It was over a year ago and someone from here gave me a very detailed drawing on wiring, it may have been you, but I followed it and my settings were 65 degrees and I am not sure about the time out setting. I know that my fridge would not get any warmer than the lowest setting, according to my thermometer that I had in the fridge, If I remember right, it stayed around 40-50 degrees, too cold. I have 2 fridges now and they are running as set from factory. so far so good. but it often made me wonder about trying again...
ETC Question
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That's a great theory Ninja, I'll roll with that. Thanks!
It's supposed to work that way because it shuts the power off when cooling is not needed. Resetting to lowest setting doesn't matter because the ETC controls the temperatue for the cooling cycle not the built in wineador control. Your actual temperature can be seen on the ETC display. Depending an where you put the ETC sensor, both displays may not show the same temperature because the ETC is reading the temp at the sensor position. Unless you use a circuating fan, the temp will be a little lower at the bottom. You can move the sensor around until you find a spot you like. For example, mine is about half way up the left side.
King Kill 33
BoM Dec '13
Great read. And any time schematics are mentioned, I get a little excited!
As for the humidity question, isn't RH 'relative' to 70F? I find that in the summer months when my Coolidor (no ETC) runs more often, the reading on my hygro shows lower humidity at higher temps. For example, if I dialed it in at 66-66, for every degree increase in temp, it will show a drop in RH. Could be just a fluke, but it seems pretty bang on.
As for the humidity question, isn't RH 'relative' to 70F? I find that in the summer months when my Coolidor (no ETC) runs more often, the reading on my hygro shows lower humidity at higher temps. For example, if I dialed it in at 66-66, for every degree increase in temp, it will show a drop in RH. Could be just a fluke, but it seems pretty bang on.
I just got a ETC and would like to know even though the ETC puts your wineador in the RH and your temp were you need it to be so will that mean that you don't have to use your temps that are on the door of the wineador. I ask because I will have my fan that will run in the wineador or could I hook up the fan to the ETC also.
cgraunke
BoM March '14
If you use an external ETC, you actually CAN'T use the temp controls on the door, as every time the ETC reaches temp it kicks out power to your cooler. Then, every time it turns back on, the door controls will be reset to the original factory settings.
You also mentioned RH, but realize that the ETC does not do anything to maintain humidity. That's an entirely different topic...
Now my wineador doesn't have a digital temp control, it's just a dial in the inside back that you set to cooler or warmer. Even at it's warmest setting it seemed to run a lot and not allow my RH to get anywhere above 59%. So I stopped running it and I hold in at 63%-65% with my temp in the lower to mid 70's. Just to get the temp down a bit, do you think I could just get a timer that allows the cooler to run for maybe an hour or two everyday during the hottest time and still be fine. Or should I go with an ETC?
cgraunke
BoM March '14
ETC would be more consistent. A timer would likely help, but require a but if guess & check to get it dialed in and always leave you with greater temperature fluctuations. I would recommend the ETC wherever cooling is required (integrated or aftermarket) and keep the timer restricted to fans if necessary.
cgraunke
BoM March '14
Exactly!
That was my issue as well Matt. I got an analog light timer and you can set it to turn on whenever. I originally had mine setup to run in just the warmest parts of the day but changed it a bit since then. Watch it one weekend and see when it fluctuates most and click the timer to turn on at those times. Definitely requires some time to get dialed in but works fairly well. Good luck!
Well I have a few other questions about the wineador is the drain holes suppose to be sealed or is that a preference to one to the next
also I had mine sealed with tape and it did not work and why will it still drain is this because of the moisture RH or what I have also seen that the RH is always up and down what could be the problem any help will be great.
also I had mine sealed with tape and it did not work and why will it still drain is this because of the moisture RH or what I have also seen that the RH is always up and down what could be the problem any help will be great.
I never plugged my drain hole. Mine built condensation a bit so I wanted it to drain out and have had no RH/Temp issues due to that. The issue of the RH going up and down is because the unit turns on and off. Of course unless you're running it all day in which case I would say to stabilize it with more cedar/cigars. StogieNinja gave a thought on why the RH dips when the unit turns on and I liked what he said.
"My personal theory is that the movement of air prevents the sensor from reading the rh properly, so it's not that the rh actually bounces back, it's that the sensor does. One possibility is that the difference in temp between the air and the sensor is what causes the reading."