Humidity

[Derek03]

My fish room is 3'X15' and it is built in my garage. It gets pretty warm in there and causes a lot of humidity. I have an insulated garage door but the way my house faces, the sun is on it most of the day. I am going to run my airconditining into the room and insulate over top of it. Hopefully that will help combat the heat.

Since I will be pumping my airconditing in I dont want to vent it to the outside. I was thinking of using a dehumidifyer instead.

Has anyone used one in a salt environment with success?

 

[ReefArtist]

I think people have but the major problem is the size and the heat they produce. I haven't used it myself but was also thinking of doing the same - decided against it. I'm going to use a Nutone bathroom Humidity Sensing Fan - but that''s just me.

http://www.nutone.com/product-detail.asp?ProductID=11229

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=640757

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1266276

Hope this helps some.

 

[jknecht]

I run a dehumidifier in my fish room and haven't had any problems with it. It's been running a couple years now and it drains straight to a drain. However with my latest upgrade (150G Sump) I'm installing a Panasonic exhaust fan as well. By far the quietest exhaust fan I've have heard.

 

[Derek03]

I like that nutone fan. I wanted to use a fan because of my limited floor space. The problem I ran into was no way to automate it but the nutone fan seems to do that.

My next concern was pulling my A/C out of the room. Hopefully by keeping the room cooler the humidity wont be such a problem.

I have tried to seal the room as much as possible because it is in my garage where I keep all my equipment for my lawn business. I really dont want $20K to rust away.