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Old 08-20-2006, 11:56 AM   #1
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High humidity mystery

I'm trying to solve a humidity mystery, and any help would be greatly appreciated. Here are the facts:

---Two humidors, an Aristocrat M Plus THC and an Aristocrat Plus THC, both with humidity levels that are too high. Not dangerously high, but peaking close to 70% at times, a good 5% higher than I would like.

---Both humidors are in my office at work, where the air conditioning shuts off after 6pm and on the weekends, allowing the room temp to peak to 80+ this time of year.

---Both humis are temp controlled, set to 67/68 as max temp. As a result, even when the office heats up, the humis maintain a nice low temperature, althought they run quite a bit to do so.

---Thinking that perhaps the ambient humidity in the office was too high becuase of the excessive heat, I have a 50 quart dehumidifier working in the office, and the ambient humidity is approx 40%.

---Both humidors have several pounds of beads in them to help stabilize the humidity levels, notwithstanding that these are actively controlled units.

---All hygrometers are tested/calibrated using the Boveda calibration kit.

So, why is the humidity in the humidors too high?? Thanks.
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