Dehumidifiers

[Hudo]

Thoughts... I live up north the last summer was bad. It was humid as fuck. I borrowed a dehumidifier off a mate to try but it only kinda worked when I slowed the exhausted fan down, but then the smell was evident. Been thinking the room my tent is in is 3.5 × 3.5 × 2.2.so what if .. I use the carbon filter to filter the room itself ( I'd get a larger one I'm due for an upgrade) and place the dehumidifier outside the tent with some ducting blowing the dry air in. What are everyone's thoughts on this working TIA

 

[Goonie Goat]

Sounds like it would work alright. My tent is in a room of similar dimensions maybe a little bigger and I use the Kmart large dehumidifier, which works okay but if there's a shitload of rain it will struggle a bit (say 80% or so rh, dehuey will take it down to ~65% if lucky).
I end up just throwing it in the 5×5 though to save power.
If I were running a dehumidifier outside the tent I'd probably go with the bigger units like the ausclimate ones that can do 12+ litres / day just so it isn't battling as much.

 

[snapper]

A couple of questions come to mind.

Where does the exhausted air go ? back into the room or outside ?
Is the exhaust fan on a thermostat or humidistat ?

Another thought is that running the humidified air back into the tent directly will increase internal heat as humified air is warmer and living up north and growing in summer I assume internal heat is a big problem too?

 

[Squire]

Not to mention the power you go through . Last grow power bill went through the roof and I have solar. Had a portable aircon and a dehumidifier running in the room with the tents . 24 hours power bill hit 500 in a month.
Thinking I will clear the room out and line it and install a split aircon . Still going to have to bring fresh air in and filter air out which works the aircon harder

 

[Hudo]

A couple of questions come to mind.

Where does the exhausted air go ? back into the room or outside ?
Is the exhaust fan on a thermostat or humidistat ?

Another thought is that running the humidified air back into the tent directly will increase internal heat as humified air is warmer and living up north and growing in summer I assume internal heat is a big problem too?

Exaust air goes outside. The tent averages around 30c in summer. I have lights on at night to keep temps down.

 

[Indy]

As @elsooto mentioned some time back, the average room sized dehumidifier is good for bumping up temps by another 4-5C, on average. From my experience, he'd be on the money with that comment.

 

[Hudo]

As @elsooto mentioned some time back, the average room sized dehumidifier is good for bumping up temps by another 4-5C, on average. From my experience, he'd be on the money with that comment.

Yeah starting to think pulling a week or 2 early in summer up here will be the norm without setting up an expensive setup