Air Circulation Question

Moist air is heavier, and that's a tall, narrow box of humid air. You need to get some fans to help move the dry air down and moist air up. It sounds like you have enough gear to get the RH right, just move some air!

I just watched a video on your Hydra (since I'm not familiar with it); just add the extra fan kit, and have it blow from the top down (assuming you have the hydra on the bottom). Make sure it has an unobstructed air path if possible.

[sevans105]

Originally Posted by Lonely Raven

Moist air is heavier, and that's a tall, narrow box of humid air. You need to get some fans to help move the dry air down and moist air up. It sounds like you have enough gear to get the RH right, just move some air!

I just watched a video on your Hydra (since I'm not familiar with it); just add the extra fan kit, and have it blow from the top down (assuming you have the hydra on the bottom). Make sure it has an unobstructed air path if possible.

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Thanks Raven....I'll check out the add on kit. I've heard of guys using Oust fans too. Anyone have good/bad to say about those?

[T.G]

Originally Posted by Lonely Raven

Moist air is heavier,

Nope. Humid air is actually lighter than dry air.



IIRC, Hydras have built in connectors for auxiliary fans, you can pick them up from cigars international under the humi-care brand name. Same exact humidifiers, just different color plastic.

Oust fans were discontinued years ago, you'll probably have to hunt to find them. I've heard mixed reviews on them, since they aren't very powerful nor move a lot of air, it kind of depends on the size of the humidor / cooler and how blocked the airflow is.

You could also wire up a few computer case fans to a power supply with an external timer and place them in the humidor, although, with the hydra having power ports, this seems a bit unnecessary.

Originally Posted by T.G

Nope. Humid air is actually lighter than dry air.

I thought that, but it didn't sound right to me.

Edit to add: I looked it up, you are correct.

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The amount of water vapor in the air also effects the density. Water vapor is a relatively light gas when compared to diatomic Oxygen and diatomic Nitrogen. Thus, when water vapor increases, the amount of Oxygen and Nitrogen decrease per unit volume and thus density decreases because mass is decreasing.

[bobarian]

Consistent Rh from top to bottom is not as important as one might think. What is important is that your cigars smoke as you like them. Your not smoking air, take some readings in various boxes in different places. The Rh inside your boxes is whats important. If your top to bottom Rh varies by less than 10% you should be fine. I rarely even look at my hygrometers any more, one Vino and a couple of coolers dont even have working hygrometers. I only use 65% Heartfelt beads and things have been fine for 4 years.