Humidifier

[Lady Lollipops]

I have an inkbird hooked up to my fan and humidifier. However, being a small tent, I'm struggling to keep humidity high enough. When the fan is running a lot due to the light it sucks out all the moisture. It wasn't so bad this summer but with the home furnace running it's a struggle. 2x2 tent 600w LED. Replacing tent or light isn't a thing right now. I'm on my 3rd grow and feel it's been going well.

Any suggestions on a humidifier that also cools?

 

[automan2]

That's how growing is it seems...just have to deal with swings of parameters that will eventually affect your plants and we all deal with it. Sometimes it makes a big difference, sometimes not.
Dealing with our high humidity in summers is manageable but low humidity winters are a challenge. The old wet towel will help but damn all the work....
Here in the southern usa, we can always count on changes often.....

 

[Simplicio]

I use ultrasonic humidifiers to keep humidity in the 60s in a vented tent.
During the winter it might take two in a basement 3 x 3 ft tent.
Top fill is by far the most convenient.
These are my favorites, and I've tried about a dozen different ones:
Amazon product
Amazon product

Some right angle fittings can be used to blow fog into a tent from outside the tent.
I have a couple humidifiers sitting on the top shelf of a wire shelving unit blowing fog thru upper tent portholes.

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

It gets so dry here in the summer we actually have zero RH on some days. It is a real battle to keep the space above 40%. This is what I use:

 

[Lady Lollipops]

Thank you! I'm passing this on to my techy partner.

 

[Death The Cultivator]

Thank you! I'm passing this on to my techy partner.

I use an AIRCARE 6 gallon to humidify the whole room to 60% so tent intake air is always humidified. Then it's just a matter of managing my heat. It's too hard fighting humidity in the tent when intake air is really dry and easier to manage the humidifier outside the tents

 

[DCLXVI]

Ultrasonic humidifiers need to be run with distilled water or you will get the "white dust" effect. A large ultrasonic can push mosisture into the air beyond the physical limit of RH.

 

[Lady Lollipops]

We all have CPAP machines so distilled water is on hand. I didn't know about white dust.

 

[DCLXVI]

Yeah, it's nothing harmful just the minerals and dissolved solids in the water. Makes a small mess but just one of those things with the ultrasonics.

The evaporatives wont do that but they are literally just a bucket and fan design. I picked up the honeywell hcm-710 since it can be filled from the top without taking anything apart. It has a wick inside that is a consumable and it will get gross over time, hence needing replacement. I see newer versions of the wick come with an anti-microbial filter style addition. I'm too old to be fooling around with carrying filled humidifier reservoirs and not spilling them.

This guy i just dump water in the top. Easy! I have mine running off an inkbird controller as well. However, being "winter"-ish here the air is 45% so its been running constantly but able to keep my 2x2 tent at 65-70%. If you have a larger space the ultrasonic might do a better job.

EDIT: Mine was $45 on amazon but it looks like they've crept up to $60. I think direct is still cheaper

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