How big of a dehumidifier?

sweetcheekz

Active Member
8x8x8 sealed flower room. Doing aeroponic w/ white widow. 2k watts air cooled
No AC, temps are about 70 low 83 high.
Co2 at 1500 ppm during light.
Humidity about 52-62%.
From what I understand, that humidity is a bit too high.

How big of a dehumidifier do I need? How often will I need to empty the res?
How do you calculate how much water it'll pull out per day?
How much is is going to raise my temps?
What % humidity does white widow prefer?

Thanks in advance!
 

benny blanco

Active Member
For a sealed room with no dehumidifer your rh is pretty good. I would think it should be in the 80s. Get at least a 50 pint dehumidifier
 

sweetcheekz

Active Member
Thanks for the quick response. The RH is low because there's only ONE soil plant (was given to me and it's a room tester before I put my WW in there) in there right now, and there will be 20-40 aero in there later which = more water and I'd assume higher humidity. So that's prob why it's still low.

Will a 50 pint dehumid. raise my temps too much for that room to where I'd need an AC, or do you think it'll only do like 5 degreesish, which would still keep it high 80's, which I understand is ok as long as there is good co2.
If I set it on say...45%...and my room is normally at say....70% when loaded with plants....how long will it take to pull out 50 pints of water taking out that 25%?
 

budleydoright

Well-Known Member
Once you load her up you're going to have major RH isuues. I would go with a 70+ pint. I easily pull 5 gallons of water a day out of my space which is 4 x 12' and yes, your dehuey will create enough heat to require an AC. You could just get an AC, run your lights hot enough to keep it on all day. This will remove your moisture but when the lights go out and the heat is removed, you would need another plan like venting.

CEA is an awsome way to go but it is a balancing act and does ad a level of complexity that I could live without.
 
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