My Vinotemp humidity issues...I need help.

[gettysburgfreak]

I have a pound of 65% beads in my vino which I keep in my basement and the RH stays at 70%. Could be the Florida humidity.

[muziq]

Do you have any idea what the ambient humidity is, generally, in your abode? Is it an older place, drafty and whatnot, or fairly well controlled? I have had similar problems with high humidity, and Austin's not really considered a very humid place, so it may very well be your locale. There's only so much that beads can do, esp with a vinotemp, which due to having a peltier system and not a compressor cooler, isn't naturally going to pull some humidity out as it cools. There are cheap routes you can go to try managing the humidity (cat litter, Damprid) but if the ambient RH outside the vinotemp is high, you might also look at more expensive room dehumidifiers.

[rizzle]

Originally Posted by muziq

Do you have any idea what the ambient humidity is, generally, in your abode? Is it an older place, drafty and whatnot, or fairly well controlled? I have had similar problems with high humidity, and Austin's not really considered a very humid place, so it may very well be your locale. There's only so much that beads can do, esp with a vinotemp, which due to having a peltier system and not a compressor cooler, isn't naturally going to pull some humidity out as it cools. There are cheap routes you can go to try managing the humidity (cat litter, Damprid) but if the ambient RH outside the vinotemp is high, you might also look at more expensive room dehumidifiers.

Put it to you this way. As soon as I open the door to the vinotemp the RH reading on my hygrometer that I leave in the open starts climbing and if I leave it open for just a couple of minutes the reading is 70%+.

[rack04]

Originally Posted by rizzle

Put it to you this way. As soon as I open the door to the vinotemp the RH reading on my hygrometer that I leave in the open starts climbing and if I leave it open for just a couple of minutes the reading is 70%+.

I've noticed that it takes a loooong time for Vinotemps to stabilize. If I noticed these type of swings I just avoid opening the Vintoemp for a period of a few days. What is your ambient temp and humidity?

[rizzle]

Originally Posted by rack04

I've noticed that it takes a loooong time for Vinotemps to stabilize. If I noticed these type of swings I just avoid opening the Vintoemp for a period of a few days. What is your ambient temp and humidity?

I haven't checked it honestly, but I can tell you as of late we have been keeping the inside temperature anywhere from 69 up to about 73. I'll pull out a hygrometer and check it.

[rack04]

Originally Posted by rizzle

I haven't checked it honestly, but I can tell you as of late we have been keeping the inside temperature anywhere from 69 up to about 73. I'll pull out a hygrometer and check it.

Also, what temperature setting do you have the Vinotemp set to?

[rizzle]

Originally Posted by Smokin Gator

The past few days I had the exact same problem.

I have two Vinos. The one I have aging boxes in I rarely open. It has about 1 1/2 pounds of Heartfelt beads in it. The past few days it went from 67% up to 71%. A week ago I added a cab of 50 DPG Blue corona gordas to that one. Other than that it hasn't been open. Prior to that it had been steady for months at 65-67%.

My other one has about 1 1/2 pounds of Scott's beads. That one is opened and closed daily. For a long time I fought with it. Now it has been steady at 65-67% for a month or so.

Both are pretty full and the rh in my house is usually in the 50s.

I cannot figure it out either!!!

And you're in Gainesville if I'm not mistaken, so our ambients are going to be similar.

Originally Posted by rack04

Also, what temperature setting do you have the Vinotemp set to?

I believe 65, maybe 64, which is putting the temp reading on my hygros around 67.