Does anyone have experience with dehumidifiers?

[Benjic93]

Yea I can imagine the landlord doesn't want you drilling into his concrete shed lol.

Probably wouldn't want me growing in there either but yeh. Not an easy fix when I move out. That's why I thought of going down the dehumidifier route. I just don't know how well they work with never using or owning one.

[Benjic93]

I’d be looking for a way to extract the air outside rather than go the dehumidifier route, must be away to get that humid air out surely

[Benjic93]

Yea I can imagine the landlord doesn't want you drilling into his concrete shed lol.

Probably wouldn't want me growing in there either but yeh. Not an easy fix when I move out. That's why I thought of going down the dehumidifier route. I just don't know how well they work with never using or owning one.

I know Keeno has experience of out buildings and dehumidifiers, I think they can get expensive to run

[Benjic93]

Yea I can imagine the landlord doesn't want you drilling into his concrete shed lol.

Probably wouldn't want me growing in there either but yeh. Not an easy fix when I move out. That's why I thought of going down the dehumidifier route. I just don't know how well they work with never using or owning one.

I know Keeno has experience of out buildings and dehumidifiers, I think they can get expensive to run

Yeh I'm sure they wouldn't be cheap. Rather pay abit extra then lose months of nurturing lol. Hps is already crippling me I've seen some eco friendly ones that run at about 200w. Couldn't imagine it would be on 24/7. I'd love to get a drill and make an extraction hole in the concrete wall but there's no way of making in inconspicuous so the landlord don't get Sus lol.

[Benjic93]

@Keeno hit me up when your on please man. Gimme some insight. Cheers

[Mustang92]

could you remove landlords door and swap out with your own vented door , hopefully just door pins. no harm, no penalty kicks , win win

[Benjic93]

could you remove landlords door and swap out with your own vented door , hopefully just door pins. no harm, no penalty kicks , win win

Don't know how much help this is?.. I originally planned that but a friend talked me out of it. Apparently its not as easy just buying a door and fitting it

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[Benjic93]

I know it's not much help! Everyone hates this topic when I bring it up

But it's the damn tent that's making it so humid I switched to open grow style and just used two sided plaztic on the walls/windows. One side black, the other white

This way (if you have an aircon) you just recirculate the same air. And you just set an inline fan on top of your carbon filter to keep the stinkiness down

I've gone from losing a few big tops every grow to mold, to not needing a dehumidifier and not sesing mold ever again I'll honestly never go back to a tent, no matter how or where I grow. They're really just good for hanging lights to be honest

You could panda film those walls and put an aircon in the window (if you have windows) call it a day I have 70+ humidity in late flower, no dehumidifier and no issues. Just have to keep wind levels high

Just my opinion though




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[Benjic93]

I know it's not much help! Everyone hates this topic when I bring it up

But it's the damn tent that's making it so humid I switched to open grow style and just used two sided plaztic on the walls/windows. One side black, the other white

This way (if you have an aircon) you just recirculate the same air. And you just set an inline fan on top of your carbon filter to keep the stinkiness down

I've gone from losing a few big tops every grow to mold, to not needing a dehumidifier and not sesing mold ever again I'll honestly never go back to a tent, no matter how or where I grow. They're really just good for hanging lights to be honest

You could panda film those walls and put an aircon in the window (if you have windows) call it a day I have 70+ humidity in late flower, no dehumidifier and no issues. Just have to keep wind levels high

Just my opinion though




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Man, that sounds so easy and simple. To be fair picturing it now in the shed would look sick and I wouldn't be stuck with a 3x3 tent.

What about extraction though? So in theory you have it sealed just circulating the same air due to an aircon unit? .. you extract the carbon filter out though?

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[Mustang92]

some doors are standard size and come frame & door and some doors are made to fit because they need to be and that would be pain in arse.

just guessing on @ Josh's awesome suggestion mate,

i'm guessing aircon is british for a/c window unit(dehumidifier is just a shite a/c unit). the air passing through a/c unit would drop in humidity plus your also drawing that same air that is already lower humidity, similar to how a recirculate button on car for colder air works. I don't see why you couldn't run exhaust fan with carb filter 24/7 and a/c unit on a humidity switch so it ain't on constantly.

It also looks like shed is on cement floor, most cement floors are like sponges for moisture. Concrete sweating usually occurs when warm air comes into contact with a cooler concrete slab and it causes the concrete floor to sweat. ... After a humid night, water vapor in the air will come into contact with the cooler concrete floor and will condense into morning dew or wet walls.