problems about setting up my dehumidifier in my grow tent

charlesweedmore

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i have huge RH problem.i am 4. week of flowering and night time humidity is around 90% ! . there is no mold or PW issue -yet - .
temp is around 83F and 60F at nights .

i will buy a dehumidifier but i cant decide where i should put it .

i have 1 active intake fan and it is 350m3 and pulls fresh air from my balcony to the tent.
other 400m3 extractor is exhaust and extract the air from tent to outside of the house.

total air movement is 350m3 / h . but the most powerful dehumidifier has 200m3 /H air capacity and 20L/ H dehumidify capacity.

can the dehumidifier work in tent properly like this picture ?
i also read that dehumidifiers warm up the grow room. is it true ? temp is already high in my tent ,it is around 80 - 85 F and i dont use CO2 . how much can a dehumidifier increase temperature in the tent ?

i am very confused guys please help me.
 

angleye

Active Member
the dehumidifier is the same principle as an air conditioner so it compresses and decompresses gas to cool down one side of the element but the by product is heat so yes you will have extra heat to worry about. the rating does not need to equal your fan rating necessarily because not all the air is going to flow through the dehumidifier to get out of the tent it will just work at it's own pace and should be fine for your tent. Personally i would choose 90 degree temp with 45%rh ovger 85 degrees with 90%rh. It would be optimum if you canot dissipate the extra heat to have a little c02 augmentation going and your set up will be at the peek levels all around.
 

charlesweedmore

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thanks mate. 85to 90F is acceptable to decrease RH.i will add some water,yeast and sugar bottles to product some co2.
 

fat sam

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this is what i think your best bet is, i grow in tents to and this is how i do it, that 90% humidity is going to cause serious problems once the buds start getting nice and tight, so i would ditch the intake fan and just let the tent suck in air from the room its in, then just exhaust the tent out of the house like you are doing already, i use the dr 150 and there is no room for the dehumidifier in there so i set it outside the tent and sort of make a tunnel with cardboard from it to the vent on the side of the tent, this also helps with the heat from it to but just a little, also i would switch the lights to run at night because when it cools down humidity shoots up as you are seing now, also get a few small clip on fans and keep them blowing on the buds at all times, it dosnt have to be hard but just enough to make the leaves wiggle a bit, this will trick the plant to think the humidity is lower and will keep condensation from rotting your nugs, the last 2-3 weeks are the worst for mold so you got to get this strait before then
 
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