Give me the skinny on dehumidifiers???

Herb & Suds said:

I think his issue was for drying after chop

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Oh shit thanks. So 65% ideally

I've been flowering in the fucking cold and wet with no dehumi for 3 weeks now. It was supposed to be back today from repair.
I am not impressed with being without mine. Frigidaire makes great units.

I need for flower room its high, I'll probably dry in W/I closet in same room.

I have a lot of air movement on all levels of plants so I think that's helped but I'll be drying tonite.

I'm only gonna run in my flower room for now, 24/7 at 55% until I read otherwise. The room needs it bad with the jungle in there.

So How do you guys in the know set these ? I went with Frigidaire 70

When should I run it?

How can I vent it?

Is it ok to let temps get a little higher during lights out so that I can run dehumidifier?

I leave fans on 24/7 but AC in room is only on during lights ON

Should I just run AC 24/7 and not bother with Dehumidifier?

Im about to start 6th week of flower.

Thanks alot

Depends on how wet your room is which will depend on ambient as well as how full the room is with plants.
AC normally good for maybe 20% off ambient. So if it is a soggy mess A/C alone won't do.

I like to drop my humidity as flowering progress, I'd take 40% if I could get it that low. They did say the sensor on my unit was funky too and replaced, but I'm alas, still waiting.

Just out of curiosity, what is the size of your flower room?

Gritzman said:

Just out of curiosity, what is the size of your flower room?

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Right now my room is set up badly, I have a 5x5 area with a couple leds and a 10x6 with Gavita on the light rail. Basically a mess total area is 15' 8'" x 13' 6" a spare bedroom with a 6x10 closet not being used atm. I'm venting my chiller and stand alone AC out a window. I'm thinking I could vent everything into closet then set up a 8 inch fan into attic. But I'm overwhelmed and lost lol

I haven't been running dehumidifier but may start tonight on a timer for 8 hours during lights out. It causes more heat than I like and not sure how to vent it properly.

be careful venting into an attic, if there isn't adequate ventilation in your attic it's asking for mold

Roger A. Shrubber said:

be careful venting into an attic, if there isn't adequate ventilation in your attic it's asking for mold

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Thanks, If I go that route Id duct into attic and duct all the way to soffit so I wouldn't be blowing air into attic per say. I think that makes the most sense. Just gotta figure it all out.

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