Yeah, I want the guide as well, because there are couple different methods here to lower the RH. I personally didn’t secure my dehu with anything, it just sit there. As for the hole, mine was a smaller than yours, so I rolled a tape around the cables and shoved it in there. Simple and affective.
What did you seal the hole with?
Ya I went with a 1" / 25mm hole. in retrospect I could have gone smaller. I might just use electric tape although I'm not sure if there's any risk in that.
Hey I'm just about ready to harvest my plants and I'm wondering if you hung your plants to dry for 1.5 days before putting them in the cooler? I read that @Hook Daddy did that for his 2nd harvest.
I used a neoprene plug from an old cloner, it fits nicely around the cable and seals tight. Hot glue, electrical tape, anything to seal the hole up is better than nothing. Watch silicone as it tends to stink.
I did not secure the dehumidifier in the cooler, it just sits with the pointed ends of the fins in the drip channel at the rear of the cooler. Here’s a pic of the bottom tray cut for the dehumidifier.
Awesome, thanks for the reply!!
No I didn’t hang them to dry. Harvested then straight to cooler. I don’t think Hookdady hung dry all his harvests first, some of his harvests went straight to the cooler without hang drying. He can confirm himself. Ask him
Why start with 78%? Why this number specifically?
I think upper 70's is a great starting point. Any higher you run a greater chance mold, if you set it too low, your buds will dry out too fast and turn to shit.
Only because people are always asking for a defined start schedule and hard numbers, that is a good safe place to start that works well, no other reason. I will usually start somewhat lower myself and keep a close eye on things to make sure the dehumidifier fins don’t freeze up. By starting at 78% that very rarely happens, and everything works smoothly.
How long was your dry? And where did u start?
I did like 60-62f, the humidity was high at first like 78-80rh but I did wet trim and no pre hang dry and stacked the trays but not double stacked. And just did like .5-1rh drop every day or what it would handle. I did open it once a day or other day just to check the buds. It’s been 11 days since I put it in there.
