I haven’t given up on them, just not messing with them anymore right now, when i have a better solution that doesn’t put two separate experiments at risk.Randomblame wrote: ↑Fri Jul 05, 2019 8:23 amWhy not put them on a timer? 15mins on, 15mins off.. They last much longer this way. Also make sure to use demi/ro water. Any minerals inside the water will age the membrane much faster and in the worst case the condensed humitity leaves a white mineral layer on any surface in your groom.Or_Gro wrote: ↑Thu Jul 04, 2019 7:25 pmDay 4: Pulled lids off, fixed leaks, topped up water, and dosed the “sterile” buckets w 15mLs working solution.
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Also swapped out donut humidifiers far a 4L ultrasonic...
I really like the capability of this style donut:
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but it shuts off on some schedule i haven’t been able to identify, then rh drops into 40%s.
The floating style donut:
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runs continuously, but it puts out too much mist, soaking tent walls.
The better ones stop automaticly after a certain amount of time to protect the membranes from getting damaged. Often they mention a max. of 8h and at least a break of 30mins in the description. So if you put it on a timer it should no longer switch off at some point. If you find a minute timer you can use shorter on/off cycles to set a more precise humidity level but a little swing of maybe 10% back and furth should not be a big problem. The mist is condesing at the walls and even when the mister stops it will take some time until the water has evaporated so the swing is probably less like 10%.
Timer would work on the floating-style one, it runs continuously.
The other one with the long stem, is a better device, which wouldn't need a timer, puts out 70%+ rh,; but it shuts off, then you need to press a button to restart.
As far as ro water....that is some funny shit... Seems, some ultrasonics, including these don’t run well/at all with distilled/ro water...one of these comes with directions that say NOT to use ro in it:
