Vino Temp Humidity Resolved

[stearns]

very cool, i really need to do this, my oust fans arent really cutting it, plus im running out of space to put em. thanks for the tip

stearns

[cort]

I am by no means an expert but I believe the problem you were having is that you had the vino set at the coolest possible setting. This makes the cooling unit run all the time which sucks the humidity out of the air and turns it in to condensate which you were finding on the drip tray. Most people including me set their vinos to the highest setting (66) so that it only runs the cooling unit for a short time when it gets too hot. I live in So Cal where it gets real hot and during those hot days the vino works a little harder and gets up to about 73-74* and the humidity drops to the low 60's. At night when it cools down the vino stops runnin and the humidity stabilizes again back to 65%rh.

Try setting it up to 66 and see what happens. I use 2lbs. of Shilala beads in mine and it works great.

Hope this helps.

I did a detailed test about a month ago testing the dips and rises in the vino. I did it with the intention to show why I offer glass tops in my trays. Some day I will get around to posting the results and let everyone make up their own minds. One thing I did do is monitor the changes when the unit was running VS when it wasn't running. In my test the RH drops tremendously when the unit cycles. The amount and quality of the beads or whatever you are using to regulate moisture is key to maintaining a consistent RH throughout the vino. If poor air flow or blocked airflow in packed units is present its inevitable that you will have RH issues.

Bottom line is you fixed it

Congrats and enjoy your smokes.

Chas

[tchariya]

Originally Posted by ChasDen

I did a detailed test about a month ago testing the dips and rises in the vino. I did it with the intention to show why I offer glass tops in my trays. Some day I will get around to posting the results and let everyone make up their own minds. One thing I did do is monitor the changes when the unit was running VS when it wasn't running. In my test the RH drops tremendously when the unit cycles. The amount and quality of the beads or whatever you are using to regulate moisture is key to maintaining a consistent RH throughout the vino. If poor air flow or blocked airflow in packed units is present its inevitable that you will have RH issues.

Bottom line is you fixed it

Congrats and enjoy your smokes.

Chas

WHAT?? and all this time i thought you were offering the glass tops to mimic the pure genius of the COHIBO cigar humidors!!!!!

[alley00p]

Originally Posted by tchariya

WHAT?? and all this time i thought you were offering the glass tops to mimic the pure genius of the COHIBO cigar humidors!!!!!

LOL

Originally Posted by Cort

I am by no means an expert but I believe the problem you were having is that you had the vino set at the coolest possible setting. This makes the cooling unit run all the time which sucks the humidity out of the air and turns it in to condensate which you were finding on the drip tray. Most people including me set their vinos to the highest setting (66) so that it only runs the cooling unit for a short time when it gets too hot. I live in So Cal where it gets real hot and during those hot days the vino works a little harder and gets up to about 73-74* and the humidity drops to the low 60's. At night when it cools down the vino stops runnin and the humidity stabilizes again back to 65%rh.

Try setting it up to 66 and see what happens. I use 2lbs. of Shilala beads in mine and it works great.

Hope this helps.

That sounds about right to me... Maybe i'll try turning it up to the max and see what happens. There is still some water accumulation in the Vino but by no means is it as bad as it used to be.