B.HOBS
I intend to live forever. So far, so good.
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Hey all. Hope someone can help me out here.
My custom wine-o-dor fridge died on me awhile back. After buying a replacement unit that ended up being too small for my custom trays, I just swapped the new peltier unit and PCB into the old unit. Now I'm good to go, and all is cooling perfectly. I have a Ranco temp controller on its way from Bill Baker, which will help me out even further in terms of controlling temps.
SO heres where I start over-analyzing the setup. I want this unit to cycle as little as possible to prevent the 10-15% drop in RH that cycling creates. In order to do this, the humidor would need to insulate well enough to maintain that temp or stay within the differential set on the temp controller, over a period of time. Being a wine cooler/fridge, it is already fairly well insulated as it is. But...plastic, cigars, and wood are very poor thermo conductors relative to other materials, say copper or aluminum. My idea, which I am not sure will work(this is where the smart people come in), would be to install decent sized aluminum "coldsinks" evenly within the humidor to help maintain that specified temp. The aluminum would hold that cold temp longer than the cedar or plastic, but would it be effective enough to help maintain the fridge at that specified temp, or would I be wasting my time without any forced air over the coldsinks?
In short, I would hope this modification would passively help maintain the air temp inside when the unit is not cycling. I am not expecting it to have a long term effect, just prolong the period between cycles. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks for reading everyone!!!
~Billy
My custom wine-o-dor fridge died on me awhile back. After buying a replacement unit that ended up being too small for my custom trays, I just swapped the new peltier unit and PCB into the old unit. Now I'm good to go, and all is cooling perfectly. I have a Ranco temp controller on its way from Bill Baker, which will help me out even further in terms of controlling temps.
SO heres where I start over-analyzing the setup. I want this unit to cycle as little as possible to prevent the 10-15% drop in RH that cycling creates. In order to do this, the humidor would need to insulate well enough to maintain that temp or stay within the differential set on the temp controller, over a period of time. Being a wine cooler/fridge, it is already fairly well insulated as it is. But...plastic, cigars, and wood are very poor thermo conductors relative to other materials, say copper or aluminum. My idea, which I am not sure will work(this is where the smart people come in), would be to install decent sized aluminum "coldsinks" evenly within the humidor to help maintain that specified temp. The aluminum would hold that cold temp longer than the cedar or plastic, but would it be effective enough to help maintain the fridge at that specified temp, or would I be wasting my time without any forced air over the coldsinks?
In short, I would hope this modification would passively help maintain the air temp inside when the unit is not cycling. I am not expecting it to have a long term effect, just prolong the period between cycles. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks for reading everyone!!!
~Billy