Plugging a Vino Drain.

Originally Posted by SmokinApe

I have two vino's sitting side by side... One is plugged the other is not... Currently I use no humidification in either and they both stick around 65% and are opened about 2 times a week... Weird but true... and no the sticks are not wet and most are have been in my possession for over a year...

Whats the RH in the room?

I have a cooler in the same room downstairs where I store all my Spanish Cedar before I cut it. The RH in the room is about 60%-70% and the temp is about 65 degrees, sometimes less. When I have overflow cigars I store it there and sometimes its weeks before I get it into one of the vinos. No beads or anything and the cooler is always about 65%

Chas

[markem]

This is a funny thread really.

Do what works for you. If going without a plug works, then don't listen to the nay sayers. If plugging works, more power to you.

9 months out of the year I do not need to plug, based on experimentation. I choose to use duct tape to plug all of the vinos now. That works for me. To say that someone who doesn't plug is wrong is a little bit like saying that their legs are too short. Abraham Lincoln famously replied to the query, "How long should a man's legs be?" with "long enough to reach the ground." One size fit all rarely does.

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[shilala]

Originally Posted by markem

This is a funny thread really.

Do what works for you. If going without a plug works, then don't listen to the nay sayers. If plugging works, more power to you.

9 months out of the year I do not need to plug, based on experimentation. I choose to use duct tape to plug all of the vinos now. That works for me. To say that someone who doesn't plug is wrong is a little bit like saying that their legs are too short. Abraham Lincoln famously replied to the query, "How long should a man's legs be?" with "long enough to reach the ground." One size fit all rarely does.

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With all due respect, that makes as much sense as "Bob drilled a hole in the front of his desktop humi and it stays at 65% all the time. I'm gonna go try that."

[markem]

Originally Posted by shilala

With all due respect, that makes as much sense as "Bob drilled a hole in the front of his desktop humi and it stays at 65% all the time. I'm gonna go try that."

With all due respect, I didn't say that. I said to do what works. I know many who do not plug the drain, have a small amount (maybe 8 oz) of heartfelt beads and have no problems. I also know people who plug the drain and have no end to problems with condensation.

Your statement that "you are supposed to plug the hole" makes about as much sense as drilling a hole in your desktop, as far as universal truths go. That you don't recognize that makes this thread even funnier.

[shilala]

Originally Posted by markem

Your statement that "you are supposed to plug the hole" makes about as much sense as drilling a hole in your desktop, as far as universal truths go. That you don't recognize that makes this thread even funnier.

You made made me a believer.
I'm gonna go make sure I have a hole in every one of my humidors and wish for the best.