My new VinoTemp.

Silound said:
Great idea man! Now if I can only figure out how to get my flow going into my CO I'd be set. Anyone figured out how to rig that yet?
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This would take a little more rigging, but I think it would be do-able. Once my Vino arrives, this week hopefully, I will take a look and see what can be done.

However, I would suggest just having a small container of foam or beads to catch the condensate. This would be mush easier and give you a little extra humidification power (not that it's needed with these type of set ups).
 
Nice vino, Darrell !!

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Now ..... send me your address, dammit !! ... lol (PM me)
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erratum said:
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That just sounds so wrong. :)

Nice Cooler Darrell! I've been thinking about one of these due to the hot summers here in TX, but wondered about the condensation... Heck they're cheaper than a lot of humidors! If you do the deal and setup the drainage thing, pics would be sweet?
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3inst3in said:
Nice setup, but I still see some empty space...
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Me too... I'd try to fill up that empty space with boxes... No, not full boxes, but empty boxes... It's easier to regulate a little bit of air than a lot of it, and having the empties will help.

Besides, all of my empties wind up filling up with sticks from trades.

Then, I empty em out....

Then, they fill up again...

Kind of a circle.
 
Oh, and that nasty 'Vinotemp' sticker comes off with a little elbow grease!

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That's a picture of my vinotemp from a few months ago... Still use the desktop on the top shelf for keeping my 'on deck' smokes, and the curly head deluxe boxes for other 'stuff'
 
Silound said:
I asked, how many and do you prefer black or white :) Takes me about an hour one Saturday to make them.
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Hey bro, sorry I accidently deleted the PM you sent me. Jeremy is actually sending me a bunch of extras he had from his VinoTemps. Thanks for the offer though.

I am going to figure out some way to rig the condensation issue. I will figure it out soon though.
 
jkorp said:
Thats why I think once you get the humidity level where you like it, you want to recycle the condensate by getting it back to your beads, foam or what ever. This creates a relatively closed system, only lossing a small amount of humidity when you open the chiller.

I forgot to mention, in my setup I have an Oust fan pointed at the humidifier box. For the humidifier box I am using a small spanish cedar cab, that I cut down to fit. The foam and the cedar hold the moister and release as necessary (with the fan aiding). My RH stays around 64% -67%.
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I also thought this would be a good idea, so did worr lord. He tried it, and he discovered that the leak was to much and had his beads flooded in a matter of days. Its a good idea in theory, sort of. When you think about it, if you run the cooler itself then the theory is flawed because it is constantly adding moisture to the system. Warm air holds more moisture than cold air, so when the warm air is cooled inside the excess moisture drips down the back of the cooler, and since this is a thermoelectric system, warm air is constantly being drawn into the cooler and cooled down, therefore nonstop moisture buildup.
 
Rahllin said:
I also thought this would be a good idea, so did worr lord. He tried it, and he discovered that the leak was to much and had his beads flooded in a matter of days. Its a good idea in theory, sort of. When you think about it, if you run the cooler itself then the theory is flawed because it is constantly adding moisture to the system. Warm air holds more moisture than cold air, so when the warm air is cooled inside the excess moisture drips down the back of the cooler, and since this is a thermoelectric system, warm air is constantly being drawn into the cooler and cooled down, therefore nonstop moisture buildup.
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True, and I did have a problem with my initial set up, the box was under sized. With a small catch box, the capacity is quickly maxed out and you start getting overflow. By adding the larger box, and having the fan blow on the box, you get more of the moisture back in the "air". I probably would get better evaporation if I used an always on fan instead of the Oust cycler. As you can see the box does get wet, but this is all the moister thats present in the system, no humidity gets added and the RH stays at 65%. It has been like this for 2 weeks now, with no problem.
I will make a second catch, then just swap them out once a month or so, and give the other time to dry up a little.

So I think the keys are Size of catch, Surface Area to evaporate and Air flow via a fan. I think a cedar box is the way to go, since is holds and releases moisture and won't get moldy like a plastic container will.

Is warm air being drawn in all the time? I am not sure about that. I thought the thermoelectric plate was cooling the air in the unit and not pulling from the outside.
 
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Here is a picture of my "drainage system" if you can even call it that :r

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Basically I used a bunch of packaging tape to funnel the drip down into some type of tube thing I got off of a funnel from Wal-Mart... and it sticks down into and drips into that ketchup bottle thing. Completely ghetto-rigged, but works amazingly. I never have to worry about water buildup in my cooler, everything stays perfect.
 
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It's not really funneling into my beads, I just had to use their container for the picture because I didn't have a second container at the time :)
 
Unfortunately I flooded my beads doing exactly that.

I'm trying to devise a way to build a cigar oasis from some spare computer parts and a sturdy plastic box. It will come custom with a funneling system to relocate condensate back into the reservoir and hopefully close the environment.


However, I need to empty out my cooler first /eyeroll.
 
Silound said:
Unfortunately I flooded my beads doing exactly that.

I'm trying to devise a way to build a cigar oasis from some spare computer parts and a sturdy plastic box. It will come custom with a funneling system to relocate condensate back into the reservoir and hopefully close the environment.


However, I need to empty out my cooler first /eyeroll.
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If you ever devise this system... a thread will be needed... because it sounds very interesting. Good luck with it.
 
I see one small problem with your set up, you apear to have way to many excellent cigars. I can store some of those temporarily for you, I'd even go as far as to periodicaly sample them to be sure they are being well cared for.
 
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