Thermoelectric wine cooler drying and curing - DIY

misterlaxx

misterlaxx

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TCH said:
Yeah, I had to shim it. Maxed out the feet. It's dumb that they make one of the front feet on the hinge for the door and it's not adjustable. But, when I got home tonight, I checked and it was dry inside and the tray was just about full. It's not near as big of an issue if you hang dry the plant for a couple days before putting it in the Koolatron.
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you wouldn't of had to if you kept the foam/cardboard corner packs :)
 
misterlaxx

misterlaxx

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misterlaxx said:
I'm 12 pages in, so no additional peltiers, just use the onboard cooling and the shmidt dehuey, got the koolatron yesterday and waiting on the dehuey, thank you all
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I'm sorry Lou! I've read a bunch of the thread, WHAT MADE YOU SAD? Am I wrong about not additional Peltier? or ...Goddammit guys I just wanna do it right!
 
ponics42o

ponics42o

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Hook Daddy said:
It is not a thermoelectric so it will not work for this purpose. Any of the wine fridges that list a compressor are not thermoelectric.
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Thanks

Has any one posted a bigger one than the 20 bottle koolatron?

I find I'm usually drying less than 1lb at a time, do you think the 20 bottle is sufficient?
 
Hook Daddy

Hook Daddy

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ponics42o said:
Thanks

Has any one posted a bigger one than the 20 bottle koolatron?

I find I'm usually drying less than 1lb at a time, do you think the 20 bottle is sufficient?
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Depending on how full you stuff it, it comes close to holding a lb. I have 2 now, but before I built my second one it was great to put all the nicest colas in and know they were drying and curing properly. Also gave me time to see how it worked, but then again when I built my first one I didn’t have all the info I know now either.

Edit: The thermoelectric wine cooler’s top out at about 20 bottles. I have seen a couple at 24 bottles but that’s about as big as they get before becoming inefficient.
 
ponics42o

ponics42o

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Hook Daddy said:
Depending on how full you stuff it, it comes close to holding a lb. I have 2 now, but before I built my second one it was great to put all the nicest colas in and know they were drying and curing properly. Also gave me time to see how it worked, but then again when I built my first one I didn’t have all the info I know now either.

Edit: The thermoelectric wine cooler’s top out at about 20 bottles. I have seen a couple at 24 bottles but that’s about as big as they get before becoming inefficient.
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I found this guy for 20 on offerup

Avanti 12 Bottle Thermoelectric Counter Top Wine Cooler - Model EWC1201,Black https://a.co/d/22pQTuu

I believe there's no compressor so I should be good to go?
 
ponics42o

ponics42o

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Hook Daddy said:
If you found it for $20 it seems like a good deal. It is smaller but will work.
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Awesome. I'll get it today and pick up the inkbird and a dehuey

Thanks for the thread BTW. I just dried up 2 plants and near the 4th or 5th day summer just comes out of nowhere and my drying temps went up to 80f. I'm done drying this way (hanging in laundry room) cause it was stressful.

Edit - just found the 20 bottle koolatron for $90..hmm decisions, decisions.
 
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