help with humidity

May11th said:

To start my humidity is averaging 65%, but it can get up to 80%! Then low as 43%, it ranges by the weather outside and when I water.

Due to all the watts in using I cant use much electric, any solution on how to keep it to 65% and. Below. My temps get up to 85°, my plants dont seem to hate me yet but I do know its not ideal but im just giving it my all at the moment and trying to adjust when I need to. So here I come for help .

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Cool the air without heating up your energy bill. This Sunpentown evaporative air cooler is versatile, lightweight and very economical. This unit can lower the surrounding temperature and humidify the airand it easily rolls from room to room. This air cooler shoots a stream of air with oscillating louvers to evenly distribute refreshing cool air. It can also be used as a fan or humidifier if temperature is not an issue. Includes a remote control that allows you to change air settings easily.

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Does salt work...

... as an air dehumidifier?


How fast can salt absorb or release humidity from or into the air, at which air temperatures and to which extent?
Sodium chloride - NaCl - can absorb humidity from the air as fast as the dissolution process in water takes. This process highly depends on the relative humidity and in particular on the salt surface. A single big rock salt crystal offers a rather small surface to humidity, while salt in the granulation of a standard table salt offers a comparatively large surface to humidity. This means that fine salt will absorb humidity in principle faster and, thus, will also agglutinate faster because the dissolution process started.
One gram of salt will dissolve in 2.8 grams of water. This means that one gram of salt can absorb up to 2.8 grams of humidity until complete dissolution. The release of water, on the other hand, will happen only through evaporation, which takes place more quickly with temperatures increasing.
Furthermore, sodium chloride itself is not highly hygroscopic. The absorption of humidity results from traces of other minerals contained in the salt, such as magnesium chloride. The myth of salt being highly hygroscopic dates from those times when people were using mostly sea salt and rock salt. Particularly sea salt is considerably more hygroscopic than a pure vacuum salt with a sodium chloride content of above 99 per cent, due to the high percentage of the other minerals contained in sea salt.
In a nutshell, sodium chloride is not a very effective air dehumidifier. A pure salt with a high sodium chloride content, such as a food-grade vacuum salt, will work as a dehumidifier only from 75 per cent of relative humidity on, due to its very low hygroscopicity. Substances with a significantly higher hygroscopicity are, as already mentioned, magnesium chloride as well as calcium chloride. The latter comes with the highest hygroscopicity and is therefore found in the majority of standard products end users can buy in hardware stores for the dehumidification of their cellars

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Natural Ways to Dehumidify Your House
How to Dehumidify a Room Without a Dehumidifier

Things You'll Need

Drill
Screwdriver
Buckets

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Instructions

1. Drill a hole in the bottom of a medium sized plastic bucket with an electrical drill. The hole should be at least quarter inch in diameter. (Alternatively, you can bore the hole using a screwdriver or other sharp pointed object.) Be sure to wear safety goggles and loves when working with sharp tools.
2.Place a piece of chicken wire or mesh at the bottom of the bucket to cover the hole. Size to fit by placing the mesh underneath the base of the bucket and tracing the perimeter onto the mesh using a marker pen. Use tin snips or wire cutters to cut the mesh.
3.Fill the bucket with rock salt (the kind used to melt ice) and place on a stand. The stand should be resistant to drying or corrosion from the salt and be porous enough to allow moisture to drip through. The ideal stand would be similar to a stack of plastic milk crates. The height of the stand depends on the amount of space available.

4.Place a second bucket underneath the stand to catch moisture content. This bucket does not have a hole in it and is simply a net to prevent captured moisture from seeping onto the floor.

5.Give the homemade dehumidifier a few days to get working properly. The industrial strength salt should pull water into it and then release it, letting the water drip out of the bottom of the top bucket into the bottom bucket.
Direct moisture towards the bucket system using a box fan to increase effectiveness. This is not necessary in smaller areas, but will help collect moisture in larger rooms.




6.Check the effectiveness of the dehumidifier by testing the relative humidity inside the home using a hygrometer. Hygrometers are available at large home and garden stores. Increasing the size of the dehumidifier will increase its effectiveness.

Read more: How to Make Your Own Dehumidifier | eHow http://www.ehow.com/how_5317871_make-own-dehumidifier.html#ixzz2WOhS11oe
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