Has anyone drilled (YIKES) a hole in their Edgestar or Vino for an outside Hygrometer? I was thinking that would be a great way to monitor things without having to open her up all the time.

thoughts?
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Put the hygro close enough to the glass door that you can read it without opening the door.

Or buy a wireless. You can get ones that will transmit temprature and humidity readings and the base reciever will monitor three remote transmitters.
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Yes. Oregon Scientific.. I am actually selling one of my setups.. I have the base with 3 different stations. If interested, PM me.. Works pretty good, and it is great for not disturbing anything..
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:-)

I use these and they work very well.
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I had one for each of my mini-cabinets, and they worked great. :-)
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Thanks for the info. I have a wireless station in use now. I will just add a sensor inside the 28 and see how it works.

However, has anyone tried to drill through the side of one of these fridges?
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There are almost no hygrometers that are designed to be flush mounted. Most of them have the sensor intakes on the front of the unit. There is one but I no longer have the url for the source since I had to change drives after the one with that url crapped out. If you do a search on taltos or fuente and hygrometer you should find that source. Sorry that I do not have the time to do the search for you. <edit> You never would have found the information on this board, it was on a previous genesis of this board. The vendor is www.elighters.com, with a phone number in Plano Texas of (972)422-2255. The name of the product is the Visol Hygrometer at the price of $24.95 and from reports it works very well. Hope that this information helps you out.
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I have a wireless one in mine but you can stick-um mount one inside that is perfectly visible. I have a the standard $8 Walmart Acurite on the top shelf as a verifcation reading and it is very visible thru the glass.
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You could also use double sided foam tape cut to size to mount a conventional hygrometer with the display facing outward on the door of your fridge and you would not risk compromising the insulating and cooling qualities of your fridge by not cutting a hole in the box. Hope this helps.
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i just double side taped mine to the inside of my humi, so I can see it right through the glass.
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