Bart, I appreciate your thread and photos on this modification of your Vinotemp. I just purchased one and will start a similar thread on how I set up mine. I have tried to read how others have done theirs and with my experience in refrigeration and air conditioning I hope to have a simple yet effective set up. Thanks again for your help in this endeavor.
Bart's New Vinotemp Project
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Here is an update on my humi:
-My Vino ideal range is 62-65%RH and 65-67* Temp, currently I am achieving this since 95% of my smokes are CC and I have found they like a lower RH than the NC
-I have a fan blowing up @ the front glass of the Vino and a fan on the top shelf blowing towards the front glass for great airflow, I have found the added airflow benefits my Vino rather than just using the original fan the Vino came with
-I have farted around with this Vino the last couple of weeks and definitely overanalyzed everything :lol: but got it where I want/need it for my evergrowing stash
-I put a board in front of the Vino fan to help spread the air out a little more and really like this idea, this will allow me to put boxes directly in front/top/bottom of the fan and not have to worry about it. There is enough room between the board and fan as well. The middle section of the fan sucks air in where the four sides blow the cool air out, learned that as well. Also with the board, I am able to push the Vino metal shelf all of the way back, so I am not eliminating any room using the board
-I took the Heartfelt beads out of my condensation tray b/c it would be non distilled water accumulating in there and making a mess, this way I just dump it every couple of days/weeks depending on how much is in there
-The fans and Vino are plugged into an surge protector, which is plugged into the Ranco temp controller, so all three run at the same time and no need for a timer for the two fans
-I am waiting on shelves/drawers so will use boxes and cedar trays for now
-I replaced my Oasis sponge with water beads
-I will post pics of the smokes very soon
-I tried the following scenarios with no luck......unplugged w/ no fan, unplugged w/ fan, plugged w/ no fan, plugged w/ fan.........This is located in my office on the second floor in my NC home, it does get hot here but the room temp avg is about 73* during day and 71* at night in the Summer
-I left the hole at the bottom of the Vino open, to let the Vino "breathe" if you will
-It looks messy right now but it will be cleaned up when the shelves/drawers get here
-Again, I overanalyzed everything but it works correctly and thats what was most important to me
Thanks,
Bart
-My Vino ideal range is 62-65%RH and 65-67* Temp, currently I am achieving this since 95% of my smokes are CC and I have found they like a lower RH than the NC
-I have a fan blowing up @ the front glass of the Vino and a fan on the top shelf blowing towards the front glass for great airflow, I have found the added airflow benefits my Vino rather than just using the original fan the Vino came with
-I have farted around with this Vino the last couple of weeks and definitely overanalyzed everything :lol: but got it where I want/need it for my evergrowing stash
-I put a board in front of the Vino fan to help spread the air out a little more and really like this idea, this will allow me to put boxes directly in front/top/bottom of the fan and not have to worry about it. There is enough room between the board and fan as well. The middle section of the fan sucks air in where the four sides blow the cool air out, learned that as well. Also with the board, I am able to push the Vino metal shelf all of the way back, so I am not eliminating any room using the board
-I took the Heartfelt beads out of my condensation tray b/c it would be non distilled water accumulating in there and making a mess, this way I just dump it every couple of days/weeks depending on how much is in there
-The fans and Vino are plugged into an surge protector, which is plugged into the Ranco temp controller, so all three run at the same time and no need for a timer for the two fans
-I am waiting on shelves/drawers so will use boxes and cedar trays for now
-I replaced my Oasis sponge with water beads
-I will post pics of the smokes very soon
-I tried the following scenarios with no luck......unplugged w/ no fan, unplugged w/ fan, plugged w/ no fan, plugged w/ fan.........This is located in my office on the second floor in my NC home, it does get hot here but the room temp avg is about 73* during day and 71* at night in the Summer
-I left the hole at the bottom of the Vino open, to let the Vino "breathe" if you will
-It looks messy right now but it will be cleaned up when the shelves/drawers get here
-Again, I overanalyzed everything but it works correctly and thats what was most important to me
Thanks,
Bart
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Well, its been a long journey but here are some pics of my Vino with new Chasden shelves and drawers along with my new cigars. There is a glass top to these cedar lined drawers that maintains the temp and RH nicely and prevents sudden spikes when opening and closing the Vinotemp.
I bought 3 single and 2 double drawers with extra dividers. I like them b/c I dont have a lot of room in the Vino for my smokes.
I use about 3 lbs of 65% beads spread around and have two CPU fans running.........overkill, yes, but my results are perfect so I am content
My Vino is between 62-64* and 61-65%RH every day year round here in NC, I finally have it where I want it after farting around with it for weeks :lol:
Enjoy!
Bart
Singles Drawer with HDM, Monte and Boli
Singles drawer with Partagas, Punch and Dip #4
Doubles drawer with Punch, Partagas and Dip .........I re-arranged some cigars between drawers
Double drawer with various CC
Single drawer with random Coronas, PC and Robustos waiting to be tested
I bought 3 single and 2 double drawers with extra dividers. I like them b/c I dont have a lot of room in the Vino for my smokes.
I use about 3 lbs of 65% beads spread around and have two CPU fans running.........overkill, yes, but my results are perfect so I am content
My Vino is between 62-64* and 61-65%RH every day year round here in NC, I finally have it where I want it after farting around with it for weeks :lol:
Enjoy!
Bart
Singles Drawer with HDM, Monte and Boli
Singles drawer with Partagas, Punch and Dip #4
Doubles drawer with Punch, Partagas and Dip .........I re-arranged some cigars between drawers
Double drawer with various CC
Single drawer with random Coronas, PC and Robustos waiting to be tested
Electric Sheep
Dsicle - BoM Dec 06
MOTHERFUCKER
You've got outstanding taste in cigars. I mean holy freakin' crap. I'm jealous as fuck.
And hey those drawers are nice too.
You've got outstanding taste in cigars. I mean holy freakin' crap. I'm jealous as fuck.
And hey those drawers are nice too.
I use one of these to check and calibrate my analog ones. It is about the size of a small cigar and can log months (16,000 data points, interval configurable from 10 sec to 12 h) of data between downloads. The nice thing about having a log is you can see trends easier. I bought it originally for my piano to figure out if I needed a humidification system, then used it to get my puerh collection (aged tea cakes from china) set up, now cigars. useful little bugger.
useful little bugger.
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You were one of the people who helped me the most, so thanks!
I tried to send you some, but oh no, you didnt want any.......hardheaded mofo :rolling:
Bart
funkejj
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Oh yeah like any one ever saying no I don't want any has ever stopped anyone here from sending bombs
Electric Sheep
Dsicle - BoM Dec 06
Hardheaded, yep. That's me. Obviously stupidheaded, too. LMAO! :smokingbo
