Posted on Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - 08:50 pm:

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I bought a shelf at IKEA that includes a cover with zippers.
For now it´s only passively humidified with what escapes from casings, but I have to mist a lot.
I´ll add a humidifier to it in the next days.

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The mushrooms on the pictures in the front are B+ on birdssed secind flush, at the back Ecuador, left on birdseed second flush, right on rye, the same isolate first flush.
The red stuff is expanded clay and water, acts like an additional humidity source.

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Posted on Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - 08:56 pm:

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got a cool mist humidifier now and I let it run for 10 minutes every 2 hours. This gives me a more or less constant humidity of 95% on the top shelf.

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Posted on Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - 08:58 pm:

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After 1 year of use I ran into problems this winter. Due to very cold outside temperatures, the air inside the house is very dry.
Since the walls of the Antonius are air permeable to some extent, the humidifier coudn´t humidify the system anymore to the high 90es level.

What I did was I took some translucent plastic sheets and covered the inside of Antonius with a layer.

Now the humidity is again where it should be.

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Posted on Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - 09:03 pm:

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unfortunately, they stopped making the clear plastic zipper coverings. so i used a little 4mm clear plastic, a glue gun, and some velcro. here is a pic of it.

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Posted on Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - 09:04 pm:

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>Anno, how thick is the hose attached to the vicks cool mist?
1/2 inch

>Did you have to cut it? If so, with what type of cutting device?
The hose? Cut the hose? Sure, I cut it with a knife to be only 4 feet long.

>Also, is there a timer on the cool mist unit?
Yes. 10 minutes every 2 hours except for night(from 11 PM to 7 AM where it´s off.

> How else could you ensure that it's not over humidifying the air?
Don´t know.

>How often do you fill the vicks with water and how much does it hold?
Around 1 time a month and it holds around 6 quarts of water.

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