Help! Sealed room humidity / condensation problem!
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giggles26
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LOL, never meant for it to come off that way. I"m a joking kinda guy and I just know realized that they were on 2 different dates, my sincerest apologizes to you.
I can admit when I'm wrong and it's not my first or last time, so sorry bro
devolv
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my dehum is loud. buy it ducts out the bottom if I want which cuts the noise a lot. I grow in an industrial area so I don't have to worry about sound sorry. also to be fair my dehum has a 12' fan the pumps the air through it.
Yeah I imagined it being quite loud. I'm also in an area where sound possibly wouldn't matter but does it not look sus if ur loud dehuey is runnin all night?How long do u have it on for? How big is ur area?Am thinkin I may have to go back to venting for this run and get back to the drawing board in prep for the next run.Not what I wanted but obv better to run correct vented than incorrect sealed :/
chuck estevez
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you also need to figure a bigger dehu is going to produce more heat, your a/c and dehu will fight each other, so if your portable is to small, you'll have another issue to deal with.
I'm running sealed and I use a ductless minisplit a/c. I have no need to run a dehu because my a/c handles it.
Yeah I was thinkin that too. That seems like a power hungry way to up the electric bill. Lol.Don't think my AC is right for the job as it sucks some air out.(it's a single outlet portable AC)How much will a mini split set me back and will it be adaptable to work with a tent or does it need to be wall mounted?
Kittygrower
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Putting a pan full of rock salt in the grow room worked wonders for lowering my humidity! (with a fan and other things as well)
devolv
Active Member
yes the a/c and dehum fight each other. but thats just the nature of the beast. how else are you suppose to have "control" over your room. my dehum can barely keep up with my a/c. but the thing is when my a/c turns on the cold air causes the rooms RH to drop naturally. and when it turns off the RH will start to rise no matter what. so to get the RH down in between the A/C cycling you need the dehum.
fattiemcnuggins
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OP needs to do a little homework...
superstoner1
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yes, you need ac and a dehummie. its about environmental control.
Yeah I know. And believe me I read all the literature available to me before I attempt anything I just underestimated the size dehumidifier I needed. Didn't realise there would be that much humidity created in a sealed environment. Everythin else I've got dialled in. It's only the humidity I'm havin problems with. Would hardly say I need to do some reading up.
dolamic
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Ok sealed and semi-sealed....I have basically a 4x2 setup in my closet. Sliding doors in front of it and I use desk fans to stir the air up. I have one fan pointing up towards my DIY carbon filter, and one blowing the heat away from the top of the LED's around the room. I have the 3 mesh passive intakes opened up on the bottom. So I'm not in a sealed environment, I have problems with humidity as well. I can only do so much in this particular setup. I use no ducting, just the ports in the case. My problem is I need to be as quiet as possible, I've heard using a Max-Fan is a good quiet fan, but still curious about other options. I have only my closet and can't drill into the walls at all to vent the air out. Are there any suggestions as to what I need to do to lower humidity before I start flowering?
superstoner1
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pray......
FilthyFletch
Mr I Can Do That For Half
Simply add a small dehumidifier in the area.
Ok so here's the update.....
Ive been and bought myself a split ac unit. Gomna put the cooling part in the tent with a hose permanently attached to the condenser for the water to created to run permanently to drain and have the hot air unit outside the grow area not outside the building. My reasons for this is that the area outside the tent is quite large so the heat created shouldn't be an issue, if anything it should only help by keepin the temp fluctuation between night time and daytime to a minimum.
Also I can't really think of any valid reasons for running ac when it's snowing and if it was outside then any passers-by would obviously be wondering the same? Il be interested to see if anyone can come up with a valid and reasonable xplanation cos I couldnt think of one. Haha.
Will be installing it over the next few days along with my co2.
Any questions, ideas or extra input are always welcome. Thanks in advance.
Also what's the rules on setting up a journal? Specifically rules regarding scale and geographical location?
Ive been and bought myself a split ac unit. Gomna put the cooling part in the tent with a hose permanently attached to the condenser for the water to created to run permanently to drain and have the hot air unit outside the grow area not outside the building. My reasons for this is that the area outside the tent is quite large so the heat created shouldn't be an issue, if anything it should only help by keepin the temp fluctuation between night time and daytime to a minimum.
Also I can't really think of any valid reasons for running ac when it's snowing and if it was outside then any passers-by would obviously be wondering the same? Il be interested to see if anyone can come up with a valid and reasonable xplanation cos I couldnt think of one. Haha.
Will be installing it over the next few days along with my co2.
Any questions, ideas or extra input are always welcome. Thanks in advance.
Also what's the rules on setting up a journal? Specifically rules regarding scale and geographical location?
superstoner1
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the minis are basically small heat pumps. heat pumps run in winter and nobody questions that. just say the heat is on.