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Building a Humidifier
December 2013 Living in Colorado is awesome, I love it out here. However, the humidy is virtually non existent. We actually get very little rain or snow, because this is actually a high altitude desert. With such low humidity, many plants are sort of difficult to grow. I needed a system to provide a high humidity zone without increasing overall room humidify beyond a certain point. Mold is always a potential problem, so if you decide do embark down a similar en-devour do your research. My goal is too keep the room Humidity to under 65%, with a local zone of humidity over 70% I had looked at various humidifier systems but nothing really stood out to me. I needed something capable of delivering the vapor to a specific spot and nothing seemed to fit the bill unless I wanted to spend a LOT of money. The reservoir tanks were limited, the design not what i needed. So i built my own. It was surprisingly easy, and not too expensive, i think i spent right around $150 The most expensive part is the ultrasonic vaporizer. I got mine off of Ebay. I got a 5 head fogger for about 90 bucks, here is a website to the manufacturer. http://www.thehouseofhydro.com/ Ultrasonic Vaporizer And other parts I used. small PC fan 3 inch flexible tube 4 inch to 3 inch reducer Humidity controller and of course a large plastic tub with a Lid, an extension cable to cut up for the humidity controller, and a 12vdc power cable you can cut and use. DISCLAIMER, IF YOU ARE NOT A PROFESSIONAL ELECTRICIAN, OR SKILLED IN WORKING WITH HOME VOLTAGES, HIRE A PROFESSIONAL!!!!!!!! Construction was easy, got some GOOP glue, and I cut a hole out for the fan to blow air into the rub, and a hole for the 3 to 4 inch reducer. Using the GOOP I glued them together.

I cut the end off the power cable and spliced it in to the fans red/black leads, and plugged both the Fogger and Fan into a power strip that I plugged into the power cable which hit the humidifier controller.

The humidity controller works like a champ. It is small, Inexpensive, and easy to use. I plugged everything in and presto, I had a humidifier that will deliver the fog exactly where I want it. I might have to play around with the fan though, it is a PWM fan and man, I really dont want to go through the bullshit of controlling it with PWM. right now I just use 12v, but the output is nothing impressive. So far it seems to do its job fine and it does allow me to deliver mist where I want it, but I might have to go with a bigger fan a little bit later. So you timelapsers out there are probably scratching your head wondering exactly how i plan to work this in with timelapse. Trust me, I have this figured out and cant wait to show the process. First, I have to build the next Greenthumb Controller.