Does dwc water temp affect VPD ?

Hi guys I’ve got myself a new control system called growtronix . It’s a computer based controller with sensors, it has a vpd monitor on it but when my water temperature drops down the VPD drops too I always thought that vpd was a mix of room temp humidity and canopy temperature.

Does anyone know if the water temperature can affect it too it’s a rdwc system I’m using .

I’ve emailed the company I got it from asking but no responce as of yet so I thought I’d ask on here ?

Thanks in advance if anyone can help.
 

Airwalker16

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How much of a difference in water temp are you talking about? And not only that, how MUCH water are you talking about?
 

Airwalker16

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Why does the water temp drop?
Is it because the room temp drops as well?
I think it's like a dwc or rdwc and he means when the plants drink a bunch ofvthe water and there's only like 20gal left if the normally full, 80gal system.
 

fragileassassin

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Never seen anyone take water temps into account for VPD.
Most of us running rdwc use a chiller and keep it pretty constant though.
 
Hi guys sorry I’ve not been back on since I posted this the manufacturer got back to me and sorted it with a easy fix . Thanks for all your responses anyways !
 
Yeah was simple the vpd was taking the temperature reading from the water temp instead of temperature gauge. I should of checked but just automatically thought that the vpd would use just humidity and temperature . Makes sense now though as it was changing a lot when water temp dropped . All good to be fixed now just meant my vpd was quite out all through veg and first 3 weeks of flower . The girls seem to be moving faster and growing denser now which is good .
 
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