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Thats pretty much how I saw it. Nice unit, over priced but nice.The cannatrol is cool but I’m pretty convinced it’s just a modified wine fridge with a cool controller on it. The software is what you’re paying for.
Hi dudes, first post on here. This is my “Canna Troll” recreation.
Do not confuse compressor fridges with thermoelectric peltier wine coolers. The dehumidifier is hooked up to an inkbird controller. The Dehum is also using a “peltier.”View attachment 1308851
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You can easily maintain 60F and 60% humidity. Or really whatever range you want. No crazy temp or humidity swings.
Yea find the one you suggest. A 30 Bottle with your specs.. Nada. Take care of your old thing. She be rare.Hi dudes, first post on here. This is my “Canna Troll” recreation.
Do not confuse compressor fridges with thermoelectric peltier wine coolers. The dehumidifier is hooked up to an inkbird controller. The Dehum is also using a “peltier.”View attachment 1308851
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You can easily maintain 60F and 60% humidity. Or really whatever range you want. No crazy temp or humidity swings.
They still make them. I found a couple 20bottle ones and this one looks pretty large. I live in a large city so I can also find some used locally.Yea find the one you suggest. A 30 Bottle with your specs.. Nada. Take care of your old thing. She be rare.
I was wondering what size jars you use in this process?I live in so cal and my outdoor grows love the fresh California air and sunshine. But drying outdoors in 80-100 plus days is a huge mistake. I can’t stink up my whole house and I can’t keep a room or space at the recommended 65degrees and 52-58RH. I’ve been experimenting with the refrigerator for several seasons now and I’m very happy with the return.
Here’s what I do and how it effects the drying process.
Refrigerator temps are low 40’s. But the refrigerator creates a rh of around 15-30% which is a little too low and will create an environment that will dry too quickly.
I cut colas and bag them immediately from plant to paper bags and put them in the veg drawers of my refrig. I keep a hydrometer in the drawer at RH will settle at around 53-65% which is perfect.
In a 65 degree environment you’ll have plants ready around 7-13 days.
But what’s nice is in the frig at 43-50 degrees it’ll take closer to 25-30 days to hit the sweet spot.
I remove the paper bags every few days the first week or two and shake and set the paper bags out in front of a fan for about 5 mins if because the bags will feel slightly moist and this helps wick moisture slowly and equally from the plant matter inside. After they’ve been inspected and the bags are dry again, roll the bags back up and put them back in the fridge compartment.
Since the plants are never hung and they’re not air dried too quickly in a hot environment with low air flow, there is no chance of disgusting hay smell (lawn clippings) and no loss of terps that occur almost instantly if you hang dry at 80 or above.
I don’t even remove small fan leaves at this point because they help with a slow gradual dry.
The colas keep their beautiful lime green and pink hues and the sugar stays frosty.
Once the bags have gone 20 days or so I start keeping an eye on rh in the refrigerator compartment and when the rh drops to somewhere around 50 the herb in the bags is ready. The leaf will be crisp and wil break away easily with a gloved hand and the bud will feel dry but it’s not. Since it’s cold when you trim and de-stem the nugs will start equalizing and should go straight from trim screens to mason jars with a digital hydrometer. No moisture packs yet. Lids off, let the nugs come completely to room temp and then cap the jars. Place in a dark cupboard. Inside temps can be between 66-78. Check RH after several hours and if your at around 62 you’re good! Curing is now about to start.
If your jars are showing over 65rh, you need to empty the jars back on the screen and let the plants sit out for an hour then put them back in the jars and check again the next day.
If your jars are showing 40-50rh after 48 hrs, you went too long in the fridge and your plants will not be curing. I’d recommend a moisture pack to bring them back to 62rh, but no noticeable chemical reaction will occur that reduces harshness and “green” home grown flavor. They will still be tasty since they didn’t get destroyed from heat and high temp air terpene evaporation, but they won’t have enough natural “living” enzymes in the plant cells left to continue eliminating chlorophyll and other chemicals.
I burp jars daily for a few minutes and shake the nugs around to let them breathe. After about 2 weeks you can switch to burping once a month.
I enjoy testing my harvest right out of the fridge. And, I taste them continuously from day one of curing until I’m all out from this harvest and have to repeat my season. Flavors tend to be cleanest after 30 days in jars. Full jars stay good for 6-9 months in the dark. Near empty jars will lose quality within 30-60 days.
I also never bag my weed in ziplocks because the herb will dry out. So I always grab a few nugs from my curing jars and I like those medical pop tops you get at the dispensary to hold my day or weekend allowance and smoke to my head’s content.
