With my wine fridge I don’t have an issue with rh going over 60/62rh but my issue is when the compressor kicks on it will dry the fridge out to about 40% does anyone know of a tiny humidifier that turns on when power is given back to it so I can control it with my inkbird ? I’ve tried the whole sponge in water thing it keeps rh stable till
Compressor kicks on to cool fridge
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Buy a WiFi smart power plug.
Wi-Fi smart temp and humidity sensor
Put the sensor in the fridge. Connect an always on humidifier to the smart plug. Create a automation that turns the smart plug on and off based on the humidity.
Smart things expensive ZigBee stuff works. Or the cheap generic Google home style smart stuff on Amazon
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Those are the dry cycles … This slightly dryer cool air is what slowly dries the buds. If you don’t bring it in that cool dry air, you will have a high possibility of mold. More or less cycles is how we dry faster or slower. If you want to increase the amount of time, it takes to dry you should just set your relative humidity target on your controller accordingly. If you’re running at 62 target RH on your controller for instance just go up to 63 RH on you target. Remember the point with these DIY models was to start with your Target RH fairly high 73 ish and drop it one point per day or .5 per day depending on how aggressive you wanted your over all dry time to be. A good tool to have is a wood moisture meter with external probes. This will help you decide when to pull it out out of the drying machine 10 to 12 percent moisture on those meters is ready for curing. One other important thing to remember. Not all dry cycles will be the same. If you have that dryer fully loaded versus partially filled. This will drastically change the amount of time or greatly shorten it…. Cheers @icestrmz420
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My problem is what little humidifier to get I haven’t found a way to add moisture to the fridge and it’s drying to fast
I want to know how to add moisture into the fridge as it constantly drops rh that’s my issue with the cycles it dries the air to much and when this happens buds dry way way to fast I needed a recommendation on a tiny humidifer to put inside the unit that can be powered on and off by the inkbird rh controller
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You could diy build a ultrasonic mister that will fit and can be turned off and on. Easy Homemade Ultrasonic Humidifier for Less Than 10$ : 3 Steps - Instructables
Or an evaporative humidifier, this is a 12" one, dial, should work just plugged into the ink bird
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You need to put more plant life in the machine. If you’re putting less material in leave them on the stems, etc., leave a few extra fan leafs ect. These things will add to the moisture level and pro long the dry time. You could even dry some plants parts that don’t have any nugs to add to the humidity in the machine. This is more or less only a concern when the machine is less than full when it’s full this is never a concern. Cheers @icestrmz420
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This is what I needed thanks sooooooo much I needed a way to add moisture everyone else I see is having issues keeping it drier inside I don’t have that problem lol
Ahh could be my reasoning then man I wet trim and then put inside on racks leaving zero plant material other than buds
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I think you’re missing the point and I don’t think that’s a good idea. The whole idea is to slowly remove the moisture. The quantity and denseness of your flower in the machine will determine how long it takes to dry. This means less flower or fluffy nugs will dry much faster than dense nugs fulling the machine. That is the answer you take them out of the machine sooner. That is not decreasing the quality it’s just happening quicker because there’s a lot less volume of moisture to remove . If you start adding moisture back in your wrecking that whole process and at risk for mold @icestrmz420
Edit- if you’re concerned with over drying, start the curing process immediately with glass jars and moisture packs…
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Awesome thanks yeah I was just doing the trimming before hand because of space in the fridge but next go I’ll leave most material and see how it goes
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Was for sure the issue lol I just chopped a plant and left everything on it and put it in the fridge we looking at high 70s now hahaha adding moisture would have recked me
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Gonna need to figure out how to remove moisture now lol
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That will work just fine for the probe as long as it gives you the percentage of moisture. 10 to 12% would mean you’re ready for curing in jars. The fridge will provide the dry air in cycles depending on what you have set on your target for your RH controller or relative humidity controller. Most of us are running ink bird RH controller hooked up to striped down small dehumidifier. By setting the Rh controller to the target RH roughly 73 max and then we would drop it one point per day. Or his little as .5 per day to slow the whole thing down… that small dehumidifier inside the refrigerator works to raise the temperature just enough to cause the fridge to cycle. This happens in just a minute or two of actual dehumidifier on time before the fridge is engaged by this slight raising of the temperature from the dehumidifier. In this way, the dehumidifier that we added controls the cycles with the Rh controller that we also added. Let me know if you have both of those items hooked up ? Cheers @icestrmz420
No dehumidifier can you recommend a small one I can take apart easily and have it be toggled by the inkbird rh controller?
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Got a tiny 120mm fan at the bottom blowing air around other than that nothing is inside the fridge
Definitely open your door frequently… you don’t want to let that humidity build up too much. Maybe even consider leaving that door open just a hair… and keep an eye on that moisture until you get a small dehumidifier worked out. I’ll find the link for the cheaper ones that we all use widely available on Amazon, etc…
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I got a spare rh inkbird and a spare temp inkbird should the fridge be plugged into any of these ? My fridge is just plugged directly into the wall and controls temps from the unit itself didn’t plug it into anything else
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