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Old 01-22-2010, 09:55 AM   #7
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Default Re: Interaction of temp and rh

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Originally Posted by shilala View Post
That's why when we get cc's that never see any air conditioning or cooling whatsoever, seldom if ever do we see any beetles.
Habanos has been freezing for more than 3 years now, fwiw.

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Originally Posted by MajorCaptSilly View Post
There was a lot of debate about this years ago on alt.smokers.cigars newsgroup. The conensus was that temperature has little or no effect on cigars (unless you're freezing or baking them). The correlation between temp and RH is non-existant. If you are at 57 degrees and 57% humidity, your cigars may be a little dry for you. If you're at 57 degrees and 75% humidty, you're going to have wet, plugged cigars and maybe some beetles.

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Agreed except high humidity doesn't cause beetles to hatch, high temps do. However, like Carlos and others that can't control temps, some never or seldom see them and others see them often.
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