Wine-O-Dor Question

[06r6 guy]

Ok, so I just put my 65% Heartfelt Beads into my wine-o-dor. I have two questions really. The first one is this. The humidity rises to 70% maybe 71 and stops...When I fill it with cigars with it stay around 65%..And my second questions is when the wine cooler kicks on to cool down my humidity drops to around 59-59%..If I add more beads will this help regulate this more?

Thanks for the help, I will get some pics up when I get home.

Alex

 

[xRanger]

How many beads do you have in the cooler, and what size is it? I would recommend adding a temp controller to keep it from going down past 65F when it is on its cool cycle. I have two 32 bottle wine-o-dors, and each of them has one pound of 65% beads in them, and they are set to come on at 69F and off at 65F. I have found this to keep the RH very stable without wild swings.

If you have any questions send me a PM.

Bill

 

[Mtmouse]

What type of wine cooler to you have? Does it have a thermoelectric cooler or compressor style?

 

[06r6 guy]

It is thermoelectric. It is a pretty small unit, only holds 18 bottles. I picked it up on sale at target the other day. It is one of the ones with the two separate zones. I have 8oz. of beads in the bottom and 4oz. in the top.

Thanks for the help

Alex

 

[Mtmouse]

Keep the temp at 65 degrees and make sure both zones are set at the same temp. You'll find if you set the temp too low, it will be a PITA to keep the humidity at the proper level. Until you have some Spanish cedar or a number of boxes to hold the humidity the level will fluctuate.

 

[06r6 guy]

Thanks for the help.

Alex