wine fridge question?
- Thread starter RonC
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I tried mine without plugging the hole first. The humidity was swinging all over the place. After two months, I plugged the hole and the humidity has been much more stable. I am now firmly in the "plug the hole" camp!
Mine is not plugged and also in a place where there is not a large humidity swings, Ron's question got me thinking. If you are using beads (which I am) wouldn't they just absorb any extra humidity that got in and release as needed?
JDog
BoM Nov '12 & May '13
+1 mine are also plugged.
Interesting question... I don't have an answer but an interesting experience:
I did find that I was getting some condensation with one of my wine coolers at the bottom of the unit even though I was using beads. I configured by beads similar to my other unit, with a good amount at the bottom of the unit and the problem went away. Whereas before, I had the beads spread out all over the unit. Either way, the drain is plugged and my relative humidity was fairly stable. In both configurations, I using temp control.
Craig Mac
BoM 4/10 7/11 12/14
That's why I plugged mine, had to water beads less with the humidity collected in the bottom. Every couple months I had to swap out the beads with a dry bag when the beads over drain plug got too saturated.
