Vigilant Sentinel 250 User manual

Vigilant Wall Mounted Humidor
Owner’s Manual
Sentinel 250 Wall Mounted Humidor
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Vigilant Sentinel 250 Wall Humidor
Owner’s Manual
Congratulaons on your Sennel 250 Wall Humidor! Your Wall Humidor will not only protect your investment
in cigars, it will season and maintain them in perfect condion for years to come. In fact, the quality of this
handcraed piece and its state-of-the-art electronic climate control system will be enjoyed for generaons.
Please read this enre manual before plugging in and operang your cigar cabinet. By following these instruc-
ons, you will not only ensure the proper operaon of your Wall Humidor, you will be guaranteeing the preser-
vaon of your collecon of ne cigars.
If you have any quesons regarding the operaon, and maintenance of your cigar cabinet please contact us at
1-888-812-4427. We are commied to your complete sasfacon.
Table of Contents:
Parts Supplied.............................................................................................................................................................3
Unpacking Your Cigar Cabinet ..............................................................................................................................3
Installation Instructions ...........................................................................................................................................4
Setting-up Your Humidification System...............................................................................................................9
Operating Your Sentry System..............................................................................................................................10
Operating Your Guardian System ........................................................................................................................11
LED Lighting ...........................................................................................................................................................12
Maintenance .............................................................................................................................................................12
Seasoning Your Wall Humidor .............................................................................................................................13
Cleaning the Reservoir and Wick ........................................................................................................................13
Troubleshooting.......................................................................................................................................................14
Guarantee ..................................................................................................................................................................15

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Parts Supplied
• Humidicaon Reservoir
• Humidicaon Wicking Filter
• (4) Spanish Cedar shelves with clear fronts
• Keys (2)
• Accessories Order Form
• (2) Z-clips
• (4) Toggle wall anchors (comes with screws)
Tools & Materials Needed
• Drill/drill bits
• Tape measure
• Screw driver
• Stud nder
• Level
• #8 Screws (used if stud present)
• Wire cover (oponal)
Save all packing materials and sales receipt. Vigilant products should only be returned in their original packaging.
IMPORTANT!
DO NOT PLUG IN YOUR VIGILANT ELECTRONIC CIGAR CABINET UNTIL ALL PACKING MATERIALS HAVE BEEN
REMOVED AND YOU HAVE CAREFULLY READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS.
Unpacking Your Cigar Cabinet
1. When your humidor arrives, it is important to inspect the shipment for any visible damage. We take great
pride when packaging our products, however, shipping damage that’s out of our control can happen.
ANY ITEMS THAT APPEAR DAMAGED SHOULD BE
REPORTED TO VIGILANT WITHIN 7 DAYS OF DELIVERY OR THE
DAMAGE CLAIM CANNOT BE HONORED
To report any damage, please contact us at [phone]
2. Find a suitable locaon for your Wall Humidor away from temperature extremes within a room. While the
cabinet will easily control the interior climate in a wide range of exterior condions, it is recommended that
the cabinet not be placed directly in front of radiators, heang elements, or air condioner ducts. The tem-
perature and humidity extremes surrounding these ducts can cause short cycling of the system.
3. As with any piece of ne furniture, please keep your cabinet out of direct ultra-violet light, as this may alter
the nish over me. This is especially crical for this piece because of the clear varnish nish and the combi-
naon of wood species used in its construcon.
4. Remove all packing material from reservoir area in the boom, le of the cabinet interior. Also, check to see
that the white mesh wicking lters are sing upright in the water reservoir area.
5. Before you plug the cabinet into a surge protector, parally open the door, leaving the cabinet at room tem-
perature for approximately one hour. This allows the interior of the cabinet to acclimate to your room envi-
ronment prior to operaon.

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Vigilant Sentinel 250 Wall Humidor
Installation Instructions
1. Measure the cabinet, and roughly locate where you would like to hang the cabinet, before marking the wall.
2. Measure up from the oor 69” and gently mark the wall with a pencil.
3. Use the level to determine a level line at 69” above nished oor and gently mark the wall.
Note: This is the line that the boom edge of the wall mounted z-clips will be placed. This will also result in
the boom of the humidor being +/- 36” o the nished oor.

