Questions about setting up my new wineador
I just got a whynter wineador the big 400ct one
I have not turned it in yet.
I have wiped down the drawers with clean sponges and a fresh bottle of distilled water.
I currently have a Xikar hygrometer in there as I calibrate the one that came with it.
Along with this I have the tray that came with it used for water filled halfish way up with distilled water.
How long should I leave that in full for for it to condition? How long should it condition for?
Can I turn it on before it's done conditioning?
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Plug the drain hole (if it has one), plug it in, set temp at 65, two weeks.
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@Guitarded said:
Plug the drain hole (if it has one), plug it in, set temp at 65, two weeks.
Congratulations!I don't believe it has a drain hole.
What does that look like
Two weeks to condition it???
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@Banksy said:
@Guitarded said:
Plug the drain hole (if it has one), plug it in, set temp at 65, two weeks.
Congratulations!I don't believe it has a drain hole.
What does that look like
Two weeks to condition it???
Drain for water to run out, if you had one you would notice a hole in the floor of it.
Yes two weeks you may get by in one since it’s a wineador. Gotta let to wood become saturated with humidity.
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Make sure you take out the tray of water when you fill it and add bovedas. I use 69° but others use 65
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Do these things take a few hours to maintain temp?
Seems to be off by 1° set to 65 showing 66 and fluctuating.
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I seasoned at around 75RH no wipe down for close to a month. I then dropped in 68RH for a few weeks until it stabilized. I pulled all Bovida packs to make sure it was good.
I only turn it on when it’s hot. Drops to about 64RH for about an hour or so then back to normal
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I just have the container for water in it now filled with distilled water.
When I started I wiped down the shelves and it was at one point over 85%
It's been sitting in there since yesterday afternoon and now is only about 69%
Sound about right? Haven't wiped down the shelves again and really would prefer not to.
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You should move it into a closet and then not open the closet door for two weeks. That's how you know you've done it right.
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@VegasFrank said:
You should move it into a closet and then not open the closet door for two weeks. That's how you know you've done it right.Bro this thing is huge
I've already had to fight it a couple times getting it level. Not fun.
This boi be chillin' right where it is for a while.
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Haha. Point is to let it chill for 2 weeks without touching it. RH will go up and down as the wood soaks in the water. If the cup goes dry, refill it, but it shouldn't.
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Banksy/....ignore Franky. He likes dat ****.
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@Banksy said:
I just have the container for water in it now filled with distilled water.When I started I wiped down the shelves and it was at one point over 85%
It's been sitting in there since yesterday afternoon and now is only about 69%
Sound about right? Haven't wiped down the shelves again and really would prefer not to.
I wouldn’t wipe again. I have the entire bottom blanketed in Boveda
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@Vision said:
@Banksy said:
I just have the container for water in it now filled with distilled water.When I started I wiped down the shelves and it was at one point over 85%
It's been sitting in there since yesterday afternoon and now is only about 69%
Sound about right? Haven't wiped down the shelves again and really would prefer not to.
I wouldn’t wipe again. I have the entire bottom blanketed in Boveda
Have 2 320g packs in bound due in on Monday
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I just looked at my original post .... typo 68 should have been 69RH... fat thumbed it. I switched over to 65 about 2 years ago for long term storage. No issues at all.
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So I'm quite concerned
I have this set to 63°F currently
I have a Xikar hygrometer inside it's rather old but is reading 65
Is it normal for the temp to be off by 2° during this seasoning process?
I had a container filled 3/4th the way up with distilled water that came with this
It is about half way empty now
Been sitting in there since Friday.
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Bro, you gots to chill! Remember what I said before? Two weeks! If the well runs dry, refill it. Other than that, it don't matter! Is it normal for it to be off by 2%? Sure. It's normal for it to be off by 10%. It's normal for it to be off by 15%. It's normal for it to be dead on balls accurate.
Unless you calibrated that hygrometer, you really don't know what the humidity is. Besides, 63 or 65 doesn't make much of a difference. Hell, Nick doesn't even use the hygrometer, And Nick is always right about everything!
