I recently moved into an apartment building and now since its Oct. 1st the AC is off and the heat has been turned on. Given its Ocotber and it will be getting very cold soon in Pittsburgh it is still very warm and my humidor temp is in the mid 70's is there any way to keep it down without using AC. Please give sugguestions and help, do not want to lose all of my cigars and investments to the heat. Thanks in advance for your advice!!
Posts: 183 | Location: Pennsylvania | Registered: April 25, 2004
quote:Originally posted by CoCo32: My concern would be the tobacoo beetles. I've read that they thrive at +75 degree temperatures.
I have cigars that been in my humidors more than a year, with temperature above 70. Never had any beetle hatched. I am not saying it can't happen, but didn't happen to me. I know that everywhere you read it says 70-70 is ideal, but 5 degree deferens in temperature IMO wont hurt your cigars.
Posts: 569 | Location: Glendale, CA, USA | Registered: September 07, 2003
I agree with the others but I do have a question. Do you not have total control over the temperature in your apartment? You mentioned that since Oct 1st the heat has been turned on and the AC off. I guess I am asking if you wanted to turn the AC on, are you able to? I know it will be getting cold soon but what if you have an unseasonably warm day or week? That would drive me nuts since I am so hot natured. Just curious.....
Like the others said...just keep an eye on the humidity and you should be fine. I have found that during the winter I have to watch my humidor more closely. Having the heat on in my house will cause the air to be drier so you might take that into consideration...
I'm not sure which "controls" the other, but I know if I'm having a problem with humidity and I don't want to add or subtract any ceder I just try to change the temp a few degrees. So hypothesising, one might think that if they are two connected factors, to adjust the other would have an effect on the issue at hand. So, if you're not getting any results with other options that have been offered, try lowering your humidity. Perhaps the decrease in water, since it holds it's temp better than air, will cause the sticks to lower a few degrees to a more desireable level. Now, if you're not a science geek, perhaps an easier solution would be to change the position of your humidor. Most peoples apartments I know aren't 78 degrees so perhaps where you've got your humi placed is a warm area. It's a simple solution that I'm sure you would have thought of already, but it's worth a try if not. The only other thing I can suggest is to use refrigerated water in your humidifier. Perhaps this will counteract the air temp around the humi. These are all just ideas and I've tried none of them. If something works well, why don't you let us know so we'll all know what to try to do if we run into this in the future.
