dehumidifier how big?

newcastletoon army

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hey all been finishing my growroom off and done a couple of test runns on 18/6 to see how things went, im using a sealed room running 5 x 600w cooltube my temps have never went above 22.8 all running for full 18 hours, my question is and some1 will know so please let me know how big does the dehumidifier need to be? room size is 7ft high 10ft long 8ft wide and i know from experiance when plants are put in humidity rises because they transpire what sort of ltr per day capacity will i need? sum1 please give me sum info so i dont get the wrong 1 thanks
 

Rudiger

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I don't know if you'll get by with just one man. I have a 4'x8' room and use a 25 pint, and at times, have an issue getting it down to 50%rh. Dehumidifiers heat the air as well, don't forget that.
 

guest420

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You can see my dehumidifier in the back ground of the plant, its a small one. i bought online from target for like 40 or 50 bucks. so far it hasn't collected any water while running so i dont run it because the levels are low enough.
 

HappySack

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First question is, are you running C02? If no, can you exhaust 24/7? if yes this will lower your levels considerably. Second, are you soil or hydro? I ran a soil grow, and exhausted full time when lights were on. My levels were too low. Balance is the key. Greenhouse controllers enable you to achieve that balance. Cost start to rise when you add extra controllers, fans, dehumidifiers. I think if your run a few more test and you try a few things, you'll find that balance. How many pots ya going with? Are you running a straight through? Give us more detail on the room. Off subject, how are your lights configured? 2 left 2 right 1 in the middle?
 

newcastletoon army

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hey there my room is 8ft wide 11ft long and 8ft high my lights are cooltubes x4 running just ofset from the middle of the room i have 1 600w also directly in the middle, the coverage is absolutely brilliant i have the cooltuse connected to 6" ehaust fans im going to start running co2 but not this second, im feeding by hand and growing in coco, also i have a 4" ehaust that is going to be used to empty room of c02 during lights out this is connected to a carbon filter also i have a 12 ehaust fan and 12"carbon filter, i plan to use this a scrubber inside my grow. I have a couple of 8 pot drip systems but im going to be feeding by hand, i know its more work but i like feeding by hand, im sure i havent missed anything, but besides that i think ive got all my bases covered what u guys think
 
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