Dealing with humidity

[mark]

install a small (quiet) bathroom type fan to exhaust the air humid outside. Can even put the fan on a dehumidistat.

[blacknife]

Dehumidifier seems to be the way to go.. and any other methods to control.


just have to find the right one either used or on sale.

sections of the sump could be closed in but if its not total then i think lots of evap would still happen. The Girls FW tank is totally closed and i need to add a gallon or 2/ week to it.

I think the exaust fan from the sump will be used when i rebuild the stand or on a future larger build.


thanks for the help I don't know why i could not think of a dehumidifier myself.. probably the 1->400$ price tag any time i have walked past them in the stores

[reefermadness]

Originally Posted by mark

install a small (quiet) bathroom type fan to exhaust the air humid outside. Can even put the fan on a dehumidistat.

Works well in the winter months but here in South West Ontario it is very humid in the sumer months. Exhausting air outside means you are bringing humid air back in from outside.....which is kinda working against the final goal. Most people here need to run dehumidifiers in the basement even if they don't have an aquarium.

Personally I have talked about humidity with the HVAC guy who installed our furnace/AC and HRV. He recommended using a dehumidifer in the summer months (when it is humid outside as well), and the HRV in the winter months (when the air is dry outside).

[Parker]

I have a bathroom fan attached to a humidistat. I also have a new furnace that has a DC motor on it, I run the furnace fan 24/7 on low to move air around the house and my humity is never above 40/45.

I have about 400 gallons total water volume in the basement with the tank, sump and saltwater / RODI storage.