Audew electric humidor humidity at 75%
Ishbass_218
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I have an Audew 150 count cigar humidor and the humidity doesn’t want to drop. I seasoned it with Boveda packs. I also calibrated my Boveda butler and the humidity is steady at 75%. Doesn’t want to drop. Any help will be appreciated! Thank you
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Leave the door open overnight.
Audew ... car parts and humidors! Kewl.
Interesting, I looked up that winedor, on Amazon, it looks interesting with cedar shelves and a fan to circulate the air, but it appears that they just use an open moisture container that you fill with distilled water to provide the humidity.
If this is the case, I'd recommend not using this and instead using Boveda packets with your preferred humidity like 65% or 62% instead.
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I currently have the Boveda 69 in there. Definitely not using the moisture container. I might have to decrease to a lower RH. I also left the door open overnight. Lets see how it goes. Thank you guys!
I have one of those units, the 300. Filled up the open pack with beads and distilled water. It was way too much. Took that thing out and put 4 65 bovitas in there. Perfect.
By the way I like this audew way better than the wynter wineador. Pretty nifty
I've got a Whynter CHC 120. The open water tray ran the humidity way too high AND took up too much space. It looks like the same one in the above picture.
I found a smaller plastic box about 1.5x2.5x1.5 and some gray foam similar to that used on those disposable stain and urethane "brushes". I cut it to fit the new smaller box, soaked it in distilled water, squeezed it dry, put it in the plastic box on about 1/4 inch of distilled water. That settled things to right about 68% at 60-62 degrees. I add a few drops as need every 7-10 days.
I'm having the same exact issue. I was using the cigar oasis humidification device had it set to 68 but the humidity stayed around 75-76 in the unit. I took it out and put in the big boveda 69 and my butler still saying 75. Like wth
If you ran that Oasis long enough then everything in the unit is over humidified. Cigars hold humidity, Spanish Cedar holds humidity….. those Boveda are going to need some time to regulate that RH. It’s not a two hour ordeal….. could be weeks or months. Open the door for a few minutes everyday till it’s lower.
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I had that problem a while back with a electric box I have just for aging. I started pulling the aged out and replacing them with new stock and a couple days later the humidity jumped to 75-78%. After checking a few of the new sticks I seen many were already high before I put them in the refrigeration...to make a long story short, I pulled all humidifiers out of the box and just ran it with refrigeration and circulating air for 2-3 weeks and let them live on their own humidity for that time. When they got close to the % I wanted I replaced the Boveda humidity packs I wanted and so far it's stable again.
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Many stores keep their walk ins at a rh higher than you would at home. That makes for high Rh cigars. Once you have a regulated, mostly full box, you won't notice these problems as much...
Make sure your units hygrometer is accurate. I ran an oasis that was +7 off.
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I have a similar situation. Audew humidor, currently with 35ish sticks in it. Humidity got up to 77% and would not go down. I had bought some non-boveda packs at a time in the past when I could not get boveda. I was wondering if these were past their effective lifespan, but they were not crusty and dry yet. Speculating that perhaps they were worn out, and or not performing the two-way functionality of pulling humidity out, I tossed them and replaced with boveda 69's.
Hygrometer is a boveda butler, so I ordered the calibration kit, calibrated it and put a fresh battery in it. Am I supposed to make any adjustments to the boveda after said calibration is complete? I ran it 24 hours, until the Smart Sensor app said it was complete.
Since taking these steps I'm holding steady at 72% in the Audew. I'd prefer something lower, closer to the 69% rating on the pack.
I'm not sure if I should do anything else at this point, or just accept 72%?
I have some of the Boveda Butler sensors, AFAIK you do not need to do anything after the calibration of the sensors, the App must take care of that for you.
I would recommend that if you want a lower humidity rating that you look at using 65% Bovedas. The Boveda packs operate best at their rated weight, if they are depleted or overfilled they will not be as accurate. I recharge my Bovedas and weigh the water out based on how low the packs are from their rated weight to avoid overfilling them. I also notice that in a plastic crate that the humidity seems to run higher than expected.
What is the ambient humidity in the room where the unit is? The reason I ask is because the Audew unit has an external fan that pulls air from the outside into the unit. Whatever your humidification system is it will always be counteracted by that air being pulled inside. Boveda will generally run a couple points higher than what they are rated. That’s just normal for them. Unless you need the unit plugged in for temperature control, I would suggest unplugging it and trying it that way for a few weeks to allow the boveda to work with only the environment inside the unit and not fighting the air being pulled in.
Agree with Rusty. Unplug it, tape over any drain holes and fill it with cigars. That seems to be what the other winador users on the forum have done.
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I was getting a little condensation build-up in my Winedor so I removed the seal I had made on the drain and I put a cloth tube of silica beads on the bottom to deal with any excess moisture. It's been great since then. Just keep an eye on it to see if you need to plug the drain or keep it there.