Moisture in House

[woodcarver]

Just read thro' the earlier thread ,lots of good info , Glad you managed to find a dehumidistat . I will check out thread to see how your install goes and if it does the trick .........................
Dave.

[Delphinus]

Hey Rory, where'd you end up finding a dehumidistat?

[TheReefGeek]

Now you want me to remember things too?

I honestly can't remember the name right now. I remember I did a google search for dehumidistats, then i found a brand name of a company that made them. Then I called their head office, found a supplier in Edmonton, called them, and went there. Then I ended up getting a different one for half the price at the same place, it was like $20.00.

If I can think of the name, i will post back.

[TheReefGeek]

Ok I looked it up.

The company I originally found was LifeBreath, looks like they do HRV's yay!

www.lifebreath.com

I then looked into their dealers and in Edmonton found

ECCO HEATING PRODUCTS LTD.
Contact: ELAINE HODGINS / AL FIRT
14760-116th Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta
T5M 3G1
Phone: (780) 479-1946
Fax: (780) 474-8500
E-mail: ehodgins.edmt@eccohtg .com
Website: www.eccohtg.com
Toll Free: 1-800-330-3226


And went there and they had a cheaper model than the LifeBreath for sale.

There are retailers of LifeBreath in Calgary, just go to the dealer locator from the lifebreath website.

[Delphinus]

Cool, was just curious, that's all (I have the HRV already and it came with one, but just remembered you had some trouble finding a dehumidistat so I was wondering how it worked out in the end).

BTW, my HRV is a Lifebreath

This is going to sound sick but I can't wait for the next cold snap to see how my windows do. For the first time in a long time my windows have been bone dry during a winter month. Of course it's warm now so that's a big part of it, but even still the humidex is reading <40% and it's been a LONG time since I've seen that kind of a number. I like the tropical rainforest effect but I've since learned over the years that it's better to have that in an actual tropical rainforest and not your house.

[fortheloveofcrabs]

Just a note for anyone here (most if not all of us) has mold on a window sill. A bit of bleach and water in a spray bottle will get rid of it like a charm! It gets rid of the color, and kills it. Jusy my 2 cents.

-Pailu

[StirCrazy]

Ok, the humadex will do the same thing as a quality bathroom fan on a humidastat, I don't know how much the humadex is but for about 50 bucks you can get a humidastat and for 250.00 you can get a awsome inline fan that moves about 350 cu^ft per hour. it sits in the attic so you don't hear it and you can plumb it right to a room that needs the air removed.

Steve

[mark]

Originally Posted by TheReefGeek

Now you want me to remember things too?

I honestly can't remember the name right now. I remember I did a google search for dehumidistats, then i found a brand name of a company that made them. Then I called their head office, found a supplier in Edmonton, called them, and went there. Then I ended up getting a different one for half the price at the same place, it was like $20.00.

If I can think of the name, i will post back.

rated 120V?

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by TheReefGeek

I evaporate about 3 gallons per day, maybe a bit more with my larger sump now.

thats actually quite low for a tank your size.. before my chiller I was evaporating 5 gal/day on a tank with 1/2 the surface area as yours, now with my chiller I only lose about 1 gal per day maybe two.

So another good plug for a chiller is it will cut down on moisture in your house

Steve

[TheReefGeek]

I thought my evaporation would go up more than it did when I added my sump and fuge as well.

I don't run a chiller, but my tank never goes above 79 degrees.