HL Neps using tower fans?

[kentosaurs]

Just a thought came into my mind....Since people are having success growing HL neps in air cond to a certain extent why not try a tower fan too??? It blows cool air at around 20-21C which is intermediate-ish kind of temps. Another advantage is that its much cheaper and doesn't cost that much too the electric bill right??? Only problem would be the humidity...Anyone thinks if humidity is controlled this could be a good idea?

[plantlover]

Maybe???

[arvin555]

When you say tower fans, you mean fans with water to cool? Same as Evaporative air cooling fans?

I say that they do not make the air too cool for highland, but there are people who say that it is not really the cold, but the humidity that is important for H/L or Intermediates. Some say give the plants nice humid air at night, they will be happy. If true then Evaporative aircooling fans would do just nicely.

Here, there are companies that sell electricfans with misting system in the front so that there is a nice "wind" and mist when you use these.

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arvin

[cbkhoon]

Originally Posted by arvin555

When you say tower fans, you mean fans with water to cool? Same as Evaporative air cooling fans?

I say that they do not make the air too cool for highland, but there are people who say that it is not really the cold, but the humidity that is important for H/L or Intermediates. Some say give the plants nice humid air at night, they will be happy. If true then Evaporative aircooling fans would do just nicely.

Here, there are companies that sell electricfans with misting system in the front so that there is a nice "wind" and mist when you use these.

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arvin

those misting fan need to run a water pump to push water out, the setup is not cheap !!

[NepNut]

Even though I haven't use the misting fan, one problem I can forsee will happen... too wet because of all the mist!!

I always feel evap cooling is the next best thing to cool down a growing area during day time (cost wise if compared to A/C) To get the desired night time cooling to simulate a intermediate condition, I still think A/C unit will be needed. The good thing about evap cooling is that it saturate the air with high humidity without actually getting anything wet... perhaps just the evap cooling pad. If I were to setup some sort of cool house, I will be leaning towards evap cooling (day and night time ) + A/C unit (night time only).

[cbkhoon]

so the answer is ? the most effective way to improve humidity is to use those water-based air cooler? i think some of them has timer function as well, so we can set the thing to run at afternoon time to compesate humidity drop problem.