Grow Room Dehumidifying 4x2ft tent

[HighnDry]

Great man thanks i think it'll be money well spent happy enough paying around the 100 mark if it does the job.

It's one of the cheapest decent looking ones I spotted when I was getting one. Figure it'll do you for photos too in future

 

[Tmonney]

Thanks man smarter option would be to run full-time I suppose wont be a big deal should only need from mid flower until harvest anyway

That's the most important time anyway to prevent mold and mildew. Nobody wants to waste 3-6 months of money and hard work to walk away empty handed because of bud rot.

 

[StevOrganic]

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It's one of the cheapest decent looking ones I spotted when I was getting one. Figure it'll do you for photos too in future

Yeah looks good spotted this one too

MeacoDry ABC 10L Compressor Dehumidifier

The MeacoDry ABC 10L compressor dehumidifier delivers exceptional performance, low running costs and low noise all at a very economical price. Simply Meaco's quietest dehumidifier to date and perfect for flats and small houses. . Buy online – Free delivery.

www.chmarine.com

Shipping with amzn could hike price up quite a bit for me

 

[Simplicio]

A bigger fan might help.
The greater the exhaust volume, the closer the temp and humidity inside the tent will come to conditions outside the tent.
Normally a 4 inch fan will be enough for a small tent, but you might need 6-8 inches to vent all the humidity.

 

[MI_sterGreen]

A bigger fan might help.
The greater the exhaust volume, the closer the temp and humidity inside the tent will come to conditions outside the tent.
Normally a 4 inch fan will be enough for a small tent, but you might need 6-8 inches to vent all the humidity.

I agree with @Simplicio . I am running 6 in fans in both my 2x4 tents. I can use them on a much lower setting. Better to have the fan running at half power than needing to max a smaller fan out constantly. I also have my extraction fan on constantly

 

[automan2]

After growing 15 years in "ambient" environments and forced to deal with humidity, temps etc in summers, I finally decided to add a ac/dehumidifier to my tent grows. My runs this summer have shown a huge difference in health and quality of the bud and significantly more frosty. There's a few who smoke my bud who've all told me of the improved looks and potency even though unaware of my addition.
I bought the Koldfront 7000w unit used...the investment has paid off well.

 

[Tmonney]

A bigger fan might help.
The greater the exhaust volume, the closer the temp and humidity inside the tent will come to conditions outside the tent.
Normally a 4 inch fan will be enough for a small tent, but you might need 6-8 inches to vent all the humidity.

While this is true to some extent, it's important to remember anything pulling watts from the wall also converts energy to heat. Meaning while a bigger extraction fan may move more hot air, it also creates more hot air. I've seen a lot of people try to control heat and humidity with their extraction fans (with variable success), but if you are trying to reduce your temperatures by a fair amount, the easiest and most consistent way to do that is with an AC unit.

 

[Tmonney]

And dehumidifier. Sorry, meant to put that all together in a single comment but I dropped my pornodex and accidently his send.

While this is true to some extent, it's important to remember anything pulling watts from the wall also converts energy to heat. Meaning while a bigger extraction fan may move more hot air, it also creates more hot air. I've seen a lot of people try to control heat and humidity with their extraction fans (with variable success), but if you are trying to reduce your temperatures by a fair amount, the easiest and most consistent way to do that is with an AC unit.

 

[MI_sterGreen]

While this is true to some extent, it's important to remember anything pulling watts from the wall also converts energy to heat. Meaning while a bigger extraction fan may move more hot air, it also creates more hot air. I've seen a lot of people try to control heat and humidity with their extraction fans (with variable success), but if you are trying to reduce your temperatures by a fair amount, the easiest and most consistent way to do that is with an AC unit.

I'm confused by the bigger extraction fam causing more heat. The one I use is a brushless DC powered fan. Never gets warm even on full blast.

 

[Tmonney]

I'm confused by the bigger extraction fam causing more heat. The one I use is a brushless DC powered fan. Never gets warm even on full blast.

I don't know your equipment, but if you plug it into your wall outlet, it's most likely AC, unless it's running through some sort of power inverter. DC power is almost exclusive to battery powered equipment (in modern electrical systems that is). Here in the US we used DC power back in the days of Thomas Edison but that came to change when Nicola tesla proved AC was more stable, and safer in home use.

But because of the laws of that no dynamics heat is the natural byproduct of energy. There fore the more energy used, the more heat is produced in the process. That's why with light systems there is always some sort of heat control whether it be passive ( like the ones with aluminum heat sinks) or active ( the ones with built in fans). This is the case with all electrical components, I only use lights for the example because they are easy to reference.