i have questions about my temp/rh

[ATIK427]

i'm at 82.5 right now...i've been fighting it down from 86 all day..i feel like thats bad..am i trippin? let me know please my RH is at about 42% i'm trying to get it to 50...i put a mason jar with water and no lid...is this okay or should i be doing something else? i'm not a total beginer but i'm trying to fine tune everything and any help would be greatly apreciated. thank you

 

[Seamaiden]

If the plants are inside, yes, you want to get those temps down a bit. 82 is about the hottest you want to let it get. As for RH, wet a towel and hang it up. Surface area = higher evaporation rates which equal higher RH.

 

[ATIK427]

nice..thank you verry much. is there anything i can do aside from adding another fan to bring down my temp? i have 2 fans going already.

 

[casmel]

best thing that helps is bigger intake fan opening and or a coolhood or a cooltube .

 

[ATIK427]

thank you seamaiden. do you know anything about super snowcap by chance?

 

[Seamaiden]

No, I don't. I know a little bit aobut Icecaps (ballasts made for minireefers), but not Snowcap.

 

[ATIK427]

okay thank you

 

[ATIK427]

i got my temp down, but i can't seem to get my humidity up i've tried the towel and it dosn't seem to be helping. any other ideas?

 

[Seamaiden]

Wetted towel hung in such a manner as to allow air movement across it should be bringing humidity up. If it's still too dry, the only other things I can suggest would be to make a humidity tray (cookie sheet filled with gravel, then add water to the top of the gravel) or get a humidifier in there.

 

[jammie]

it takes awhile to raise RH because all the stuff in the room (drywall, concrete ect) has to absorb moisture so the air RH remains stable. get a vaporizer and run it 24/7

 

[ATIK427]

okay i'll give it a try. thank you guys :)