Wineador - humidity question

hello all
 
I've been reading on wineador and has been inspired to setup one.
 
Just wondering if I'm using those compressor-type wine chiller, does it means that the chiller is working hard to reduce the humidity inside the chiller? if so, when I put a humidity system (e.g. Avallo Accumonitor) inside the chiller, it will takes more power consumption because the chiller is try to reduce the humidity level? 
 
Appreciate your comments and advice.
 
Cheers

There are certainly other folks here to give you a better answer, but since I just bought a New Air 281 wine chiller I'll give this a shot. I don't know if a compressor chiller does anything about humiuity. To me, it should cool,and cool only. In my case, the unit is rated a about 600 sticks. I have one pound of Heartfelt beads and about 10 Heartfelt 69 percent packs in it.

My temp runs a constant 66 degrees and my humidity comes in at 67 percent ( which is probably within two percent of true.

Temp ( low temp ) is not your enemy, high or low humidity is. The norm is would agree a 70/70 is ideal with most of us dialing down either parameters to find the sweet spot.

I can share one other pearl with you FWIW, I visited Fuente in Tamps with JackImpact a few years back. We toured the place and ended up in their master storeroom. The temp in the storeroom was 53 degrees, seriously. But the humidity was 65 percent.

Best I can share with you. Hope a few other BOTL's chime in.

Best of luck.

Just an update for anyone who is interested.  I have placed 1.5 pound of heartfelt beads in my condenser wineador (for a 16 bottle wine chiller).  I use the calculation provided by heartfelt website and 1 pound is sufficient and I've added additional 0.5 pound just in case. 
 
the result is
 
heartfelt beads keep turning opaque, i.e. dry humidity.  I've concluded (not scientific way) that using condenser wineador is not going to work unless you load massive amount of humidity beads or device in the chiller.  When I put the 1.5 pound of heartfelt beads, the humidity level constantly maintaining at 30 level which is demoralizing when I check every morning.
 
Lately, I've gotten myself a 2nd hand display set thermo-electric and the result is amazing.  Been running for 2 days and the humidity is steady/spot on at 62.  Okay, I admit that the thermo-electric is half the size but I do not see any huge swings in the humidity levels.
 
hoping the humidity maintain and now i'm thinking getting 200 bottles thermo-electric wine chiller and throw in Avallo humidifier to complete the storage setup and I'm done!
 
stay tuned for some pics .....
 
comments welcome

FWIW, I bought mine on eBay for $81 plus $50 shipping. I know one other brother here who bought three units for $118. The key word is patience and looking around.

The other thing I will throw in is you really need to figure out how much of a collection you would like to keep. Most every one here will tell you to buy larger, because if you are more than casually into this you will out grow you humi.

You don't state where you live. If household heating is not an issue there are simpler choices. In Texas, the choice is for keeping a good temp. Boveda and Heartfelt will take care of the humidity.

Thanks Pugman for advice.  I reside in sunny Singapore where average temp is about 33 degree celsius and humidity at 80%.  Actually the humidity is kinda not so bad but the temp is something to worry about esp with the beetle eggs which read somewhere freezing is an option to kill them before any chance of hatching.  but, maybe seeing too many movies, maybe freezing only hibernate the eggs and when temp is right, they burst out and munch all their might!
 
My footprint for my wineador is kinda restricted by space. its either I use the current one or buy a larger one but not both.  think I shall play around with the current setup before jumping into a bigger project.
 
hope to upload some pics to share

I have used a compressor type fridge in the past alongside a thermoelectric wine cooler. The compressor can work, but as you noted, it does require quite a bit of planning. Compressor models generally bring down the temp rapidly, thus it's best to only keep them running for a short while. I've found it best to install a secondary thermostat cut-off, several fans, and 7 to 10 pounds of beads. It worked for me while I was in Texas. Now I have a climate controlled storage room with coolers. 

Always lick the beads for good luck!