TintEastwood
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Inkbirds work on any fan.
I have the wifi version on my xmas list.
I have the wifi version on my xmas list.
Climate control, what do you use?
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Weouthere
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It won’t heat it, but you can set barriers in temps so if it gets too cold it’ll stop or turn way down to keep as much warm air IN as possible.
works the other way around,if it’s too hot it’ll turn on full blast and clear that hot air OUT in like 3 minutes or less.
DCcan
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I looked at the Inkbird ITC-308S which has the waterproof replaceable probe but no wifi. Quite a few of these controllers don't have waterproof probes surprisingly.
downhill21
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I use the non-WiFi version in my veg tent, & I’m very happy with it.
TwistedGrowHouse
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How did you calibrate yours? I think mines off I have a hygrometer and a Humidifier and I font know which one is most accurate
Weouthere
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I have a little thermometer/humidistat thingy at the bottom of my tent and the node for my fan hanging at the top of the canopy. I just kinda average the two, the fan doesn’t stay calibrated perfectly.
TintEastwood
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ECOWITT GW1000 Wi-Fi Gateway - Flippin sweet
Awesome little device. About the size of a matchbox. Free web based anytime anywhere access, and free history data. Cheaper than many decent temp/humidity gauges! This app/view limited to devices on same network the GW1000 is connected to. Web. Anytime anywhere. Showing sensor 1.
www.rollitup.org
hygrometer salt test - Google Search
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guitarguy10
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I just bought one of those AC Infinity 6" fans, but just the basic one, not the one with the climate control. So far seems like a pretty well built fan and it pushes air good and is pretty quiet. It is replacing a 4" inline fan that i was using as an exhaust w/ passive intake but due to hot summer now I've moved to both active 6" exhaust and 4" intake.
And as for climate control I use an arduino microcontroller with some hobbled together and definitely amateur code. The pic shows only one temp and RH sensor but it's easy to add more sensors like soil moisture, pH, capacitance, camera (for time-lapse photo grows), light sensor, etc. Using an I dunno what it's called 'excel macro program' called PLX-DAQ' you can plot and monitor the data your garden controller is logging in real-time and using some relays you can control when fan's, humidifiers/dehumidifiers/etc. are turned on/off.
You can go even further and control your garden remotely by setting up a webserver on a raspberry pi nano that is connected to your arduino and I'm sure there's more.
Cost are like ... super cheap, an arduino uno knockoff (elegoo) is like $10 and a rasp pi nano us under $10.
If you're curious for more info DM me I'll point you down the rabbit hole of arduino microcontrollers.
Oh and of course there are cheap solutions that do not require any of this that some people have already posted, this is just for the geeks, or those who like to expand what their controller can do. You can put enough sensors/advanced on one that it would easily rival the absurdely overpriced $100's AIO garden controllers that you'll see out there (except with far more control over what and how it does what it does. Oh, and they are fun, do not let anyone tell you otherwise. Electronics are fun gdamnit !!!!
And as for climate control I use an arduino microcontroller with some hobbled together and definitely amateur code. The pic shows only one temp and RH sensor but it's easy to add more sensors like soil moisture, pH, capacitance, camera (for time-lapse photo grows), light sensor, etc. Using an I dunno what it's called 'excel macro program' called PLX-DAQ' you can plot and monitor the data your garden controller is logging in real-time and using some relays you can control when fan's, humidifiers/dehumidifiers/etc. are turned on/off.
You can go even further and control your garden remotely by setting up a webserver on a raspberry pi nano that is connected to your arduino and I'm sure there's more.
Cost are like ... super cheap, an arduino uno knockoff (elegoo) is like $10 and a rasp pi nano us under $10.
If you're curious for more info DM me I'll point you down the rabbit hole of arduino microcontrollers.
Oh and of course there are cheap solutions that do not require any of this that some people have already posted, this is just for the geeks, or those who like to expand what their controller can do. You can put enough sensors/advanced on one that it would easily rival the absurdely overpriced $100's AIO garden controllers that you'll see out there (except with far more control over what and how it does what it does. Oh, and they are fun, do not let anyone tell you otherwise. Electronics are fun gdamnit !!!!
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DCcan
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They make wet bulb(wet areas) and dry bulb sensors, the best probes have both sensors built in, automatically calculates the difference between the 2 for the most accurate reading across a range of temps and conditions.
If you get an analog sensor,( voltage changes with RH 0-3 v ), then you can hook it up to an analog PID controller input, use it to control humidity instead of temperature.
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