There is almost certainly an air leak somewhere if the Damp Rid isn't handling the condensation. Condensation normally forms on the walls as that is where the evaporator coils are embedded. Depending on your settings, it will either form ice on the walls or drip to the floor of the freezer. IME, it only requires a very small air leak to cause excessive condensation problems. I think if there is any condensation at al in a closed chamber like this, the relative humidity would always be near 100%. The moisture is coming from somewhere. Some will come from opening and closing the freezer, but if it's excessive, something's not right.
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There is almost certainly an air leak somewhere if the Damp Rid isn't handling the condensation. Condensation normally forms on the walls as that is where the evaporator coils are embedded. Depending on your settings, it will either form ice on the walls or drip to the floor of the freezer. IME, it only requires a very small air leak to cause excessive condensation problems. I think if there is any condensation at al in a closed chamber like this, the relative humidity would always be near 100%. The moisture is coming from somewhere. Some will come from opening and closing the freezer, but if it's excessive, something's not right.
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Catt22 said:
Yep, just the walls, and pools on the floor. Some people complain about condensation (and subsequent mold) on their fermentor as well, but thankfully I haven't had that problem. And yeah, I'm aware it's due do the condensing coils, because sometimes I even find a tiny bit of ice on the walls, even when it's set to 70°!
I know there's an air leak though - it's created by the wires passing underneath the seal on the lid. Not sure how I can deal with that without making all the wires permanently in there (which I really don't want), or another idea that is way too expensive just to fix water :/
As it stands, I'm just trying to wipe it up every day or two, but I hate having to babysit it.
I hear ya. Now I am certain it's the probe lead and any other wires that is the source of the problem. Here's a suggested fix. The lid is more or less hollow with some foam insultation behind the plastic liner. No one wants to risk drilling through the sides due to the coils inside and down through the top would look weird. You can, however, drill through the back edge of the lid on a downward angle to penetrate the lid liner. Run the probe and any wiring through that hole. Seal it with some rope type weather strip caulk (it's like modeling clay, but stickier). The caulk is like a wad of gum, but easily removable with no mess at all, so you can insert and remove the probe with little effort. I think you could also drill through the compressor hump as there are no coils in it, but I don't particularly care for that path. The back edge of the lid is out of view and you could easily patch the small hole later if you wanted to.
