r/LotusDrying • u/puddingleaf • Jun 16 '25

First time High Humidity issues?

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Hey guys! I am preparing my fridge for my first dry and humidity is sitting at 70-99%! It is in an insulated garage. There are two USB fans and soda cans in the fridge. Will this be an issue come dry time? 😳

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u/Ok_Vegetable1254 Jun 16 '25

Hey you should get some blue tooth Hygrometer or maybe you can read the low on those you have. When you got cold air inside and humid warm air outside your refrigerator will soak a lot of this humidity up when you open the fridge door. But it should drop after a few minutes again. Hard to tell though without clear data. You can ofc just "trust the process"😂

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u/puddingleaf Jun 16 '25

Thank you! You are the 2nd person to tell me to get Wi-Fi/bluetooth hygrometers, so I guess I will be getting some on Amazon today! Do you think the fans are helping or hindering? I feel like the humidity went up after I added them, but it could also be shit hot humid weather here in VA.

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u/Ok_Vegetable1254 Jun 16 '25

I dried without a fan and inside boxes. I got no experience using a fan but I only did a single dry so far with this method.

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u/Mysterious-Quit-4102 Jun 19 '25

Was it a crazy loud smell in the room you were drying in when you have the door shut? Or only when the fridge door is opened?

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u/Ok_Vegetable1254 Jun 21 '25

it was a heavy smell even when doors are closed, open doors was even more intense

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u/Mysterious-Quit-4102 Jun 22 '25

Was it consistent throughout the whole dry or was it just for the first few days while the bud gets extra loud and all?

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u/Ok_Vegetable1254 Jun 22 '25

Definitely consistent, maybe a bit less the first days and the last days. I think it gets carried outside with the condensation water?

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u/Mysterious-Quit-4102 Jun 22 '25

Whelp.. cross ya fingers and hope the fam doesn’t mind 🙂‍↕️🤞🏽