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4. In the desired wall area you will be hanging the humidor use a stud nder to determine stud locaons and
mark the wall accordingly below the prior marked 69” line.
Note: Vigilant recommends that at least one z-clip be mounted at a stud locaon for maximum weight sup-
port and that both wall mounted z-clips be located minimally 12” apart and no greater than 22” apart with
the center of the cabinet being approximately located between the z-clips.
5. Locate z-clip and hold it in place against the wall so that the boom edge is aligned with the 69” line.
Mark the holes of the z-clip with a pencil.

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6. Determine which of the two holes will land on the stud. The one that is not landing on the stud will need to
be drilled out to accept a supplied wall anchor.
7. Using a ½” drill bit and electric drill, gently drill a hole where the wall anchor will be needed.
Note: The z-clip that mounts to a stud will have one screw and one wall anchor.

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8. Locate the supplied wall anchors and insert and secure one into the hole.
9. Once secured, locate the z-clip and fasten to the wall using a #8 construc on screw and supplied wall
anchor screw. We recommend hand  ghtening the wall anchor screw to ensure it is secured properly.
10. Locate second z-clip and repeat steps 5 – 9. Make sure all z-clips are securely fastened.
12. Before hanging the humidor locate the system power supply and connect it to the feed coming from
the cabinet.

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13. With the help of a second individual hold the humidor against the wall above where the clips will
want to engage and let the humidor gently slide down the wall un l the z-clips a ach together.
14. Congratulations you have successfully installed your Vigilant Sentinel 250 Wall Humidor. Using the supplied
shelf pins you can add in the shelves at your desired height locations.

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Setting-up Your Humidification System
1. Pull open the wood panel. Locate the black plasc water reservoir posioned in the center of the opening.
Remove all packing materials from around the reservoir.
2. Carefully ll the reservoir with 1.5 quarts of dislled water. USE ONLY DISTILLED WATER. DO NOT FILL PAST
THE MAX FILL LINE.
3. Treat the water with Baceteriostat to keep the reservoir clear of bacteria.
4. Check to make sure that the white mesh wicking lters are posioned vercally in the slots in the reservoir.
They should protrude about an inch above the top edge of the reservoir.
5. The humidor is ready for operaon, simply plug the unit into a grounded outlet. The control panel will run
through its stabilizaon mode and the fans will begin to operate aer 10 minutes. You will see one digital
readout of the humidity. Inial readings are meaningless as the cabinet has not been operang since it
le the Vigilant tesng facility.
Reservoir Connecon
Reservoir
Fan
Thread clockwise
to connect to
reservoir cable
Fill the reservoir with 1.5 quarts of dislled water.
Treat the water with Bacteriostat if desired.
Do NOT ll beyond Max FILL tab

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Operating Your Sentry System
1. Allow the Sentry System to operate at the pre-set level for at least 24 hours before adding cigars to your
cabinet. The ini al digital reading will be much lower than 70%, but will rise upon star ng the system.
2. The system will consume large quan  es of water during the seasoning stage of 3 to 4 days. Therefore, it is
important to keep the reservoir  lled at all  mes.
3. The Sentry Humidi ca on System requires that you adjust the humidity level in response to the independent
LCD hygrometer. Close your cabinet’s door and allow the system to run for several hours. When the fan stops
running, the system has reached the set-point level and you should now note the humidity reading on the
hygrometer.
Adjus ng the Set Point
4. With the knob at its lowest se ng, turn it slowly clockwise to increase the set point. Stop when the green
indicator turns on. The system is now set to the current Rela ve Humidity.
5. Turn the knob further in small increments to increase the Rela ve Humidity and wait. When the green
indicator automa cally turns o , the set point is at its current Rela ve Humidity on the display. If necessary,
adjust further un l you reach your desired Rela ve Humidity.
Note: Once set the system will not need adjustment and will maintain a Rela ve Humidity within +/- 5% of
your set point.
6. To lower your set point, slowly turn the control knob counterclockwise 1/8 turn and close the cabinet door.
You may have to repeat this process every few hours un l you hit your desired humidity level.
Note: If your system has been running at a high humidity level for an extended period of  me it may take
up to 10 days for the humidity level in your cabinet to drop to the new set point.
4. With the knob at its lowest se ng, turn it slowly clockwise to increase the set point. Stop when the green
indicator turns on. The system is now set to the current Rela ve Humidity.
5. Turn the knob further in small increments to increase the Rela ve Humidity and wait. When the green
The Sentry Humidi ca on System electronically controls the humidity level of your Wall Humidor cabinet using
a digital display. This system uses a manual dial to adjust the rela ve humidity within your cabinet and is accurate
to +/-5% of your desired set point. Note: This is our standard system.