Removing heat while retaining humidity? (desert growers please help)

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potam

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Long story short: my temps without the exhaust fan get up to ~90F. Humidity with the exhaust running on the lowest setting (even with humidifier on max) is ~30%.

So how can I get the heat out but leave the humidity in? I'm thinking about freezing a large bowl of water tonight and leaving it in the tent tomorrow and see how that helps, but that doesn't seem like the best solution. Any tips are appreciated.
 
dannyboy602

dannyboy602

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What's your humidity outside the tent? Why do you want higher humidity? Temperature should be your first concern.
 
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spek9

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potam said:
Humidity in the house is around 20-25%. I was under the impression that humidity was important.
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It is, but at least you're at 30%. Many struggle to achieve that even.

A small humidifier in the tent should help quite a bit.
 
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spek9

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potam said:
Ok, cool. I guess I'll just be running both
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Do yourself a favour... most of these new-age humidifiers require pushing a bunch of buttons to set things up, but when turned off, they don't turn back on again. You've got to re-set everything all over again.

Go to a pawn shop or a thrift store and look for the older style humidifier that you just plug in, and it works. Some of them have a knob to set the amount of humidity the device is putting out. No need for all of the electronics.
 
TreeFarmerCharlie

TreeFarmerCharlie

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spek9 said:
Do yourself a favour... most of these new-age humidifiers require pushing a bunch of buttons to set things up, but when turned off, they don't turn back on again. You've got to re-set everything all over again.

Go to a pawn shop or a thrift store and look for the older style humidifier that you just plug in, and it works. Some of them have a knob to set the amount of humidity the device is putting out. No need for all of the electronics.
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Amazon have a bunch that just have a knob. I have two in my tent set to about 75% and just control the power to them based on the humidity.
 
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spek9

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TreeFarmerCharlie said:
I’m running two humidifiers in my 4x4 tent right now and they’ve been running a lot lately.
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I've got the opposite problem. My dehumidifier died a couple of days ago, now my flower tent humidity is through the roof during lights-off. I have low temp and high humidity in my basement. Veg tent shows a little low for humidity, but that's because I had the tent open for a little while for some maintenance.

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Off to buy a new dehumidifier tomorrow morning.
 
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