Humidity Part II

Rainbow Warrior

Rainbow Warrior

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I'm back with more humidity questions....

Taken the advice from the Indoor gurus from the far flung corners of the universe and invested in a humidifier, albeit a cheap one.

Can’t seem to get the humidity above 45-50%, even though the thing is running 24 hours.
My girls are two weeks tomorrow, hence me wanting higher RH.

Last night I was wondering in a hazy state of mind whether turning off the exhaust fan would keep the humidity in. I figured that if you don’t suck the air out, the RH will rise...

:?:

RW
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Antitheist

Antitheist

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Airflow is more important than the humidity levels you are dealing with imo.

I grew all winter. Little humidifier running nonstop. I was in th 30s and 40s RH. Everything was fine in every stage. Cannabis is a weed man. Don't over think it.
 
Rainbow Warrior

Rainbow Warrior

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Antitheist said:
Airflow is more important than the humidity levels you are dealing with imo.

I grew all winter. Little humidifier running nonstop. I was in th 30s and 40s RH. Everything was fine in every stage. Cannabis is a weed man. Don't over think it.
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Thanks man!
Don’t they say that low Rh Leeds to smaller yield, or is this bullshit?
Before I turned the exhaust to 30 on 30 off rhythm, I got max 21 degrees; had light frost the last few days and 5 degree max in the daytime, do that hasn’t helped matters...
Now, with the humi going full time, and the 30/30 exhaust rhythmI average @ 26 Degrees / 53 % RH.

Would it be stupid to turn the exhaust off altogether and let the fan move the air around, hoping that the humidity would rise because the air doesn’t get sucked out? Or is the air exchange via the exhaust vital for my two week olds? I know it matters once they’re bigger....
Or should I just continue with everything running and the lower temps / Rh?

RW
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Rainbow Warrior

Rainbow Warrior

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TintEastwood said:
Yes.
It would be better if you could control the fan speed, or use something like this inkbird to turn the fan on/off automatically.

https://www.amazon.com/Humidity-Controller-Inkbird-Humidistat-Pre-wired/dp/B01J1E5LWM/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=inkbird+humidity&qid=1555160623&s=gateway&sr=8-1
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TintEastwood said:
Yes.
It would be better if you could control the fan speed, or use something like this inkbird to turn the fan on/off automatically.

https://www.amazon.com/Humidity-Controller-Inkbird-Humidistat-Pre-wired/dp/B01J1E5LWM/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=inkbird+humidity&qid=1555160623&s=gateway&sr=8-1
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How does it work?
Does it shut off the exhaust when humidity to high or does it turn off the humidifier ?
 
TintEastwood

TintEastwood

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Yes. When used with a fan, it turns the fan on if humidity higher than you set......until humidity is lowered, then it turns the fan off.

Connecting a dehumidifier is not recommended.
 
SNDBLOP

SNDBLOP

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Imo get yourself an environmental controller. Set your desired temp and humidity. Hook up your humidifier to rh plug and exhaust fan to the cooling plug. It will operate them independently. There are smaller controllers that will only do rh or temp if ur looking to cut cost. But the bigger ones have night output plug and a C02 option. Since ive added one and followed a basic VPD chart ive had more vigourous veg runs and noticed yield and taste differences.
 
Rainbow Warrior

Rainbow Warrior

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SNDBLOP said:
Imo get yourself an environmental controller. Set your desired temp and humidity. Hook up your humidifier to rh plug and exhaust fan to the cooling plug. It will operate them independently. There are smaller controllers that will only do rh or temp if ur looking to cut cost. But the bigger ones have night output plug and a C02 option. Since ive added one and followed a basic VPD chart ive had more vigourous veg runs and noticed yield and taste differences.
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How much we’re talking for an environmental controller?
 
Renfro

Renfro

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If you want something super cheap and simple get an inkbird humidity controller.

The advantage of the autipilot, at least the one I have, is you can set it up so either heat or humidity can turn on the blower. Or you can split them and have the heat run an AC and humidity run the blower or heat can run an AC and humidity can run a dehu.
 
Dr.Amber Trichome

Dr.Amber Trichome

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Rainbow Warrior said:
Jeez man, were they devised by NASA?

Joking aside, looks the business, do u use it?

RW
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Lol! Good luck with your humidity. It gets tricky because your humidity can change rather quickly depending on the temps with heat and humidity outdoors even tho you grow indoors. Like my humidity went up to 80 degrees in my closet with my little humidifier on at the same level I had it run all week at 60 %(in retrospect I think was too high) it’s real humid and hot outside today. Not sure if you will ever have to worry about that where you live.
 
Renfro

Renfro

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Rainbow Warrior said:
Don’t they say that low Rh Leeds to smaller yield, or is this bullshit?
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As to this, I don't think yield is effected very much. Before I added swamp coolers I had some pretty epic harvests with humidity in the low 20's. That said the plants drank a lot more. They were also stressed, my glue would toss a few late flower nanners, it doesn't anymore with the higher RH%.
 
Rainbow Warrior

Rainbow Warrior

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Renfro said:
If you want something super cheap and simple get an inkbird humidity controller.

The advantage of the autipilot, at least the one I have, is you can set it up so either heat or humidity can turn on the blower. Or you can split them and have the heat run an AC and humidity run the blower or heat can run an AC and humidity can run a dehu.
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Renfro said:
Now if you want something truly NASA level check this puppy out:

https://hydrobuilder.com/grow-room-environment/atmosphere-controllers/multi-function-controllers/link4-corporation-iponic-614-environmental-controller.html?ptid=8552139979&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIgefLxoLY4QIVEcZkCh2l7Q7MEAQYCCABEgLHmvD_BwE
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I wonder if I could write a really polite letter to father Xmas, u never know...
 
Rainbow Warrior

Rainbow Warrior

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Dr.Amber Trichome said:
Lol! Good luck with your humidity. It gets tricky because your humidity can change rather quickly depending on the temps with heat and humidity outdoors even tho you grow indoors. Like my humidity went up to 80 degrees in my closet with my little humidifier on at the same level I had it run all week at 60 %(in retrospect I think was too high) it’s real humid and hot outside today. Not sure if you will ever have to worry about that where you live.
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In uk the biggest worry is normally humidity, not heat; we average 1-2weeks of summer without rain;-)
 
Renfro

Renfro

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If you intend to put a dehumidifier on a controller you need to make sure it restarts after a power outage. Just unplug it while it is running, wait a minute or so and plug it back in. If it comes back on and remembers it's settings then you are good to go with putting it on a controller.
 
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