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hey guys, i have a question about humidity. recently i read an article about absolute humidity, and how it's value changed with a temperature change. my question is this: if i have my humidor in a place where it's constantly at 65-68 degrees, and 67% relative humidity, what affect is this having on my sticks, if any? this article had a table on it, that showed if you lowered the temperature, the absolute humidity, as opposed to the relative humidity, was actually closer to 72-74% any truth in this, or should i not even worry? should i lower the rh in there? thanks!
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I've always been curious about this myself.
I recall Skip talking about this back on SCv1.
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Interesting. My Brother likes to keep it kinda chilly in the house. One to save some money and two the heater actually isnt working like it should and he hasnt got it looked at. Heres my question, my humidity is always around 65-67%rh. Temperature lately has b een below 65 or around 65. Is that to cold? Should I look into keeping my babies warmer?
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DAMN Scott, you beat me to it. LOL I read an article a long time ago about the same thing. I have been compiling #s for over a month. Still in the salt environment the % numbers go crazy with the temp. To me that means the calibration is not right and don't know what to trust. I fluctuate the room from 64 to 77*. The % from 61 to 75 in the salt test bag.
64.3 73%
66.8 72
67.3 69
68.6 70
75.0 66
78.3 60
85.8 55
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