I got the Whynter 2.5 cubic ft cigar cooler, seasoned it and put in a pound of heartfelt beads. It was holding steady at 65% and 65 degrees F but the beads were drying out very fast (every few days). I plugged the drain hole with caulk clay and made a run off using a plastic strip that's hot glue gunned to the wall that spills down to a tray at the bottom of the humidor. Now the top was a little over humidified and the bottom under. The top would be cooler than the bottom as well and even though the wineador said it was 60 degrees, my 2 hygrometers said it was 65 degrees on top and about 70 degrees on the bottom.
I decided to up the air flow so I bought the Camco Fridge Airator (a fan for RV fridges to circulate cold air). I put 2 lbs of heartfelt beads (an extra pound), 4 large 65% boveda packs in, and added another hygrometer. 1.5 lbs of beads are in a pyrx bin at the bottom where the run off I built collects the condensation from the fan. In the center of the dish I put the fan blowing upwards. The other 1/2 lb of beads is in a sack in the middle of the wineador. Now the wineador says it's at 60 degrees and all three hygrometers top middle and bottom says it's 12-14 degrees hotter and the humidity now is stuck at 50% RH. WHAT THE F*CK AM I DOING WRONG?!?!?!
P.S. The unit doesn't seem to want to cool below 59/60 degrees. It just refuses. It stops, looks at me, and says, "f*ck you. I'm not getting any colder than this. I don't care what the manual says, I'm not doing it." It's currently 72 degrees outside with 76% RH.
I decided to up the air flow so I bought the Camco Fridge Airator (a fan for RV fridges to circulate cold air). I put 2 lbs of heartfelt beads (an extra pound), 4 large 65% boveda packs in, and added another hygrometer. 1.5 lbs of beads are in a pyrx bin at the bottom where the run off I built collects the condensation from the fan. In the center of the dish I put the fan blowing upwards. The other 1/2 lb of beads is in a sack in the middle of the wineador. Now the wineador says it's at 60 degrees and all three hygrometers top middle and bottom says it's 12-14 degrees hotter and the humidity now is stuck at 50% RH. WHAT THE F*CK AM I DOING WRONG?!?!?!
P.S. The unit doesn't seem to want to cool below 59/60 degrees. It just refuses. It stops, looks at me, and says, "f*ck you. I'm not getting any colder than this. I don't care what the manual says, I'm not doing it." It's currently 72 degrees outside with 76% RH.
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