Yessssss, New Trivoli Humidor Is Here!

[apevia]

Wow I wish I had the money to get a humidor like that. Nice buy

[Yellowfever]

Ohhh I am jealous!!!

[azpostal]

Looks great! I'm going to have to check them out now.

[holmes711]

Very nice Danny! Maybe you could go to a craft store and buy a nice analog clock to fit in the hole. Good luck and enjoy!

[havanajohn]

Nice humidor, Danny. I have the same model, and am very happy with it. You CAN calibrate your round hygrometer. The hygrometer pops out of the humi...put it in a baggie, and do a salt test on it, then with a small flat vlade screwdriver, go in the center hole in the back of the case, and adjust the hygrometer until it reads correctly. Re salt test to check it, and your good to go. Dont rely too much on these analog hygrometers IMO they are just for show.

[Rubix^3]

Sweet humidor Danny!
You are an inspiration to all of us still living out of meager desktops.

[rajuabju]

Ok, so my lighting project has started.

Materials:

3 ultra thin lights, bought from Home Depot for $25
Nail staples, 25 pack, $1.69
Zip Ties.... $.99

Tools: Hammer, Drill, Scissors, Patience

Pics Below

[rajuabju]

Ok, continuing on with a bit more description:

My Trivoli has 2 removable shelves that hold boxes. Those shelves divide the area into 3 spaces ... so I wanted 1 light for each area. The lights themselves are less than 1/2 inch thick, so barely visible unless ur looking at underneath the shelf. Of course, I'm a perfectionist, and I dont want tons of ugly wires hanging around. And I want the on/off switch to be easily accessible, but not in the way.

So for the first 2 lights that go under each shelf, simple enough, just used the included mounting hardware (little grey piece), nailed it into the shelf, attached, done. The 3rd light which goes on the top level, I attached using velcro strips to the underside portion of the single cigar area (no pics of that yet).

All 3 lights then get routed into the control box, which can handle up to 6 lights total if I ever wanted to add more lights into the humidor.

The control box then gets routed to the on/off switch plugs into the power outlet included in my Trivoli cabinet.

besides the light fixtures being small and super thin, they are LED lights which last a long time, give off good brightness, and dont get hot. Not that I'd keep them on for extended periods of time or anything, but still...

2 more progress pictures.

[rajuabju]

One of the thumbnails was not showing up, so here is the 2nd picture...

As you can see, even looking at it almost straightly level, the wiring which is mounted onto the lower shelf is pretty much not visible. I will be doing my best to achieve the same with the remaining wires (though of course the top wire coming down will still show a bit.

I had originally hoped to create something a little more customized, using the opening/closing of the doors as a trigger for automatic on/off of the lights. But I realized that would be considerably more work, more expense, and for a smaller cabinet, not really worth the headache. One day when I hopefully get a full sized cabinet, I'll do a lot more detailed work, but for now, this is more than sufficient for me.

Once the lights are all up and running to my satisfaction, I will decide on something custom to put in the place of the old analog hygro on the front that i couldnt stand. Just too ugly for me. I will also remount my digital hygro's inside. I am SUPER nuts about accuracy.... 2 digital's will be going into the shelves area, and another mounted on the lid where the singles are kept.

[fiddlegrin]

Originally Posted by rajuabju

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My only question is what to do with the blank spot in the front where the built in analog hygrometer used to be. I couldnt stand how it looked (plus the fact that it was 16% off and not able to calibrate). it's a 6" diameter; any suggestions on what I can put in there? I'm thinking a mirror or get something engraved, but not sure what.

Hi Danny,
It looks fabulous and it sounds like you are doing a great job with your set up!

I wonder if you can disassemble the factory hyg gauge and put a photo or a large cigar band with black paper backing in it under the glass? Then you could reinstall it....

let us know wouldcha?

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[pitbulljimmy]

Sweet humi... you must be lovin' it! I know I would!

[rajuabju]

More progress pics, almost all done.

I hope to have the little project completed tonight or tmrw, will post final pics with the lights on when its ready.

I will be cleaning up the wires that go vertical from level to level, as well as the black wire for the CO.

The white wire in front that runs from the switch to the lights control box gets hidden when the door is closed.

Three pics.. first is with camera flash on, lights off. Second is flash off, lights off. Third is flash off, lights on.

Fiddle, with regards to your question, yes, the hygro can be totally disassembled can you could glue on stuff onto the face of the hygro, or behind the glass. Dissassembled mine, and in my haste and total dislike for the way the hygro looked, tossed it into the trash already.

[tx_tuff]

I have the same humidor and in Mahogany like yours, I have had no problem with it. And believe it or not my analog has work great from day one. I don't care for the look of it either but never then much searching to find something to replace it with. Need a pic of the doors closed and the lights on. And I think the top will hold more then 250 cigars, of course depending on the size of them, but I would guess 300 to 350 by what I have had up there now and in the past. Have had mine I guess around a year now and have never had any problems with it.

I like the looks of the lights, but just FYI I have boxes so close to the top of the shelves that there isn't any room in my humi for those lights. What do you have in the hole right now?

[Drkold]

Wow, that is beautifully done sir!

[SMOKE20]

that is an awesome humi, I have the same one and i love it. I liked your fist pics with your stash in it. very nice, mone looked about the same when I first had it and now it is filled to the max. Enjoy all the fun of filling it up