Cannabis Drying/Curing Refrigerator - Build Questions - Need Help!

[Auto420]

Im a longtime grower of both indoor and outdoor. Space is a premium in our home and as such the hanging and drying process can be a bit challenging. I live in Southern California and our summers are hot and we get very little rain with common dry patches. Humidity regularly goes below 20%. Over the years I have always chopped my plants and hung them to dry inside my closet with a humidifier/dehumidifier controller. During the winter months when the temps are cooler I will sometimes hang the plants upside down in my garage grow tents once again with the humidifier/dehumidifier controller. My wife is getting tired of the whole house smelling like Kush so I want to move my entire drying/curing operation into the garage permanently. During the summer months my garage gets well over 90F which is a big no no for drying. Originally I was gonna bite the bullet and purchase one of these nice Cannatrol units for $1600...
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However after reading on their website I see that this unit is only designed to be operated at room temperature. This does me no good because my garage is over room temperature most of the time. I read around on a few of the other grow forums and it looks like people have modified traditional refrigerators to be used for drying/curing. Can anyone comment on this? Perhaps someone can send a link or article my way that can assist me in this build. Apparently there is a way to rig the refrigerator so that it can cool off while putting out no extra humidity. Is this true? I'm a pretty handy person and can likely tackle a build so long as its not too difficult. Please let me know your thoughts! Thanks!

 

[Auto420]

I purchased this humidor off amazon for a bit over 300.00, it is in my grow room at 75-80 and I can maintain 60 degrees with no issues and I threw in a humidity bag called wiseorb that i found on amazon also. it is reusable by drying it in a microwave for a couple mins. I leave it in the humidor 24-7 nuke it for 2 mins every 4 days. wiseorb maintains 58-62% always. Just my way of doing it.

 

[Tejashidrow]

Been hearing some talking about cigar humidors.
Glad someone finally posted!!!
Great that it working for ya!!!

 

[Tejashidrow]

Im a longtime grower of both indoor and outdoor. Space is a premium in our home and as such the hanging and drying process can be a bit challenging. I live in Southern California and our summers are hot and we get very little rain with common dry patches. Humidity regularly goes below 20%. Over the years I have always chopped my plants and hung them to dry inside my closet with a humidifier/dehumidifier controller. During the winter months when the temps are cooler I will sometimes hang the plants upside down in my garage grow tents once again with the humidifier/dehumidifier controller. My wife is getting tired of the whole house smelling like Kush so I want to move my entire drying/curing operation into the garage permanently. During the summer months my garage gets well over 90F which is a big no no for drying. Originally I was gonna bite the bullet and purchase one of these nice Cannatrol units for $1600...
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However after reading on their website I see that this unit is only designed to be operated at room temperature. This does me no good because my garage is over room temperature most of the time. I read around on a few of the other grow forums and it looks like people have modified traditional refrigerators to be used for drying/curing. Can anyone comment on this? Perhaps someone can send a link or article my way that can assist me in this build. Apparently there is a way to rig the refrigerator so that it can cool off while putting out no extra humidity. Is this true? I'm a pretty handy person and can likely tackle a build so long as its not too difficult. Please let me know your thoughts! Thanks!

Use the google machine to look for “ Dr Ziggy Low n slow”. Looooong thread with tooo much info….

 

[jonywister]

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.

What fan do you use inside, is it a pc fan? Where do you place it? And how do you drain the water the dehumidifier draws from the air, did you drill a hole on the bottom of the fridge?