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Homer1
at Thu Oct 30 21:14:11 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Homer1 ]
Yes, I had big plans to use one in my 50 gallon . . . until I realized that it was overkill. However, it DID work . . . and there's a cheap way to get it done.
I simply took the hydrostat from an old house humidifier (you can probably get someone to GIVE one to you if it's an old one) and dropped it into the screened vent on the top of my terrarium. This hydrostat had a variable dial to set the humidity, but there was no indication on the dial as to what the dial corresponded to as far as humidity goes. So . . . I used a hygrometer in the terrarium to calibrate the dial on the hydrostat, and rewired the hydrostat so that it could be used to power an ultrasonic humidifier. That was all largely academic, as I found that my terrarium never drops below 80% humidity anyway, and I decided to use the space taken up by the humidifier to house another 10 gallon aquarium.
Even if the hydrostat does burn out, you're only out a few bucks.
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Homer W. Faucett III, esq.
Purveyor of Trivialities and Fine Nonsense
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RE: Anybody use a hydrostat to automatically control humidity? - Homer1, Thu Oct 30 21:14:11 2003