any advice from Iron Bar... __________________ "A cigar is a banana for the monkey of the soul." --Tom Robbins

07-23-2006, 07:07 AM	#8
bipolar Club Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: The Free State of Georgia Posts: 2,250	The temp hovers around the mid seventies, without the ice packs. __________________ When Uncle Terry’s been drinking…you don’t F with him.

07-23-2006, 07:49 AM	#9
univibe88 Herf Meister Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Slidell 4 Life Posts: 5,814	I'd say to heck with the ice then. __________________ Karl "No man's life, liberty, or property is safe," warned Mark Twain, "while Congress is in session."

07-23-2006, 10:29 AM	#10
bipolar Club Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: The Free State of Georgia Posts: 2,250	cool Ok then, I think I'll just worry about keeping the humidity squared away. Thanks. __________________ When Uncle Terry’s been drinking…you don’t F with him.