MNBrian
Well-Known Member
So I’ve been wanting to work on this project forever and I’m finally getting around to it. I run two wineadors at the moment since the relative temp in MN (and in my house) changes so much. In the winter my wife and I just wanna be warm fast so 76-80 degrees is normal. In the summer, quite the opposite so we leave it closer to ideal humi temps of 67-69.
I got this giant Kenmore freezer for free from my wife’s grandparents and always intended to turn it into a poor looking external/amazing looking internal temp and humidity controlled masterpiece, which seems a lot more challenging with a kid than it did before - ha!
But converting the basement into a play room has me moving my humi setup and it’s time to at least acclimate the freezerdor and see how she does. Cleaned her out nicely, let newspaper sit in there for two weeks to remove any strange smells, filled her up with empty boxes to start the good smells going (and see if any boxes get condensation due to using compressor instead of thermoelectric - but hoping the much more insulated freezer will hold temp much better requiring far less on-off cycles) and we’re off to the races.
Since It’ll take a lot to get these dry boxes humidified, I’m using a pan of open water with colloidal silver and two of my fan-run electric humidifiers to get things rolling. So far 2 days in and humidity has risen from 24% to low 47%. Looking good thus far!
This will be the start of a very long project.

I got this giant Kenmore freezer for free from my wife’s grandparents and always intended to turn it into a poor looking external/amazing looking internal temp and humidity controlled masterpiece, which seems a lot more challenging with a kid than it did before - ha!
But converting the basement into a play room has me moving my humi setup and it’s time to at least acclimate the freezerdor and see how she does. Cleaned her out nicely, let newspaper sit in there for two weeks to remove any strange smells, filled her up with empty boxes to start the good smells going (and see if any boxes get condensation due to using compressor instead of thermoelectric - but hoping the much more insulated freezer will hold temp much better requiring far less on-off cycles) and we’re off to the races.
Since It’ll take a lot to get these dry boxes humidified, I’m using a pan of open water with colloidal silver and two of my fan-run electric humidifiers to get things rolling. So far 2 days in and humidity has risen from 24% to low 47%. Looking good thus far!
This will be the start of a very long project.


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