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Originally posted by MTMouse:

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Originally posted by perfectform:
Hey MT...Do you let the water drip onto the bag itself? Or did you just place the beads in the little trough?

I just have the mesh bag of beads sitting in the trough.

Wow, that is so simple it's genius...I never thought of that...I just put some beads in the trough with no bag, and the rest on the bottom of the cooler in the bag...lol, thanks MT...

Is it necessary to get rid of the plastic smell if I only plan on storing my humidor inside the cooler?

Anyone using one of these to hold wine AND cigars? I'm needing a larger humi again, and already have an Avanti wine cooler mounted in my kitchen, wondering if I can use it as a dual purpose for the time being? Any thoughts??

For those with wine fridges, if I keep my temp at 61 degrees, then a 65% humidity reading is not truly 65 but lower? I searched for this and was confused. I'm not really a math guy...

I've purchased, installed and primed a 28 bottle Avanti cooler in my office a couple of weeks back and have 1.5lb of heartfelt 65% beads in there. I've plugged up the drain and have the 2/3 of the beads on the bottom to soak up the condensation drippings.

The problem is that I can't seem to stabilize the RH at 65%. With just the beads it drops to 61-62%. I've covered everything I know:

- The beads are soaked with dH2O.
- The drain is plugged with the beads catching condensation.
- The temp is on minimum settings.

Even with the beads soaked I still have to keep either a moist towel or a small bowl of distilled water in there to keep it from dropping. ALSO, when I do keep the tower/bowl in there it spikes to 69-70%. Any ideas on what I'm missing?

Is the Avanti ia thermoelectric cooler or a condensor type? If it's a compressor type cooling unit there pretty much nothing you can do that will keep it at a consistantly stable RH. If you need a towel to absorb excess condensation then it's gotta be a condensor.

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Originally posted by Graham T.:
Is the Avanti ia thermoelectric cooler or a condensor type?

Its thermoelectric.

If it's themoelectric then it's weird you're getting that much condensation. I would go to a lumber yard and get a bunch of dry spanish cedar planks to soak up some of the condensation. I have a Vinotemp and its pretty much dry s a bone inside, although I have a lot of cedar in there.

Man i read this whole thing. I hope I do not have condensation problems.

I have a question also. Wont mold appear or isn't it bad to have condensation water trickle back into the beads? That is my only concern.

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Originally posted by Barndollar:
Man i read this whole thing. I hope I do not have condensation problems.

I have a question also. Wont mold appear or isn't it bad to have condensation water trickle back into the beads? That is my only concern.

The beads do a good job keeping mold away. You will see or smell mold on a sponge or paper towel (if you leave that there to soak up the drops).

So condensated water if that is even a word is ok to drip back into the beads if condensation occurs?

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Originally posted by Barndollar:
So condensated water if that is even a word is ok to drip back into the beads if condensation occurs?

Condensed water is fine, yeah. Although it's not as pure as distilled water.