swap cooler for increasing HUMMIDITY in a sealed room

When I try to search for info on using a swap cooler in a sealed room to increase humidity i get all the noobs asking will a swamper work to grow. I want to use the swamper in conjunction with my ac. I figure a swamp cooler is cheaper and more reliable than a hummidfier. I would plan to put the swamper on a humidity controller to keep it at about 50 percent since I am perpetual. its a 10k watt plus grow.

IMO - there are 2 ways to look at this
1 - cheaper to own and operate - yes

2 - In a sealed or damn near sealed environment a swamp cooler without a doubt has the greatest chance of introducing fungus/molds into the grow space and they are a pita to keep really clean.

I am not sure how many square feet you are trying to humidify, but I am sure there are other options over a swamp cooler.
My .02

Peace and Great Grows

Asmallvoice

Dope likes low humidity from start to finish.

well it will def increase humidity. swamp coolers are realy good breeding grounds for mold tho (inside the cooler). you will def want to make shure theres a good sanitizer in the cooler res, otherwise i would think that it would spew mold spores all over the place.

With a 10K grow I wouldn't risk a roll of the dice on a chance of mould.


Just get a couple of portable humidifiers that you can fill the tanks on.




J

i want this grow closer to automated. portable humidifiers will be a pia to fill all the time. i want to hook it up to a hose. i did not think of mold issues off the top of my head. in my grow space there is only room for the ladies not more junky equipment all over. i have enough shit to trip over in there.

youd need some sort of UV water purifier and need to make the swamp cooler in a lightproof box and do your exhaust at the top of the grow, have it circulate through the cooler back down to the intake being most opposite spot on the floor away from the exhaust. if you have your A/C intake there next to the intake pulling air from the intake and pushing it through the room the a/c should reduce the condensation a little and you wouldnt need an extra fan to pull air through the cooler
I'd only use a swamp cooler if humidity was around 20%, it could bring things up to 50% easily.
but you could also just take a dehumidifier and have it circulate back to the swamp cooler, theres a lot of ways to do things but like everyone here is saying, evaluate if it's worth the risk

My rH gets down to the teens sometimes. If the Santa fe is the dehuey of choice who mtakes the best humidifier? To the guy who claims pot like low rH... have you ever researched rH??? Low rH can cause nutrient toxicity. Vpd is the term I believe.

Use a humidifier and put an auto fill valve in it. The same auto fill valve that is in the swamp cooler would work just fine in a humidifier.

Where I am from, swamp coolers are expensive $450+, it is much cheaper to purchase a humidifier.

WHY??? People....HUMIDITY is the enemy! Go out and buy the biggest DE-humidifier you can find, put it on the lowest setting and turn it on auto and forget about it. Moisture and molds go hand in hand. humidifiers breed spores. My r/h in the winter is in the teens and in the summer I hold it at 35% or less even if I have to bring another unit in. You may have to give them more water because they will transpire way more in a dryer environment but that a better trade off than a risk of bud blight! IMO

i cannot believe you guys do not believe humidity is important. so much negative info being pushed on the internet. show me a link where someone with credibility says pot does not like high humidity? do you that preach low rH even know what VPD is in relationship with growing pot????? humidity is the enemy of those who cannot hit 1 gpw because they do not know how important it is. and where can i get a hummififer for 10k watt grow for less than 450? i guess vpd and humidifiers aren't covered by the youtube "experts."

I was shocked to see a couple of the posts in this thread. Rh is a crucial environmental element in growing, even weed. For those that say they want rh as low as possible or these plants like low rh you really are doing a disservice to your plants and yields. When rh is low the plant has to work much harder and this takes energy away from building buds. 50-60% in veg and 45-55 in flower works great. Just make sure to have good air movement.

Low humidity specially in Veg will slow the growth right down as above guy said 50% minimum for fast lush green growth!

Thank you there is hope for trollitup. Do you guys have any recommendations for hueys?

Humidity should be at 50%, no higher than 60%, no lower than 40%. Higher, you get mould, lower you get crispy leaves and dehydrate the plant. The problem you have is you are running A/C, which is a natural dehumidifier. That is how AC works. Your best bet is to get a high quality air cooler, not air conditioner, which actually humidifies to cool the air. It is not as good as A/C but there is no hot air exhaust. If you run A/C and a humidifier, you are just wasting electricity. It is like pumping your room full of CO2 and having it sucked out by your exhaust fan. It is counter productive. Drop the A/C, find another way to control the temp.