Converting Sponge Humidifcation Devices to Beads

[n2advnture]

Nicely done bro!

What, no plug for the RH Beads? :-D

~Mark

[jadawin]

i did this to my humidification devices last year, but i used a stocking instead of the mesh bag and it worked fine (probably a little cheaper too!). TO wet the beads, i open up the case and use a spray bottle of distilled water, seems to do the job.

[BlackFriar]

Thanks for the step by step process DC! I will be giving it a try here in the next couple of weeks for a desktop I own.

[Mike33]

Great post Don!

My brother (Mark Twain on the boards) came up with a pretty interesting and simple way to do the same thing. He got real thin mesh, like screen wire, and hot glued it to the inside of the empty humidifier. He then cut the excess mesh off, filled the humidifier with bead, and there you have it!

[wp2]

» i did this to my humidification devices last year, but i used a stocking instead of the mesh bag and it worked fine (probably a little cheaper too!). TO wet the beads, i open up the case and use a spray bottle of distilled water, seems to do the job.

I too, use stockings. Works great! You can also put a little container of distilled water in the humi for the beads/litter to absorb.

[Don Candido]

» Great post Don!

»

» My brother (Mark Twain on the boards) came up with a pretty interesting

» and simple way to do the same thing. He got real thin mesh, like screen

» wire, and hot glued it to the inside of the empty humidifier. He then cut

» the excess mesh off, filled the humidifier with bead, and there you have

» it!

Something along those lines was my first idea, but I did not want to introduce glue to the process.

[Don Candido]

» Nicely done bro!

»

» What, no plug for the

» RH

» Beads? :-D

»

» ~Mark

Clearly the beads pictured are RH Beads.

I have not used them or any beads long enough to throw an endorsement behind them yet, but they seem to be working beautifully.

What I can say is Mark is a pleasure to work with. Thanks Mark.

Cheers,

DC

[El Presidente]

Nice work DC !

[56Tweed]

» Nice work DC !

Nice work indeed! There was another bead vendor that used to sell in aluminum containers about that size. I bought a bunch of them for a larger desktop since it worked well in that format.

This is much cheaper! ;-)

[Freefallguy]

» What, no plug for the

» RH

» Beads? :-D

As the Aussies say (I have NO idea why), I will be happy to piss in your pocket mate. I’ve use Mark’s RH beads for a couple of years now and couldn’t recommend them any more highly.

[Don Candido]

» » Nice work DC !

»

» Nice work indeed! There was another bead vendor that used to sell in

» aluminum containers about that size. I bought a bunch of them for a

» larger desktop since it worked well in that format.

»

» This is much cheaper! ;-)

Here is how much of a nut I can be. I actually have those aluminum things. I just bought two from another vendor recently, who also seems like a nice guy to deal with.

They were sitting in a box in my overstuffed cigar closet and I forgot about them. I actually made the humidif conversions before I ever tried the pre-made devices I already had here.

Too much time, too few brain cells...

[GoSteelers]

Did the same thing with my Cigar Oasis, wasnt quite that easy as CO was totaly glued shut. The end product is great though fan kicks on when neeeded and beads are nicely contained.

sorry no pics of my project did it about a year ago.

[Don Candido]

I recently started using beads. I like them. I know some people have been using them many years. I was on active humification only for a while.

I am using beads much more widely now. If you buy a pound at a time, they may come with mesh bags to store them in, but that is not always appropriate.

Of course you can buy a puck. I did. But I also reallized I wanted Humidif sized bead devices. And I had a bunch of Humidifs sitting here, so I tried converting them. It worked pretty well.

This may be old hat for some people, but I liked the results so much, I thought I would photograph what I did.

These rectangular Humidif shells can hold about 4 oz of beads.

For this project you will need:

Beads

A mesh bag

A Humidif type rectangular humidification device

A thin phillips screw driver

Some cooking twine

A pair of Scissors

Inside some vendor's pounds of beads there is a mesh bag.

Take the bag out.

Start to pry open the Humidif from the corner.

Once you get the screwdriver in, you can start to slowly pry it up.

There are 8 pegs and 4 tabs going around the whole device, where the top is connected to the bottom.

Be as careful as possible to lift only a little a time, and to try to ultimately lift evenly, to avoid damaging the pegs/tabs.

Remove the top when all pegs and tabs are clearly released.

Take out the sponge and toss it.

Put about 4oz of your preferred RH Level bead in the mesh bag

Make sure you did not use too many beads by loosely fitting the bag of beads in the base of the Humidif.

Tie a knot in the bag to keep beads from falling out.

Make sure this knot is further than the length of the Humidif.

Fit it more exactly, and figure out a good location to tie a knot with the kitchen twine.

Cut the twine leads from the knot.

Once you have a secure knot, cut the bag just above the twine.

Start to fit it into the base now.

By spreading the beads and rolling the bag, you can fit it into place well.

Replace the lid.

If edges of he device catch the mesh bag use the screwdriver to push them back from the edge.

If the beads do not fit perfectly, shake the device back and forth and try to close it again.

This has worked for me four times in a row.

Completed Humidif Humidification device converted to 4oz of beads.

Cheers,

DC