Humidifier and de humidifier that turns on when powered up

LeastExpectedGrower

LeastExpectedGrower

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1212ham said:
Hard water greatly shortens the life of filters in evaporative humidifiers and my water is around 650 ppm..... trashed a filter in a month. Last winter I started using the condensate from my furnace in all my humidifiers. The second filter i bought is still good to go.

Btw, my furnace condensate is around 25 ppm and i run it through a 5 micron carbon filter.
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I get pretty good hite 'dust' from the softened well water with an Ultrasonic. Our softened well water is ~100ppm and our unsoftened is ~220. Not a huge drop but, but noticeable in things like our dishwasher. Probably amounts to our water softening system being about 20 years old. So, assuming that its a straight correlation, a filter would last me 3 months. The other option would be to cut it with distilled, which would be half as much distilled water vs. using distilled in a ultrasonic. ;) Not that distilled is expensive but more of a pain to keep buying.
 
LeastExpectedGrower

LeastExpectedGrower

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1212ham said:
The inkbird needs to be level or it won't run.
I got it last week and it's working well.
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How much water do people go through in a 16 square foot tent in a day if you've got an environment that's sitting in the 35-45% RH zone? That's where I try to keep the humidity in the 'zone' where I have our tent? I'd rather not have to feed a humidifier 2x a day.

I'd be running it with an Inkbird controller.
 
Lordhooha

Lordhooha

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LeastExpectedGrower said:
I get pretty good hite 'dust' from the softened well water with an Ultrasonic. Our softened well water is ~100ppm and our unsoftened is ~220. Not a huge drop but, but noticeable in things like our dishwasher. Probably amounts to our water softening system being about 20 years old. So, assuming that its a straight correlation, a filter would last me 3 months. The other option would be to cut it with distilled, which would be half as much distilled water vs. using distilled in a ultrasonic. ;) Not that distilled is expensive but more of a pain to keep buying.
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Honestly I would only run ro or dehumidifier water in a humidifier. Softened water you'll get all that damn salt from what's left over
 
LeastExpectedGrower

LeastExpectedGrower

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Lordhooha said:
Honestly I would only run ro or dehumidifier water in a humidifier. Softened water you'll get all that damn salt from what's left over
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That's why I think we'll move to the evaporative in our living space. A 4 gallon vornado with filters that I change every 6 weeks or whatever in the winter that doesn't cover everything in a film of mineral dime runs just over 100 bucks. The filters if you buy in bulk drop down to about 8$ a set. Then no one gets grumpy because there's no crud cleaning.
 
Dank Bongula

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LeastExpectedGrower said:
How much water do people go through in a 16 square foot tent in a day if you've got an environment that's sitting in the 35-45% RH zone? That's where I try to keep the humidity in the 'zone' where I have our tent? I'd rather not have to feed a humidifier 2x a day.

I'd be running it with an Inkbird controller.
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About 1.5 total for my two 3x3 tents on lowest setting. My humidity sits around 50% and I shut it off from 9p-5a
 
Bukvičák

Bukvičák

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You need humidifer with manual switch not with electrical button, cheap ones with extra controler are just fine. For dehumidifer look for auto-restart (memory) function, they are more expensive but ussually do not need extra controler. BTW you will need to put dehu out of that small tent to reduce RH if needed, they are not quiet and they produce heat. Avoid cheap parodies…
 
LeastExpectedGrower

LeastExpectedGrower

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Dank Bongula said:
About 1.5 total for my two 3x3 tents on lowest setting. My humidity sits around 50% and I shut it off from 9p-5a
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Yeah, I'd use one of the Inkbird controllers to have it sit right around 50. At lights out my tent bumps up past 50% on its own so it should auto off. Also using a AC Infinity fan system so when night hits and temps drop the fans will back down to a lower setting, which also helps keep the humidity healthy.

1.5 isn't terrible. I'll also have a humidifier on the same floor as where the tent is housed which should keep ambient humidity a bit more in check.
 
rkymtnman

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LeastExpectedGrower said:
I get pretty good hite 'dust' from the softened well water with an Ultrasonic. Our softened well water is ~100ppm and our unsoftened is ~220. Not a huge drop but, but noticeable in things like our dishwasher. Probably amounts to our water softening system being about 20 years old. So, assuming that its a straight correlation, a filter would last me 3 months. The other option would be to cut it with distilled, which would be half as much distilled water vs. using distilled in a ultrasonic. ;) Not that distilled is expensive but more of a pain to keep buying.
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i have a small ultrasonic and bought a zero water pitcher. easier than having distilled on hand which is what i used to use.
 
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Lordhooha

Lordhooha

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LeastExpectedGrower said:
I get pretty good hite 'dust' from the softened well water with an Ultrasonic. Our softened well water is ~100ppm and our unsoftened is ~220. Not a huge drop but, but noticeable in things like our dishwasher. Probably amounts to our water softening system being about 20 years old. So, assuming that its a straight correlation, a filter would last me 3 months. The other option would be to cut it with distilled, which would be half as much distilled water vs. using distilled in a ultrasonic. ;) Not that distilled is expensive but more of a pain to keep buying.
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Honestly I would only run ro or dehumidifier water in a humidifier. Softened water you'll get all that damn salt from what's left over.
 
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