cabinet style humidor cooling

[capper]

Originally Posted by mmblz

Has anyone succesfully set up any of these systems?

I have a thermoelectric cooling system\Peliter setup. That works fairly well. I do have a problem with humidity control. I believe its because of the high humidity in Texas. I can control it with a lot of humi beads (4 lbs) and 3 reticulating fans.

I would attach a picture but I am post-lexic

[capper]

Originally Posted by capper

I would attach a picture but I am post-lexic

http://www.clubstogie.com/vb/attachm...tid=3782&stc=1

[capper]

http://www.clubstogie.com/vb/attachm...tid=3783&stc=1

[scrapiron]

Is this mounted strictly inside the humidor or does the hole go all the way through the humidor with the outside making heat and the inside cold?
I"d hate to cut a hole in the humidor but would minding mounting one of these inside to drop the temperature a few degrees. Also does it have it's own thermostat to cycle on and off?

[Blueface]

Originally Posted by scrapiron

Is this mounted strictly inside the humidor or does the hole go all the way through the humidor with the outside making heat and the inside cold?

Ditto.
Same question here.

[Blueface]

I guess the answer was there for us.
Here is the description from the vendor:
"Just cut a hole in your insulated cooler box and fit an aluminum plate or heat-sink (not supplied) to this assembly to turn your cooler into a fridge for the car or boat."

[RGD]

Originally Posted by Blueface

Ditto.
Same question here.

All "PELTIER" coolers work the same way - you have to vent the hot side to the exterior so yes they all require a hole to be cut.


Ron

[LasciviousXXX]

With spring/summer fast approaching I thought I would top Poker-san's great thread about cooling options for humi's

Just do it!

[capper]

The only problems I have with my pelter cooling is the noise (sounds like a PC) and it takes a lot of beads (3 pounds) to keep the humidity down in the summer (Houston is very humid).

Capper

[Silhanek]

Excellent post. I've been researching peltier coolers and spent a lot of time on RGD's site looking at his project. I'm working on building something about half the size of his. In Phoenix today I think we got really close to 90 today and it's only mid-March. I cringed when I got home and saw my humidor at 78 degrees.

[LasciviousXXX]

I hear you bro, even living in northern AZ the temp still gets up there in the summer. I have found that with our RH in the desert being almost zilch, the way to go about it is with the peltier coolers as well as an active humidification device (ie-Cigar Oasis,Set & Forget,Moist-N-Air,etc) and a few lbs of beads just for good measure. That's what's going to be in my Cabinet Humi come next week. Up until now I just had the active humidification device and beads but recently I made a friend who will be installing the peltier coolers for me next weekend free of charge.

The story goes, the guy works for another Dept in the City I work for. He came to my office to get some general info and saw my little desktop sitting on my desk and said "oh hey, you smoke cigars?". Turns out this guy is a casual cigar smoker and usually drops by the local B&M every Friday to pick up a couple cigars to relax on the weekend. Needless to say he left my office with about 10 sticks to get him through till Monday LOL. He came back thanked me and then we got to talking about Humidors. Turns out, he's an electrician for the city so I ask if he thinks he could hook me up with installing the coolers.... the rest is history

Moral of the story..... Pay It Forward is a way of life for ClubStogie brethren.

[JimF]

New member as of today . . great site.

I't's fitting that my first post is in this 'old' thread but it's only right. This thread was the one that finally got me off my duff to add A/C to my humidor.

So tnx for your sharing . . now I have some data to give back. Hope you find it interesting. Basically, I'm adding a TE device to my humidor and at this writing (Rev "9"), I'm about to 'cut-the-hole'. Lot's of how-to-size it properly and other goodies.

Oops . . it won't let me upload it b/c it's too 'large'! About 900Kb . . lots of pics. Zipping doesn't help . . . maybe somebody can take pity on a newcomer????

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by JimF

New member as of today . . great site.

I't's fitting that my first post is in this 'old' thread but it's only right. This thread was the one that finally got me off my duff to add A/C to my humidor.

So tnx for your sharing . . now I have some data to give back. Hope you find it interesting. Basically, I'm adding a TE device to my humidor and at this writing (Rev "9"), I'm about to 'cut-the-hole'. Lot's of how-to-size it properly and other goodies.

Oops . . it won't let me upload it b/c it's too 'large'! About 900Kb . . lots of pics. Zipping doesn't help . . . maybe somebody can take pity on a newcomer????

Photobucket.com....free photo server, and you can resize the pics to Forum friendly. Welcome!

[poker]

Originally Posted by JimF

Oops . . it won't let me upload it b/c it's too 'large'! About 900Kb . . lots of pics. Zipping doesn't help . . . maybe somebody can take pity on a newcomer????

The reason there is a file size limit is so the sever wont be bogged down. If you'd like to share the file, you could always ask fellow members that are interested in it for their email address.

Other than that, welcome to CS.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by poker

The reason there is a file size limit is so the sever wont be bogged down. If you'd like to share the file, you could always ask fellow members that are interested in it for their email address.

Other than that, welcome to CS.

You just saved me a PM, Kelly.