@XYZVector did you make an account just for that one post? I’d love to hear your response.I can control the temperature of the wine cooler. I can also control the humidity. This is controlling the dew point. There is a dehumidifer on the humidity controller. The only difference is about $2000 and presets.
Sounds like someone who works for Cannatrol. I have a wine cooler set up with inkbird controllers, a dehumidifier and a fan. Works just fine at a fraction of the cost of the cannatrol dryer. It might not be the same but accomplishes the same thing.@XYZVector did you make an account just for that one post? I’d love to hear your response.
I thought the same thing. The response sounded exactly like their YouTube videos explaining the product. Vague and tooting their own horn the whole time.Sounds like someone who works for Cannatrol. I have a wine cooler set up with inkbird controllers, a dehumidifier and a fan. Works just fine at a fraction of the cost of the cannatrol dryer. It might not be the same but accomplishes the same thing.
Do you have a thermoelectric fridge or compresser fridge.Sounds like someone who works for Cannatrol. I have a wine cooler set up with inkbird controllers, a dehumidifier and a fan. Works just fine at a fraction of the cost of the cannatrol dryer. It might not be the same but accomplishes the same thing.
I am using a compressor wine cooler and a thermo-electric dehumidifier. The average RH is dead on however there's plenty of humidity swings due to the compressor. I realize someone who has not done this yet will come along and poo-poo this idea because it doesn't hold the RH at a constant 60% or whatever you set it at. That's ok, it works just fine. The wine cooler cost about $200 and everything else I already had on hand.Do you have a thermoelectric fridge or compresser fridge.
Same thing I'm using. Works greatI am using a compressor wine cooler and a thermo-electric dehumidifier. The average RH is dead on however there's plenty of humidity swings due to the compressor. I realize someone who has not done this yet will come along and poo-poo this idea because it doesn't hold the RH at a constant 60% or whatever you set it at. That's ok, it works just fine. The wine cooler cost about $200 and everything else I already had on hand.
Exactly, mine is also run through an inkbird. Mine has a smart phone app and I can track temperature and humidity as well. It plots it on a graph so I know exactly what is going on inside the unit.Those little peltier dehumidifiers raise the temperature while also pulling moisture out. Mine is connected to a inkbird.
When you say duct it to a dehumidifier, you would run the duct from the air that's blowing out of the dehu to inside the fridge? I'm trying to understand how I can drop the rh in my tent without being able to put the dehu in the tent. My thought was to duct the dehu air to the intake in the tent.If I were going to do a DIY drying refrig I would cut a duct hole in the side. Pop rivet a dryer duct fitting to it over the hole. Put a Inkbird sensor in it and duct it to a dehumidifier. Run the dehumidifier off the Inkbird. The refrigerator thermostat should control temp.
These are just thoughts. At first I was wondering if the fridge's highest setting might still be too low. Can you get a fridge up 60°? Then @freezeland2 mentioned the warm air coming out of the dehu. That warm air might be enough to bring the temp up to 60°, if the fridge can't do it. I haven't read through this thread yet, so I don't know how much you've figured out yetWhat would happen if I just put the little dehumidifier and inkbird right inside the fridge down on the bottom? So instead of cutting a whole in the side just set it in there and then close the door. The magnetic door seal might simply close shut on the chord so long as its not too fat. I know the fridge will make high humidity so the machine would be running nonstop to counter for this but do you think it could work? Remember the target temp is 60 so that means the fridge will likely be set on its highest temp setting therefore it will run only half as much. Thoughts?
My wine fridge goes up from 40 to 64.buy one that is thermoelectric so that the compressor kicking on dosnt fluctuate the humidity.put a small dehumidifier in the bottom hooked to ink bird .small a PC fan.you can keep it 60 60.the one I have has a compressor so the humidity swings down to 40 while it's running,but it still works good .if you get a thermoelectric this won't happen.These are just thoughts. At first I was wondering if the fridge's highest setting might still be too low. Can you get a fridge up 60°? Then @freezeland2 mentioned the warm air coming out of the dehu. That warm air might be enough to bring the temp up to 60°, if the fridge can't do it. I haven't read through this thread yet, so I don't know how much you've figured out yet
Quick question @PahPahCee . I ended up getting a used thermoelectric wine cooler similar to the one you have. For the peltier dehumidifier in the bottom of yours. Did you just take apart and pull the innards from a dehumidifier? Also, where/how do you drain out the water it pulls in your picture?Hi dudes, first post on here. This is my “Canna Troll” recreation.
Do not confuse compressor fridges with thermoelectric peltier wine coolers. The dehumidifier is hooked up to an inkbird controller. The Dehum is also using a “peltier.”View attachment 1308851
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You can easily maintain 60F and 60% humidity. Or really whatever range you want. No crazy temp or humidity swings.
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