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Say what you will. But dammit, grandma is one hell of a good french kisser.

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I took some shrooms,
they were good to me
but then my weed
fell into the sea

Bummer, I hope the new motors work better for you.

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-From a registered Mad Scientist

"From a certain point of view"
-Jedi Master Obiwan Kenobi (also a Mad Scientist tm)

My initial guess is that you are filling the chamber to beyond the full level. In the instructions it talks about filling to a specific level that is considerably below the disc or splash comb. If you put too much water in there, especially so that the disc or comb is touching the water, two things can happen:

1) It will won't put out nearly ANY humidity at all (maybe some dry air, maybe nothing).

2) Water will likely eventually splash up in to the AC motor coils and short them out. (You'll hear a popping sound)

But after reading your post more carefully, you explain that you are only filling the base with an inch an a half of water, so that couldn't be it.

My second guess is that you have attached the hoses from the base in a strange orientation. I couldn't gather from your messages how they actually were attached, so let me suggest some things here.

The hoses should connect to the top of the base of the humidifier such that they run directly upward first (like the original slot). The holes should NOT be out the side of the base nor should the holes be on the top close to the motor. If you make the hoses close to the motor, you'll disrupt the air flow pattern, potentially sending mist up in to the motor housing. Also, the hoses should just poke in to the base (like about 1/4" or so). If you have too much hose poking into the base, you'll disrupt the airflow. For a good set up example take a look at THIS.

Here's another thing: make sure that the humidifier is on a level and steady surface. Basically look for anything that could be causing that water to splash up on the AC motor coils.

Lastly, you mention excessive water in the couplings. I too used to have this before I was restricting the exhaust. As per my tek, it is best to keep the terrarium air tight and limit the exhaust. I use about 5 1/4" exhaust holes per input hose (but you could probably double or half that and be okay). This keeps a certain amount of back pressure (a good thing) and keep the hoses from running full blast and "gurgling" excessively due to water build up. Back pressure also keeps dry air from "falling" in to the terrarium.

ShroomGod

[This message has been edited by ShroomGod (edited December 03, 1999).]

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Tor

PS- I've been spraying the sides of my aquarium daily even though the cool mist is running 24/7. The casings dry toooo much to support pinning.

Now, with that problem seemingly taken care of, can anyone offer any insight into why my humidity while running this thing is so low? I'm going to post a picture of my chambers to this thread, too...

Thanks ShroomGod for the tip, and to everyone else who has helped.

ShroomGod

My buddy likes the units that have a flapper built right in to adjust how much mist you want the unit to put out,,,I believe these are Hankscraft brand ,,,they are brown and hold like 2-1/2 gallons per filling.

Next to Wallmart thrift stores & garage sales and such are a very good resource for the would be experimentor. :-)

Per Hoyt