Vinotemp Wine Cooler

[BP22]

Update -

Picked up some spanish cedar this morning from Rockler. I got a 8' x 6" x 1/2" plank to build 2 shelves and some smaller pieces for a tray. I will hopefully get to work on it tonight.

[hikari]

That wine cooler will be realy sweet when its done

I have build one from an 80 bottle wine cooler.
All i can say is beads beads and more beads and fans on timers.
I am also in SOcal LA i understand the temp changes my temp and humi
is pretty good i get 65-65 with a 2% fulx. I have 3 diffent digital wireless meater s though out so i can see how its going.

http://www.lightofpower.com/cigar/humidor10.jpg

[BP22]

Originally Posted by hikari

That wine cooler will be realy sweet when its done

I have build one from an 80 bottle wine cooler.
All i can say is beads beads and more beads and fans on timers.
I am also in SOcal LA i understand the temp changes my temp and humi
is pretty good i get 65-65 with a 2% fulx. I have 3 diffent digital wireless meater s though out so i can see how its going.

http://www.lightofpower.com/cigar/humidor10.jpg

Sweet setup. I just received my Johnson controller today. This is a slow process but I'm making progress.

[BP22]

Some updated pixs...

[BP22]

One more...

[hikari]

Looking nice..

[BP22]

Well here are the 99% done pictures. The cabinet is operational.

This weekend I built two shelves out of Spanish Cedar, added 1 1/2 pounds of Watersorb and put in a fan on a timer. Currently the fan runs for 1.5 hours, then off for 1.5 hours. Why I picked that cycle? Because the timer I got at Walmart gives you 8 cycles, so I broke the 24 hrs up.

I filled the cabinet this morning after it had run for approximately 24 hours and held stable at 67-70% RH and temps in the low 70 range. The weather here has been pretty warm so I'm pretty happy with the temps in the cooler.

With the condensor now running off the Johnson controller the fluctuations in RH have dropped significantly. The condensor now runs for about 1-2 minutes every half hour during the heat of the day. The RH will drop 1-3 points during that time, but stabilzes very quickly afterwards. All my sticks are in boxes or in my desktop humis which are also in there right now.

I have about $140 into this project, not counting the cabinet which was gifted. So far, so good.

[okierock]

I am about to travel down this road so its good to see people having success with the wine coolerdor.

Oh ya... it you get gifted anymore giant wine coolers I'm in the market.

[BP22]

Originally Posted by okierock

I am about to travel down this road so its good to see people having success with the wine coolerdor.

Oh ya... it you get gifted anymore giant wine coolers I'm in the market.

So far I am extremely happy with this setup. I'm running 70/70 consistently now.

I'll let you know.

[The Professor]

Hey Brandon. So I'm just wondering ... how's this working one year later???

[BP22]

Originally Posted by The Professor

Hey Brandon. So I'm just wondering ... how's this working one year later???

Darrel -

The cabinet is working great. The only problem is that it is not full.

I am using beads and big blocks of oasis foam for humidity and it keeps the RH around 63-65% which is what I want. Relatively low maintenance and it has more capacity than I have money.

[The Professor]

Thanks for the update!!!