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InvisibleMrGiraffe

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Humidity and flow hoods
    #20239313 - 07/07/14 08:32 PM (10 years, 6 months ago)

Does a rooms humidity have any effect on a flow hood?  I've got a room in a basement that the wife has given me free run of, but being in a basement it's got some moisture issues.  The landlord recommended a dehumidifier for it, but I just plan on turning it into my mushroom cave.  It feels cool and humid in the room all of the time, but I was wondering, can I run my flow hood in the same room, or should I keep lugging it up stairs to do flow hood work where there is less humidity?  Cardboard boxes down in the basement tend to feel moist after spending a little while down there, should I not store my hood in the basement?  Will it have a negative impact on my filter/filter life?

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Re: Humidity and flow hoods [Re: MrGiraffe]
    #20239520 - 07/07/14 09:11 PM (10 years, 6 months ago)

A dehumidifier will help with possible mold/fungus from too much humidity.  Keep it under 50 percent and you should be golden.  A room with mold is not a usable room.

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Re: Humidity and flow hoods [Re: colorthumb]
    #20240735 - 07/08/14 04:54 AM (10 years, 6 months ago)

The room itself doesn't appear to have mold (although appearances can be deceiving), the moisture mainly seeps up through the concrete.  I plan on using the room to cultivate, so I wouldn't really want a dehumidifier in the there.  Guess I'll just continue to do my culture work upstairs.

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Re: Humidity and flow hoods [Re: MrGiraffe]
    #20240886 - 07/08/14 06:12 AM (10 years, 6 months ago)

If you plan on using the room for fruiting I would rethink bringing in a flow hood for clean work. 

Maybe you could section it off, cover the cleanroom side completely in poly and then setup your hood there. Of course, your going to need to have some sort of fresh air exchange so you're not suffocating in an oversized plastic bag.

A dehumidifier might not be needed if you cycle in fresh air to the clean room.


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Re: Humidity and flow hoods [Re: poofterFroth]
    #20240932 - 07/08/14 06:43 AM (10 years, 6 months ago)

I was considering getting one of those pop up grow tents to convert into a minilab.  Maybe put a small dehumidifier inside.  There is one window that leads into the adjacent garage area.  Maybe I can put a filter over that window to catch bigger dust particles and have that for fresh air into my clean tent/room.  Of course for the cost of one of those tents, I could get a few 2x2s and some poly sheeting, it's not like the walls are going to be supporting anything other than the poly and make a velcro poly roll up door.

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Re: Humidity and flow hoods [Re: MrGiraffe]
    #20240979 - 07/08/14 07:02 AM (10 years, 6 months ago)

2x3's are great, but if you choose to use wood spend a couple extra bucks and get it treated. Otherwise they will start molding very fast if exposed to humidity.


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