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faht (Fahtphish) Senior Member Username: Fahtphish Post Number: 446 Registered: 01-2003 Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - 10:32 am: someone PM'ed me asking for pix of how i got humidity to the greenhouses... here ya go.. there is a 3/4 in hose running up to the ceiling (you can kinda see it in the first pic) from the ultrasonic humidifier. then there are eight individual smaller hoses running from that to each individual shelf, eight in all just a pic of the digitimer.. it runs for 5 min every two hours (Message edited by fahtphish on October 21, 2003) says: hello faht (Fahtphish) Senior Member Username: Fahtphish Post Number: 447 Registered: 01-2003 Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - 10:40 am: water will collect and clog up the smaller hoses pretty quick BUT ive found that if you spray a little bit of PAM cooking spray into the ends of the smaller hoses, water won't collect in them... so far the only ill effects of this is the cloudy water in the humidifier... fahtster (Message edited by fahtphish on October 21, 2003) says: hello Joe Millionare (Rotterdam_y2k) Intermediate Member Username: Rotterdam_y2k Post Number: 66 Registered: 07-2003 Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - 11:54 am: thanks fahtster rodger rabbit (Skyypilot) Senior Member Username: Skyypilot Post Number: 937 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - 01:10 pm: Nice setup. Watch that timer if you have a power failure. I had one like that to control a hepa filter to supply fresh air for air exchanges. We had a power failure one day, and the internal battery in the timer also ran down. When power came back on, the timer stayed off, and I didn't notice for a couple of days. No air exchange during that time, and trich took over. grrrrr. faht (Fahtphish) Senior Member Username: Fahtphish Post Number: 449 Registered: 01-2003 Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - 09:04 pm: thanks for the heads up! fahtster says: hello psilocyte (Psilocyte) Member Username: Psilocyte Post Number: 24 Registered: 09-2003 Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 04:50 am: nice Deadly Ripped (Deadly_ripped) New member Username: Deadly_ripped Post Number: 9 Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Thursday, October 23, 2003 - 08:10 pm: Faht how many cakes can you fit on each level of those individual greenhouses? faht (Fahtphish) Senior Member Username: Fahtphish Post Number: 470 Registered: 01-2003 Posted on Thursday, October 23, 2003 - 09:44 pm: well, i use popcorn casings and thats 6 per shelf. fahtster says: hello I_am_me (I_am_me) Member Username: I_am_me Post Number: 47 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Thursday, October 23, 2003 - 09:49 pm: Yo faht, I'm thinkin about using an ultrasonic 2.7 gallon with one of those greenhouses in the thread that are available at big lots...I've looked over your setup but being a newbie its hard to understand everything that is happening. Can you give me a suggestion on how to do it with the greenhouse? Thanks! faht (Fahtphish) Senior Member Username: Fahtphish Post Number: 471 Registered: 01-2003 Posted on Thursday, October 23, 2003 - 10:35 pm: sure... well in the first pic there is a ultrasonic in between the two greenhouses. On the humidifier theres a top of a iso alcohol bottle that the 3/4 in tube fits into nice and snug. the seal is made with plumbers putty and tape (second pic). now this 3/4 in tube that comes off the now modified humidifer goes up to the ceiling. I have a hook that i use to hold it up. The end of the 3/4 in tube is plugged up so no air can get out that end. then i cut holes in the 3/4 in tubing big enough to fit the 3/8 in tubing that will be delivering the mist to each shelf of the greenhouses. You want to make sure that the holes aren't too big that mist and pressure escape out them. I taped up the bottom with a cut plastic bag so no air can escape out. then i put finger sized holes in the opposite side the mist was coming in on each shelf and covered with a piece of dust mask that i taped and sealed on the outside plastic. This will keep out heavy dust and bugs out but not hinder exhaust. then i wrapped the top two shelves in syran wrap as the top shelves get less mist than the ones closest to the humidifier. This will help keep the heavy mist up top longer as the shelves are wire and the mist would normally fall right thru. Dig me? let me know if theres something you don't understand. fahtster says: hello I_am_me (I_am_me) Member Username: I_am_me Post Number: 49 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Friday, October 24, 2003 - 03:05 am: Thanks a lot...I'm gonna try that with 1 green house. That cuts out the having to split the hose. So pretty much what I need is 1 green house shelving unit 1 2.7? gallon ultrasonic mist humidifier(is 2.7 enough? I found one for cheap) 1 alcohol bottle(top half) 1 3/8 inch clear tubing 1 can of plumbers putty 1 roll of duct tape So lets see...I just take the bottle and convert my humidifiers output into the bottle and out the hole in the top to my 3/8 inch tube. I run the tube up and hang it....then into the side of my greenhouse. I seal the hole where the tube goes in with plumbers putty and tape. Then I wrap the shelves with suran wrap to keep moisture on them so they will keep a high humidity. I place the cakes in the jar lids and run the humidifier around 5 minutes every two hours or....15 minutes ever 6 hours. I make sure I have small holes in the side opposite of the humidifier to keep airflow minimal fresh. Only question....the tube from the humidifier goes in the side of the greenhouse at the top? Also if the greenhouse has no bottom I can just put down plastic and tape it up? I drew a drawing and labeled it just to make sure I'm not stupid If you see any problems let me know. faht (Fahtphish) Senior Member Username: Fahtphish Post Number: 474 Registered: 01-2003 Posted on Friday, October 24, 2003 - 03:53 am: the tubing if you just have one should be a bit larger maybe like 3/4 ish. faht says: hello faht (Fahtphish) Senior Member Username: Fahtphish Post Number: 475 Registered: 01-2003 Posted on Friday, October 24, 2003 - 03:58 am: also, im sure you are going to have to improvise a bit along the way.. the putty was to seal any gap there may be between the alcohol bottle and humidifier too. you may have to find a different kind of bottle depending on the size of the hole on your humidifier. but you get the general idea... id love to see pix when you get it up and running. fahtster says: hello faht (Fahtphish) Senior Member Username: Fahtphish Post Number: 477 Registered: 01-2003 Posted on Friday, October 24, 2003 - 06:22 am: another thing, you probably shouldn't wrap the shelves in syran as you only have one point of entry for the mist up top, so you want some of the mist to fall through to the bottom chamber. faht (Message edited by fahtphish on October 24, 2003) says: hello Hippie3 (Admin) Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 7346 Registered: 02-2001 Posted on Friday, October 24, 2003 - 12:26 pm: archive material.

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