Vino WAAAY off

[rack04]

Originally Posted by rack04

The problem is the efficency of the vinotemp. It has no chance to cool down to 57. Set it to 66 and see what it reads. What is your ambient temp?

From the manufacturers website

I'll have to quote my post as it seems nobody is reading it. The things are not efficient. The best you'll get is 10 degrees lower than the ambient. Raise it to 66 and see where it stands.

[Scimmia]

I've run my between 15 and 20 below ambient, but you're right, they're not that efficient. If your ambient temp is high, set it to 66 or you're gonna have condensation issues at the very least.

[413X]

Set at 66 I'm sitting at 70-71. Ambient is at 73-74 and yes, the hole is plugged.

[romwarrior]

FWIW, I set my vino at 65 but it rarely goes below 69. My house is a bit warm so 69 works for me. I agree that the thermometer in the vino leaves a lot to be desired. Of course, it also depends a lot on the location of the thermometer since the front of the vino will be a bit warmer than the back, yet most people put their hygros in front.

[tfar]

I can't really tell you what my Vino is set at because the LCD is broken and only shows some of the parts of each cipher. I do remember it would usually be pretty exact. Maybe two or three degrees off. Temperature in the house is around 80. I think Vino is set to 62 or 63 which turns out to be 68. It can cope with 80 very well. The only problem I had with it is that when the power goes out (and it does regularly; what a third world country) it resets itself to the 55 degree default.

That is too low! When I came back from a recent two week trip my cigars were too dry. I keep the humidity around 68 and it was down to 55 or so. Not catastrophic but had I been gone for four weeks...

Till