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TheUnknownPoet
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Wine cooler incubator
#17769773 - 02/08/13 08:35 PM (11 years, 3 months ago) |
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I rescently picked up a completely functional wine cooler. It is thermoelectric. It does not use freon to cool anything.
The way thermoelectric works, is that they pass current through the thermoelectric device, and one side gets really really hot, while the other side gets really cold (Which is what cools the wine cooler.)
My question is, is there any way to increase the range of a wine cooler so that it hits the 84 degree mark I need to keep my petri's at? (For faster growth) and substrate jars?
Could i reverse the thermoelectric thing so that the part that gets hot is facing inside the cooler actually heats? (That way the cold part would be on the outside)Would this work, or would It get too hot and melt things...
Otherwise, could I just increase the temperature range that the cooler comes with to make it warm? (The highest it goes is like 18 degrees...)
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Your questions really rely on the specific make, model, and circuitry of your wine cooler. Im unfamiliar with the control circuits used for wine coolers...but if it is thermoelectric you should definitely be able to reverse the polarity of that for warming rather than cooling, if the circuitry will allow for that I dont know and Im not sure anyone here could.
You might have to open it up and answer your questions through trial and error. Be extremely careful! (Or just dont bother if you dont know how to be safe.)
All that said, congrats on your wine cooler! That is something I have always wanted to have so I could play around with it for a few different projects.
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Unless your incubation area is really cold or is experiencing wild temp swings, you do not need an incubator. In the winter I use a cooler to put my petris in to protect them a bit from temp swings but that is it. Incubator environments (over room tamp) almost always favor competitors.
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If the brand name is 'wine steward' I built it back in the 80s when I started and owned that company. It uses bottled nitrogen to push the wine out of the bottles to the taps.
You can reverse the wires on the thermoelectric transducer and make the cold side hot.
However, you don't need that for petri dishes, which should be stacked and kept at normal room temp. RR
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TheUnknownPoet
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Re: Wine cooler incubator [Re: donrjuan]
#17772131 - 02/09/13 10:43 AM (11 years, 3 months ago) |
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donrjuan said: Unless your incubation area is really cold or is experiencing wild temp swings, you do not need an incubator. In the winter I use a cooler to put my petris in to protect them a bit from temp swings but that is it. Incubator environments (over room tamp) almost always favor competitors.
I didnt ask wether i should do this or not, So please don't litter my threads with "You don't need to do this". If you're going to tell me I don't need to do this, something like "because ... blablabla" would be awesome, Just "It works without it" is crap I don't need to hear. Yes, You can grow shrooms without an incubator. I know this. But that is NOT why i'm doing, so please don't give me usueless information.
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TheUnknownPoet
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RogerRabbit said: If the brand name is 'wine steward' I built it back in the 80s when I started and owned that company. It uses bottled nitrogen to push the wine out of the bottles to the taps.
You can reverse the wires on the thermoelectric transducer and make the cold side hot.
However, you don't need that for petri dishes, which should be stacked and kept at normal room temp. RR
Well, i'd also incubate substrate jars in this. I accidentally broke the thermoelectric thing, so what i was thinking of doing is getting an arduino, and hooking it up o a temeperature sensor, a co2 sensor, and a small display.
I'm just going to completely re-wire the whole thing, as it's easier. (And buy a new theromoelectric thing. Who knew they were so fragile...)
Anyways, yea. Thanks for the info, RR.
(and before anyone else tells me this isn't nessecary, Let me pose a question: So what? I have money to spend, and i want to build things like this because it's a great learning expereince.)
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I was not trying to step on your thread. Just trying to stop someone from making another pointless purchase. And it seems like good info considering RR just told you the same thing.
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