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CaptainHook2
at Thu Mar 10 09:45:09 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by CaptainHook2 ]
It's the easiest thing. You'll need some tools though. It's an ultrasonic humidifier from Wal-Mart. I believe most ultrasonic humidifier's have roughly the same size opening. Here's how they work, at least how I've observed it. You have a 2 gallon resevoir that sits on top of a base. The resevoir has a plunger style valve. Once placed onto the base a seal is pushed in by the filter on the base. This allows water to fill the filter which allows filtered water into the basin where the function starts. Once it's full, the water stops until it gets low enough to allow more out. This minimal amount of water sits over what looks like a silver disc at the bottom. It looks to me like the metal piece vibrates or pulsates causing water to shoot up and it creates a fog. The water container has a tube running through it that separates this fog from the rest of the standing water. It goes up this tube and out of the top of the humidifier. All you do is extend this tube using PVC pipe. This was the hardest part. I had to slim down the end of the PVC pipe to get it to fit into the opening to the resevoir. MAKE SURE NONE OF THESE PARTICLES GET INTO THE WATER SYSTEM. They are a pain in the a-- to get out. Then install 90' PVC elbows until the pipe fits into the cage. Use a shower drain that will fit with the rest of the PVC pipe and you have a way for the fog to enter but your snake can not crawl through it. I did not use pipe dope as you need to be able to move the pipes for cleaning and removing the humidifier and tank for cleaning, refilling. If not bothered they stay together pretty well. I have mine on a timer to go off every 2 hours for 30 minutes. It will run the humidity up to 88% for a small amount of time but by the time it cycles agin the humidity has dropped to around 55%. I haven't found a way to keep the humidity more regular yet. The 2 gallon tank lasts about a week between filling and you don't wind up with standin water or soaked substrate. The fog looks really cool at night with a black light.
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DZ
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell
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RE: THANX! - CaptainHook2, Thu Mar 10 09:45:09 2005