sjnovakovich
Young Ape
Hi All,
I just picked up a Montegue last week and I've been attempting to get it stabilized. From this point on in the post when I refer to H2O I mean distilled water.
After placing the cabinet, I wiped down the entire interior with H2O. I then charged a Hydra with a 50/50 solution of H2O and propylene glycol and set it for 70%. From Thursday through Saturday, the hydra ran constantly but stabilized at 69.8%. Every few hours the alarm would start to beep, but when I tried to add more H20, it wouldn't take it. I'd put the Hydra back in, turn it on, and few hours later the same thing.
Saturday, I bought a brand new hygrometer and put it in a ziploc with a Boveda 72% pack. After 12 hours it had a stable reading of 64% (go figure). I now have that hygrometer in the Monte on the shelf above the Hydra. The Hydra is still doing the same thing that it has been. It reads 69.9 and the alarm triggers every few hours. The hygrometer reads 54% on the shelf above (going by the calibration and adding 8% its giving me 62%)
I'm really unhappy with the Hydra so far, and this morning I ordered a pound of 70% beads to use in concert with the Hydra and a hygrometer that can be adjusted to match its calibration.
Opinions and suggestions are desperately requested. Should I dump the Hydra and go for a Moist-N-Aire? Do you think things will stabilize once I add the pound of beads? Am I missing something or being too impatient? Why is the Hydra beeping, but not taking any more H2o into the cartridge?
Thanks in advance,
Steve
I just picked up a Montegue last week and I've been attempting to get it stabilized. From this point on in the post when I refer to H2O I mean distilled water.
After placing the cabinet, I wiped down the entire interior with H2O. I then charged a Hydra with a 50/50 solution of H2O and propylene glycol and set it for 70%. From Thursday through Saturday, the hydra ran constantly but stabilized at 69.8%. Every few hours the alarm would start to beep, but when I tried to add more H20, it wouldn't take it. I'd put the Hydra back in, turn it on, and few hours later the same thing.
Saturday, I bought a brand new hygrometer and put it in a ziploc with a Boveda 72% pack. After 12 hours it had a stable reading of 64% (go figure). I now have that hygrometer in the Monte on the shelf above the Hydra. The Hydra is still doing the same thing that it has been. It reads 69.9 and the alarm triggers every few hours. The hygrometer reads 54% on the shelf above (going by the calibration and adding 8% its giving me 62%)
I'm really unhappy with the Hydra so far, and this morning I ordered a pound of 70% beads to use in concert with the Hydra and a hygrometer that can be adjusted to match its calibration.
Opinions and suggestions are desperately requested. Should I dump the Hydra and go for a Moist-N-Aire? Do you think things will stabilize once I add the pound of beads? Am I missing something or being too impatient? Why is the Hydra beeping, but not taking any more H2o into the cartridge?
Thanks in advance,
Steve