A/C Unit And Humidifier Working Together?

Sup guys and gals.

I recently installed a separate flower room with a 1000 watt system in my walk-in closet.

The room is 5.5 x 5.5 x 8, the hood is cooled by a 6" inline and filter but I only have passive intakes (under the door). Room temps hit 90 degrees at peak with the door shut.

Now then, I am purchasing an 8000 BTU digital AC-unit in order to keep the room at a comfortable 80 degrees. Here is my concern. Winter here my condo keeps a humidity of around 20-25% which I've been battling especially for my veg tent. The ac unit will further dry the air in my flower room which is going to drop the humidity to probably around 10-15%. This is probably enough to cause respiration problems for my plants.

Anyone out there use an ac unit + humidifier in there grow? I know it's counter productive, but I need something that's going to battle some serious dry air.

ANyone have any badass humidifiers for decent price in mind? I've already dumped $2,700 on my grow and the AC is running me another $250. I'm seriously breaking the bank on this new hobby.

Please any insight/opinions will help!

JMO, but i would try to do it without AC, especially in the winter.

can you get bigger passive intake?

The Knuck said:

JMO, but i would try to do it without AC, especially in the winter.

can you get bigger passive intake?

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Unfortunately I cannot put anymore holes for passive intake. With an air cooled 600 watt system I could have probably managed without an a/c unit, however the 1000 watts is just too much. The a/c unit will be needed for sprin/summer anyway so I figured I may as well invest now since I'm already having temp issues in the middle of winter. The humidity is my priority at this point. I'm looking at my wireless temp and humidity gauge while I sit here. My flower room during dark cycle with fans running is 73 degrees with a 49% RH which is pretty good. When lights kick on it will gradually peak to 90 degrees and humidity will drop to 15%-20% in a matter of an hour as the 1000 watt heats the air around it quickly.

hello.

i have experience in dry hot climates. it sounds like you could use a 'swamp cooler' or 'evaporative cooler'. they come as small as desk fans but imo, not enough power.

Yeah I thought about that, humidty rises quite a bit during the spring and summer. Extreme low humidity during the winter and higer in the summer. I figure having both would be more effective since I can remove one of the other as needed. Ya know what I mean?

now they do make portable ac's "non window unit" it has wheels and a drainage line for the humidity getting pulled out of the air. The hard part will be to figure out where the heat from the unit will go.

I know this would run you a lot more money, but I've heard it works. The Ice Box is an air exchanger that basically eliminates heat and it isn't supposed to frost up or dehumidify. Still you have to get a water chiller, which is pretty expensive. You'd have to figure out how much money you'd save on electricity to see if it is worth it.