How do you control humidity?

[Keri]

I really want an HRV but Drew thinks it will be too hard to install with no existing ductwork as we don't have a furnace, just electric heat. (He's probably right, he's pretty reasonable lol) But....an exhaust fan.... you just punk a hole in the wall and set it up, right? I like the idea of a humidex but I don't know if it will be powerful enough.... Oh choices...

[loveless]

I bought one of te fantech fr100 fans. http://www.hvacquick.com/frfnconfig.php?fm=frGot it off ebay think I paid around 110 bucks and it stays on continuously for a year now with no problems, only 19watts too which is good

[Keri]

Originally Posted by loveless

I bought one of te fantech fr100 fans. http://www.hvacquick.com/frfnconfig.php?fm=frGot it off ebay think I paid around 110 bucks and it stays on continuously for a year now with no problems, only 19watts too which is good

thanks - I've bookmarked that page for Drew to look at

[loveless]

I must warn you about the sound. I definitely wouldnt call it loud, but it does make noise. I have about 6feet of ducting on either end which makes it fairly quiet. I have the fan mounted in a room in the basement and the ducting hooked up directly to the canopy. Its almost silent at the tank but makes a slight whirring sound one would expect from a fan in the room it is mounted in. Other than that it is a seemingly good product.

[mark]

only problem with a fan only, is along with the moisture your dumping out that warm air you just paid to heat.

[banditpowdercoat]

'm in a mobile Home, which is sealed up like a pasta strainer so no issues here HAHAHA

[michika]

We're going with an HRV, and will probably install a humidex as well should the HRV not handle moisture, or is impossible to conform to our needs. We see some moisture on our main floor, however it isn't necessarily from the tank in the basement. Our house is older, from the 50s, and we don't have a bathroom fan.

[Doug]

Originally Posted by michika

We're going with an HRV, and will probably install a humidex as well should the HRV not handle moisture, or is impossible to conform to our needs. We see some moisture on our main floor, however it isn't necessarily from the tank in the basement. Our house is older, from the 50s, and we don't have a bathroom fan.

If you size your hrv right, thats all you should need. They make some pretty large hrv units, including double core models.

[Skimmerking]

Originally Posted by michika

We're going with an HRV, and will probably install a humidex as well should the HRV not handle moisture, or is impossible to conform to our needs. We see some moisture on our main floor, however it isn't necessarily from the tank in the basement. Our house is older, from the 50s, and we don't have a bathroom fan.

Catherine i have a huge bathroom fan on a timer i have a older house built in the 50's too. however once the new windows went in and the new brick and siding house facelift its pretty sealed tight now.. and i hdotn hav any issues in there with your setup i see that you could run the bathroom fan in the fish room where your sump will be. and have a fan blowing air in the hood and then having suck out to the fish room where the fan would blow it out...

[EmilyB]

We installed a Hepa 3000 and have not seen ice on the windows since. I'd still like to learn how to use the controls better..

http://www.greenrinc.com/ven/hepa.htm