Getting Close To Finish: My Cabinet Humidor

[Full Bodied Bruce]

Great work.

[Guitarman-S.T-]

Now heres the challenge. How long will it take to FILL IT UP!

[partagaspete]

Fantastic workmanship that you should be very proud of.

T

[RGD]

Originally Posted by 68TriShield

Think it will be ready to ship to me by Xmas?Even better, I'll come get it...

No problem there bud - my dogs will help you load it -


Ron

[RGD]

Originally Posted by GOAT LOCKER

Very nice work Ron! Sometime soon, I'm planning on building a similar temp control system. I already have an A419, so that was my plan for the thermostat. I'm glad to have someone else blazing the trail for me (i.e. making the costly mistakes to figure this stuff out ). So, did you just connect the AC line of the right side power supply to the switched outlet on the A419? Seems like a very simple, elegant solution for temp control.

Thanks! Yes - just run the power from the A419 over to the power supply. Make sure that you read the destructions for the A419 very well - there is a switch to set it up for heating or cooling and then 120/240 depending on where you connect the wires to.

Good luck with it.

Ron

[steelheaderdu]

Absolutely gorgeous. I'm completely jealous. Beautiful craftsmanship. You'll be glad you took so much time when it's completely finished.

[RGD]

Originally Posted by Guitarman-S.T-

Now heres the challenge. How long will it take to FILL IT UP!

Not long - I got two coolers, one tupperdor and three desktops already to go into it so ummm - not long -


Ron

[Old Sailor]

All I can say is WOW...

[omowasu]

How much cooling are you expecting from the Peltier junctions? Are you ducting the heat from the Peliters away from the Humidor somehow? Damn my engineering background.

Anyway, that looks like one of the more advanced humidors I have seen. Excellent work, I think I have an idea for a winter project!

[RGD]

Originally Posted by omowasu

How much cooling are you expecting from the Peltier junctions? Are you ducting the heat from the Peliters away from the Humidor somehow? Damn my engineering background.

Anyway, that looks like one of the more advanced humidors I have seen. Excellent work, I think I have an idea for a winter project!

Now you show up - just when I'm almost done -

The total scope of my "cooling" engineering rests soley on the mistakes of others. There are way to many varibles for me to figure out the BTU's - in addtion to having to find my old college school books from 30 years ago -

The popular Peltier device that everyone is using in general is rated at 50 Deg F (11C) with the unit operating on 12-13.6 Vdc @ 4.4 Amps. The units that I am using are rated at 43 Deg F (6c) at 12-13.6 Vdc @ 5.7-6.8 Amps. So in the world of Peltiers that's a good amount more. My total cubic feet is 13.5 minus the shelves, Oasis and drawers. As the cooling of the Peltiers are directly related to how fast you can remove heat from the hot side - I have two fans (don't have the CFM rating handy) directly fastened to the heatsinks. Keep in mind that I have simply reversed the polarity of the units rather that take them apart - so my hot side is in contact with a large alum block and then the heat sink. As I am concered with cooling and not heating - I wanted the cooling heatsink to cool quicker and a larger surface area - hence the reverse.
Ducting - it's an open air design. Heat side is located on the bottom of the cabinet with the fans directly attacked blowing into the fins as you can see on the pics. As heat rises the colder cooling air is of course closer to the floor. Between the heatsinks - we have 1/16" metal and 1 1/4" of plywoods. I'm looking at zero heat transfer I believe through the wall. In addition my room temps would not normally get over 77/78 degrees. Average I would say would be 74/75 maybe. These are higher however than I would like to keep my smokes at. Inside temps of the humidors/coolers tend to run 1 or 2 degrees above room temps.

Anyway - that's it for now I guess - if you can come up with a format for figuring up capacity of these units - I'd love to hear it.

Later,

Ron

[RPB67]

I dont have the skill or the tools.

That humidor looks amazing !!!! Congrats on a great job !

[txdyna65]

Great work and pics, I have been following your progress as well, I dont have near the skills you have so Im a bit envious, cant wait to see the finished product with all your smokes in it

[Dogwatch Dale]

Coming along very well Ron. Definitely a piece of furniture to be proud of, and serves the finest of purposes!

[stogie_kanobie_one]

This man knows what he's doing

This was my go to site when I was making decisions and the little mods I made to a cabinet. Without his website I would have never made up my mind.

[Baric]

That looks truly amazing...a credit to your skill!