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People don’t understand growing in the dry desert. I also grow in southern ca. never need a dehumidifier. I dry in a 5x5 tent with a humidifier. Set my acinfinty controller to 60 percent and leave it for two week minimum. Then into jars for burping.I live in the desert too (currently 100-106 degrees) and a small bedroom in the house used as a lung room with a 4x2 tent is perfect for drying. Don't need a dehumidifier, not in the dry desert. The room I picked out is the coolest room of the house. 73 degrees at the warmest (coolest?), have a humidifier in there set at 60% for a 2-3 week dry period. The infinity tent is all set up with it's charcoal filtration so no sweet smells coming out of that room unfortunately. My thermostat for the house is set at 77.
Is there a way I can figure out my dew point using my temp/RHDewpoint is simply the temperature at which water vapor forms back into a liquid at a given relative humidity. At atmospheric pressure it's a set number depending on the temperature/rh. The only way to change dewpoint is to change temperature & relative humidity.
Another thing that could work is they actually make dehumidifiers that are basically just little heaters. Anytime you heat air it's relative humidity goes down as a byproduct. This is why people install humidifiers for the winter because heating the air makes it drier. You could install one of those & hook it to an humidity control. Any time humidity is high it would come on lowering humidity. Given that it's inside a fridge it will also force the fridge on which will remove humidity. I want to try making something like this too, but I'm not anywhere near even needing it yet, so I'm in more of a thinking about it mode right now. Here's an example of a dehumidifier that I'm referring to. This one's designed for safes.
https://www.amazon.com/PEET-Dehumidifier-Control-Humidity-Moisture/dp/B08FCQYM3L/ref=sr_1_112?crid=VZT1OK9VAHP1&keywords=dehumidifier+heater&qid=1683321747&sprefix=dehumidifier+heater,aps,109&sr=8-112&th=1
Hey bro when you dew point is that the same as RH, or is there a way I can figure it outMy next project is to build a dry and cure fridge because I refuse to spend 1700 on a cannatrol even if I had the money. There settings are 68 temp with 54 dew point for dry and then 68 temp with 52 dew point cure. I just need recommendations for what fridge and dehumidifier to use. Humidors come so close to those levels but would like to build something to get more percise levels. Can anyone help point me in right direction?
Hi bro, is that the recommended setting for cannatrol and should we be following itI just started using my cannatroll my issue is the humidity is at 55 so I am set for 60 temp 55 humidity. May need to find a mini humidifier
Hey dude! Sorry I haven’t been online. I also seem to not get alerts when I get tagged.@misfitdad @Gizmo613 @mothy @MIGrampaUSA @Diverge @Backyard_Boogie @misfitdad @PahPahCee
Firstly Happy thanksgiving to those who celebrate hope you guys are having good holidays.
Sorry to pester all but I'm struggling a little with my fridge & hoping the wine cooler corp could help me out a lil.
I thought everything was good till I walked in on my fridge and it was 72f instead of 60f as the humidifier was working too hard (3% buffer) so I dropped it to 1% buffer to chill.
Keeping it on 60/60 with fresh nugs makes it work too hard.
@PahPahCee I believe you said you drop it by 1% a day or something right? But can I ask what's the normal max Rh when you load the fridge, I found mine go into the 70s quick and already lost my 1st plant to mould so trying to avoid it back to back.
Can I ask you guys what you normally keep your temp/Rh on when you load the fridge and how long it usually takes to finish drying, it would help me alot?
I hear some ppl will keep it dead around 60/60 but I'm speaking to other growers online who grow some wicked flowers and they say they drop it to 50-55 first couple days and also 45-50 last day. Does anyone have any experience with this as I've heard the first few days are always crucial with humidity. And I wonder how much of this matters if your drying in a room vs a small fridge
Thank you all for your kindness and patience have a good one
First off thanks for all the information PahPahCee. Like you this is the first thread I have posted in and this go round I have 7 girls that are going to be ready at different times. This method seems like the logical solution to my situation, which also includes a difficult environment to get to ideal conditions for drying.To bypass the physical buttons we need to dumb down the Dehum. I cut out the board with the on/off button.
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It’s fairly simple. All that you should be left with is 2 black wires and 2 red wires. You cut you power supply cable that plugs into the Dehum. This will expose the red/black wires. Combine all 3 red cables together, combine the three black cables together.
You can splice these wires. Or you can use a Wago connector.
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as for the smell; it’s pretty sealed. You don’t smell anything so long as you keep the door closed. I’ve also heard reports that the water/condensation can smell a little. Not really an issue so long as you clean it up occasionally.
Sorry for the multiple posts. One more question PahPahCee. The white wires are neutral correct? What do you do with those?To bypass the physical buttons we need to dumb down the Dehum. I cut out the board with the on/off button.
