Thermoelectric wine cooler drying and curing - DIY

I started my dry on Sunday at 55/75. I've been lowering humidity by 1 each day. Had a couple of hiccups like water not draining properly and not knowing how to add my 1 buffer. I think I'm on track now. Should be going down to 55/72 today. Thoughts?
Things are still going strong. 8 days in and just set the RH target to 66. So much better than trying to fight the heat and dry during these hot days in my garage.
 

MRobi

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Have a grow finishing in the next few days so decided to build my fridge today. Still waiting on the grills to come in for the rack but the rest is done.

Used the Koolatron 20 bottle cooler. AC infinity controller 79 pro. Pro Breeze dehumidifier.

I took the back cover off and put the hole right under the ground wire. Then I tucked up all the wiring underneath the cover
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Final result is nice and clean. @davesnothere123456 since you're looking for mounting ideas.
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Cut the bottom grill so it'll slide in with the dehumidifier in place.
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I may end up attaching the sensor to the rack to get it more in the middle. I'm a bit worried having it near the fan could skew the readings a bit. I also plan on sticking a Xiaomi temp/humidity sensor to the glass of the front window for a quick visual check. Both the AC Infinity controller and the standalone temp/humidity sensor will be able to report data back to Home Assistant.

I may have missed it, but can somebody share their automations in the AC Infinity app that you're using to control the dehumidifier? Trying to wrap my head around the process of stepping it down gradually.
 
Have a grow finishing in the next few days so decided to build my fridge today. Still waiting on the grills to come in for the rack but the rest is done.

Used the Koolatron 20 bottle cooler. AC infinity controller 79 pro. Pro Breeze dehumidifier.

I took the back cover off and put the hole right under the ground wire. Then I tucked up all the wiring underneath the cover
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Final result is nice and clean. @davesnothere123456 since you're looking for mounting ideas.
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Cut the bottom grill so it'll slide in with the dehumidifier in place.
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I may end up attaching the sensor to the rack to get it more in the middle. I'm a bit worried having it near the fan could skew the readings a bit. I also plan on sticking a Xiaomi temp/humidity sensor to the glass of the front window for a quick visual check. Both the AC Infinity controller and the standalone temp/humidity sensor will be able to report data back to Home Assistant.

I may have missed it, but can somebody share their automations in the AC Infinity app that you're using to control the dehumidifier? Trying to wrap my head around the process of stepping it down gradually.
I'm not done yet but its been working nicely. I started out at 55F/75RH. In the AC Infinity app I did Advanced Automations and set the target RH to 75% with 1% buffer. I reduced the target by 1% each day (66% as of today) and once it reaches 60% I will let it sit there until it flatlines at which point I'll bag it up in grove bags.
 
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