Which HUMIDIFIER to get?
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pahpah-cee
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A cool mist ultrasonic humidifier with the largest capacity. Use clean water.
DrDukePHD
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Damn thought I'd get away with ditch/creek water
Haha, you mean like distilled h2o?
DoubleAtotheRON
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When I first started growing, I'd use those atomizer humidifiers.. I soon found that my AC filter was clogged, plants had a white chalky film on them, the fan fins were coated with it...looked like drywall dust. It was the water I was using, which was well water. I had to clean everything up and switch to a swamp cooler type, and even then I always used my mini splits condensate water to refill it so it would run clean and not get buildup on the honeycomb media.Damn thought I'd get away with ditch/creek water
King Avitas
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This is Hugh. He drinks RO water and has a twin brother. Together both of them allow me to run my humidity at 75% with no issues.
pahpah-cee
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Why?
DoubleAtotheRON
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For the reason I posted above^^^^
Jjgrow420
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For the reason @DoubleAtotheRON posted above ^^^^
pahpah-cee
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I don’t understand. How does an evaporative prevent minerals from being evaporated? If you put tap water in either or you will get build up.
DoubleAtotheRON
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It's not that.. it's that atomizers break down the water to a finer "vapor" that makes it easier to build up on plants and components. Evap coolers just send out humid air, and alot of those minerals get captured by the honeycomb media, but using RO or condensate water does help. I used well water for a long time in my evaporator cooler and had to replace the honeycomb media... I set it outside upright to dry, and when it did, the wind blew it over and it split like a slab of granite.
TCH
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If you run distilled or RO water, you won't get that film like with tap water. At least, that has been my experience. As soon as I throw tap water in though, errthing starts looking chalky.
DoubleAtotheRON
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Got a fan behind it or something? I keep forgetting that most of you guys are home growers.... I got all this big ass equpiment. My evaporator is like 20 gallons.... slowly getting used to getting back to tent growing.
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pahpah-cee
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Awesome thank you. It’s a water vapor vs water droplet concept. It seems so long as you use RO/distilled you’re probably not going to notice it.
this blog here explained it well:
Ultrasonic Vs Evaporative Humidifier: Know Which One is Best for Home?
Ultrasonic Humidifiers or Evaporative: Which Brings the Most Benefit to Your Home? What is an ultrasonic humidifier? What is the difference between an ultrasonic and an evaporative humidifier?
www.plantkoru.com
here’s a study for anyone interested. It talks about the how ultrasonic humidifiers can affect health.
Effect of aerosol particles generated by ultrasonic humidifiers on the lung in mouse - Particle and Fibre Toxicology
Background Ultrasonic humidifiers silently generate water droplets as a cool fog and produce most of the dissolved minerals in the fog in the form of an aerosolized “white dust.” However, the health effect of these airborne particles is largely unknown. This study aimed to characterize the...
particleandfibretoxicology.biomedcentral.com
DrDukePHD
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Ok well I went into Walmart & got an ultrasonic cool mist + Distilled water before I saw every one elses post. Think with distilled I'll be ok?
DoubleAtotheRON
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Should be ok... condensate is better. What's the PPM's of the distilled?... should be near nothing I would think.
Star Dog
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Yes I did, i had it hanging kind of like a kite shape behind the fan.