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It’s fairly simple. All that you should be left with is 2 black wires and 2 red wires. You cut you power supply cable that plugs into the Dehum. This will expose the red/black wires. Combine all 3 red cables together, combine the three black cables together.
You can splice these wires. Or you can use a Wago connector.
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as for the smell; it’s pretty sealed. You don’t smell anything so long as you keep the door closed. I’ve also heard reports that the water/condensation can smell a little. Not really an issue so long as you clean it up occasionally.
I use Damp Rid in my reefer refrigerator. I cure and store at 45° F. It keeps the weed fresh and terpyIm a longtime grower of both indoor and outdoor. Space is a premium in our home and as such the hanging and drying process can be a bit challenging. I live in Southern California and our summers are hot and we get very little rain with common dry patches. Humidity regularly goes below 20%. Over the years I have always chopped my plants and hung them to dry inside my closet with a humidifier/dehumidifier controller. During the winter months when the temps are cooler I will sometimes hang the plants upside down in my garage grow tents once again with the humidifier/dehumidifier controller. My wife is getting tired of the whole house smelling like Kush so I want to move my entire drying/curing operation into the garage permanently. During the summer months my garage gets well over 90F which is a big no no for drying. Originally I was gonna bite the bullet and purchase one of these nice Cannatrol units for $1600...
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However after reading on their website I see that this unit is only designed to be operated at room temperature. This does me no good because my garage is over room temperature most of the time. I read around on a few of the other grow forums and it looks like people have modified traditional refrigerators to be used for drying/curing. Can anyone comment on this? Perhaps someone can send a link or article my way that can assist me in this build. Apparently there is a way to rig the refrigerator so that it can cool off while putting out no extra humidity. Is this true? I'm a pretty handy person and can likely tackle a build so long as its not too difficult. Please let me know your thoughts! Thanks!
Never mind, I figured it out. Had to further disassemble to find out what the white wires connected to. They connect to nothing, they were just kind of stuck into the fan/heatsink area with a plastic cap. Got it wired up and testing now to make sure it still works before I purchase a smart controller.Sorry for the multiple posts. One more question PahPahCee. The white wires are neutral correct? What do you do with those?
Thanks
Freeze drying and curing is starting to become main....Hell nah those trichomes have to cure plain and simple. You can't turn a plum into a prune in 3 days. Same applies for bud
Summertime I run 4 ac 24/7... ontop of growing... summertime bills hit 450 bucksYes I have considered cooling my garage however the electricity costs would be pretty high to run the AC 24/7. I know $1600 is a lot of money but I think cooling my garage would actually probably cost that much per year anyways. SoCal Edison already fuck me enough as is LOL
Dispensary weed tastes like shit. That's the science. The industry is literally filled with incompetence.Freeze drying and curing is starting to become main....
For instance LIVE ROSIN...your freshly chopped flower is dunked in liquid nitrogen to freeze dry... no curing needed... there is validity behind this methodology
You seem to know an awful lot for not knowing how to grow plants since yours are all dying....Dispensary weed tastes like shit. That's the science. The industry is literally filled with incompetence.
Glad you got things working for you. You got it right, match the colors of the wires together. To bypass the sensor you just get rid of it. No circuit boards needed. The inkbird controller will be the brains. We just want it to either be on or off.I'm in the process of testing my Vissani wine cooler now. It's a compressor model and is 5.2 cubic feet inside, temperature range is 35-55 F. I have a stripped down 220 square foot dehumidifier placed above the drain hole. I am going to be getting a temperature and humidity controller but for now just turning on things manually for the tests.
Set cooler thermostat to 53 F. Placed an 8x8" baking dish on the bottom of the cooler with a 3" usb powered computer fan blowing across it. When the compressor turns on the humidity will drop into the low 30's RH. Turn on the fan blowing on the water raises the humidity to 55-60 RH. Compressor turns off the humidity will rise to low 70's RH. Turned on the dehumidifier at 65 RH. It stabilizes around 65-70 RH sometimes a bit lower. Might need a lower temperature to combat the humidity or a larger dehumidifier.
The plan is to plug a power strip into the climate controller for the temperature. Plug the cooler and usb fan into the power strip. Set it to desired temp and when the compressor kicks on the fan will come on also. Plug the dehumidifier into the humidity controller plug and set it at desired RH level.
Going to need some tweaking to figure out ideal settings but this method should help with the large humidity swings. Things will obviously be different once I put some green in there but so far it seems to be working as intended. 3-4 weeks until chop so hopefully I can dial it in before then.
Have gotten a lot of knowledge from this thread, can't wait to put some of it to practice.
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