I'm seasoning up a humidor that a buddy gave me right now. It's sitting right next to my smoking humidor and it has a glass top. I put a container of distilled water in it on Sunday and I haven't even looked at it, and it is next to the humidor I smoke out of! Anything that happens in the first 13 and 1/2 days does not matter....
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@VegasFrank said:
Bro, you gots to chill! Remember what I said before? Two weeks! If the well runs dry, refill it. Other than that, it don't matter! Is it normal for it to be off by 2%? Sure. It's normal for it to be off by 10%. It's normal for it to be off by 15%. It's normal for it to be dead on balls accurate.Unless you calibrated that hygrometer, you really don't know what the humidity is. Besides, 63 or 65 doesn't make much of a difference. Hell, Nick doesn't even use the hygrometer, And Nick is always right about everything!
I'm seasoning up a humidor that a buddy gave me right now. It's sitting right next to my smoking humidor and it has a glass top. I put a container of distilled water in it on Sunday and I haven't even looked at it, and it is next to the humidor I smoke out of! Anything that happens in the first 13 and 1/2 days does not matter....
correct!
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Sweet man thanks.
Just wanted to make sure because I'm not gonna lie
This was a b**ch to get and took ages to get here.
And if it's f*!ked for whatever reason I'm gonna be pissed.
The whynters have pretty mixed reviews on Amazon for reliability so I just wanted to make sure mine wasn't jacked.
Plus I've been hitting the ol' cigar page pretty hard recently and the need room.
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You should have bought two of them!
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Most thermostats, whether in stoves, water heaters or refrigerators have a thermal offset of x-number of degrees. You don't want your thermal device kicking on and off for every 1/2° of rise or drop.
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@VegasFrank said:
You should have bought two of them!Newair CC-300H is on my radar.
Out if stock though
Definitely gonna need to blow money on that. Already been determined
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@Banksy said:
Sweet man thanks.Just wanted to make sure because I'm not gonna lie
This was a b**ch to get and took ages to get here.
And if it's f*!ked for whatever reason I'm gonna be pissed.
The whynters have pretty mixed reviews on Amazon for reliability so I just wanted to make sure mine wasn't jacked.
Plus I've been hitting the ol' cigar page pretty hard recently and the need room.
Sounds like you need a cigar. :-)
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@peter4jc said:
@Banksy said:
Sweet man thanks.Just wanted to make sure because I'm not gonna lie
This was a b**ch to get and took ages to get here.
And if it's f*!ked for whatever reason I'm gonna be pissed.
The whynters have pretty mixed reviews on Amazon for reliability so I just wanted to make sure mine wasn't jacked.
Plus I've been hitting the ol' cigar page pretty hard recently and the need room.
Sounds like you need a cigar. :-)
Absolutely. I need a No. 9 or Feral lol.
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Okay... So two weeks later after starting the process of conditioning it's been holding at 75-76%
I filled it with about 200 cigars and used two 320 gram 72% boveda packs today
Doing so the humidity was like 67%
So I added 8 60 gram 69% packs
One hygrometer that's new reads 80%
One I have that's an ancient Xikar reads 75
Is it normal for the humidity to go up that high? Is that due to the moisture in the cigars I added and will level out ?
Also all the cigars are wrapped and in bags
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Bovedas can be off up to 2% I’ve read. Those 72 are too high and the smaller ones are absorbing the difference. I personally would that out the 72 pack for a week and see what the hydrometers read then. If they still read high I would say they’re off
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It will fluctuate when you add smokes. That part is normal. You should've stayed at 67-and hoped that it dropped another 2 percent.
If it stays high, leave the door open for an hour..
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65-67 is perfect
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-- Winston Churchill
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@VegasFrank said:
It will fluctuate when you add smokes. That part is normal. You should've stayed at 67-and hoped that it dropped another 2 percent.If it stays high, leave the door open for an hour..
But he’s got two of the giant boveda packs set at 72%
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