How do you Geeks with existing Wine-a-dors humidify your stock?  

There has been some discussion lately about this and I have a 32 bottle Wine cooler on its way.

Let me know any thoughts/tips you can!  Thanks!

I think we are going to have the absolute same setup Brian! I went with that hydra as well, but bought 2 of the extra fans to go in mine to move air.

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I'm not gonna answer this poll, as I don't have it yet, but am definitely watching how this poll goes!

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Kitty Litter works ok but you need a lot more of it.  I spent more and bought beads.  I've had them in use now for 7 or 8 years now and they still work great.  The kitty litter I had disintegrated over a year or 2 and needed to be replaced, but it is much cheaper.  I just found the beads very low maintenance.

-Paul

I don't have a Winador so I won't vote, but my suggestion would be going a oasis or hydra with some beads to stabilize RH swings when opening and closing.  

My wine-a-dor is only 2.5 cubic feet so passive humidification is plenty. It really is semi-passive anyways with the fans moving air around .

They have a really tight seal so maintaining them is a breeze.

Kitty litter for me

I think I might use some kitty litter in mine, or some of the gel stuff to help regulate it better. I am definitely going to have some sort of catch tray for the water that condenses off of the piece that runs back into the hydra.

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I've had two Wineadors on kitty litter for several years now.  I spritz them with DW a couple of times a year and that's it. I keep one at about 68% RH and the other around 65. Zero issues with KL here.

I'm not $hitting on your poll, just wanted to add a data point that in some parts of the country, adding moisture is not the prevalent issue with a "wineador".

Quotewescat - 2/18/2016  7:49 PM

I'm not $hitting on your poll, just wanted to add a data point that in some parts of the country, adding moisture is not the prevalent issue with a "wineador".

Please elaborate...???

Quotebstessl - 2/19/2016  12:12 AM

Quotewescat - 2/18/2016  7:49 PM

I'm not $hitting on your poll, just wanted to add a data point that in some parts of the country, adding moisture is not the prevalent issue with a "wineador".

Please elaborate...???

I would think that being in south Louisiana, he might be talking about having to get rid of some humidity in one?

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QuoteMcBryde - 2/19/2016  12:33 AM

Quotebstessl - 2/19/2016  12:12 AM

Quotewescat - 2/18/2016  7:49 PM

I'm not $hitting on your poll, just wanted to add a data point that in some parts of the country, adding moisture is not the prevalent issue with a "wineador".

Please elaborate...???

I would think that being in south Louisiana, he might be talking about having to get rid of some humidity in one?

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Emerson got it right.

The cabinet I built has a hermetic seal on the door, just like a wineador does. I never have to add water to the cabinet, I have to remove water. Due to living in south Louisiana: it's humid here, all the time.

I use the setup pictured below for de-humidification. I freeze water in the Folgers container, and place it in a small pie plate. I put this device on the top shelf of my cabinet, which has a continuously running circulation fan. The excess moisture condenses on the sides of the Folgers container, runs down into the pie pan, and I remove it. Re-iterate until I get the %RH reduction required.

interesting!

And I pull a data set once per month, to determine if I need to de-humidify. I use a Lascar data logger: http://www.lascarelectronics.com/temperaturedatalogger.php?datalogger=386

Bravo to Wescat! A great scientific (geeky?) solution that works and is cheap!