Small dehumidifier for my 3x3 tent?

[Phreakshow]

I cannot get my humidity to 40%. My house humidity is around 34% humidity. I see small dehumidifier for tents. I have 2 AC Infinity 6 inch oscillating fans. One above blowing air across the canopy and 1 below the canopy. Are these good options?

 

[R4V3N]

One oscillating fan would be plenty for that size of tent. Are you trying to get your humidity up or down?

 

[amneziaHaze]

you can put a bowl of water with paper towel sticking out and fan blowing on it it will raise it by a few %

 

[R4V3N]

I've always found a clip fan pointing directly down into a bucket/container of water to be a very effective humidifier. Helps if you don't have a fast movement of air in and out. If you slow that right down you'll let the environment stabilize.

 

[Phreakshow]

One oscillating fan would be plenty for that size of tent. Are you trying to get your humidity up or down?

Down

 

[Phreakshow]

I'm asking about a dehumidifier

 

[WhatWouldBobDo]

I'm asking about a dehumidifier

Do you have an exhaust fan?

Exhausting high humidity air and exchanging for lower humidity (34%) would decrease your humidity.

Oscillating fans will move the air around your tent, but won't increase or decrease the humidity inside the tent.

 

[Phreakshow]

Do you have an exhaust fan?

Exhausting high humidity air and exchanging for lower humidity (34%) would decrease your humidity.

Oscillating fans will move the air around your tent, but won't increase or decrease the humidity inside the tent.

An AC Infinity 6-inch in line fan. I know I'm surely fine without a dehumidifier but it wouldn't hurt.

 

[R4V3N]

So you want it lower than 40%, Why though? That is plenty low enough for any flowering stage, maybe even a little too low actually, 40-50% would be ideal. That's why I was confused which way you wanted it to go.

 

[Phreakshow]

I'm trying to keep it below 50 consistently. Seems to like to hover mid 50's. I'm not saying i need it just that I thought lower humidity was better. I'm sure I'm splitting threads here but I was just curious.

 

[R4V3N]

Its always good to have full control of your environment. Getting humidity down in those summer months is quite a chore for me. I'll probably be looking for a dehumidifier in a couple of months myself too. I'm in Illinois, so its Siberia in winter, and the Sahara in summer, with brutal humidity in each direction.

 

[Corcorio2112]

I cannot get my humidity to 40%. My house humidity is around 34% humidity. I see small dehumidifier for tents. I have 2 AC Infinity 6 inch oscillating fans. One above blowing air across the canopy and 1 below the canopy. Are these good options?

Honestly keeping humidity in the mid 40’s is perfectly fine. Most dehumidifiers won’t go below 40. But if you want to try one I got this one off amazon, it’s very small and I put it on a box to get it up higher near the canopy, it self drains too if your near a drain. Just be sure to put black tape over the lights it has on it. It works great for me.

https://a.co/d/jbSZsCL

 

[LoveGrowingIt]

I'm not saying i need it just that I thought lower humidity was better.

It's good to know why it's better, if indeed it is better. A general rule of thumb is the transpiration rate increases as the humidity decreases. So, plants will (theoretically) grow faster at higher transpiration rates. That can be a good thing but might not be if other growth factors can't keep up. That said, it's best to keep the RH below 60% after the establishment (seedling) stage. It's especially important while flowering, because that's a point at which mold can be a problem. I run mine in the low 50s till early- to mid-flowering and then lower it as harvest time nears,