Hey all
I borrowed a portable ac unit (LG) from a friend thinking I could drop RH and temp for last two weeks before harvest.
I hooked it up with some cArdboard box to vent the airflow into my tent. but having small problem. I checked my temp/meter in the morning after running it overnight humidity min 41% max 85%.
85%?!?!?!!?!!!!!
I figure unit was set too high and the coils frost over and unit needs to defrost, a period in which it just works on fan mode and blows outside air into my tent. Which normally isn't that big a deal as normal humidity is usually around 55%, but my meter says its a jungle in there when that happens.
I assume my cheap hygrometer reads such high RH because it gets cold inside the tent when the unit is on, and when warm air hits it all of a sudden, there must be some condensation happening inside the unit causing it to read higher than actual moisture levels.
My other theory is that the aluminum ducting also gets cold and when warm air hits it it also gets condensation, which then is evaporated into my tent when ac goes defrost.
I am trying to see if I can set it so it won't ever run so hard that it needs to defrost; then I'd be gold. But assuming I can't do that, here is my question:
Will my cold buds also get condensation if hit with a stream of warm humid air?
I would assume that is definately no good. In which case the portable ac trick is up in smoke.
I borrowed a portable ac unit (LG) from a friend thinking I could drop RH and temp for last two weeks before harvest.
I hooked it up with some cArdboard box to vent the airflow into my tent. but having small problem. I checked my temp/meter in the morning after running it overnight humidity min 41% max 85%.
85%?!?!?!!?!!!!!
I figure unit was set too high and the coils frost over and unit needs to defrost, a period in which it just works on fan mode and blows outside air into my tent. Which normally isn't that big a deal as normal humidity is usually around 55%, but my meter says its a jungle in there when that happens.
I assume my cheap hygrometer reads such high RH because it gets cold inside the tent when the unit is on, and when warm air hits it all of a sudden, there must be some condensation happening inside the unit causing it to read higher than actual moisture levels.
My other theory is that the aluminum ducting also gets cold and when warm air hits it it also gets condensation, which then is evaporated into my tent when ac goes defrost.
I am trying to see if I can set it so it won't ever run so hard that it needs to defrost; then I'd be gold. But assuming I can't do that, here is my question:
Will my cold buds also get condensation if hit with a stream of warm humid air?
I would assume that is definately no good. In which case the portable ac trick is up in smoke.
