Put humidistat on timer?

lastlight · #1 11-03-2011, 04:57 PM

the way i see it using a timer would be adding the variance that the humidistat lacks. i wouldn't set the thing to be powered a couple times a day... i'd have the power to it every 30 min or hour.

Seamazter · #2 11-03-2011, 05:27 PM

I would think if the timing of the fan coming on and off is a bother, you could perhaps try for a quieter fan and save yourself all the other troubles your experiencing.

lastlight · #3 11-03-2011, 05:36 PM

The fan is not noisy I was thinking more about prolonging the life of it. It was only $40 tho... maybe I'll allow it to maintain a constant humidity as is and just replace the guts if she fries. Time will tell I guess.

StirCrazy · #4 11-03-2011, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

The fan is not noisy I was thinking more about prolonging the life of it. It was only $40 tho... maybe I'll allow it to maintain a constant humidity as is and just replace the guts if she fries. Time will tell I guess.

when I did mine it ran for 1 week pretty much constant untill it drew the humidity of the house down from 98 to 45% after this it would come on and off for the next 10 years. never hurt the fan at all. so I wouldn't worry about that. if you fan does fail, like you said it was 40 bucks, and buying just the motor that fits inside the housing is probably about 25 bucks.. and takes about 10 min to switch out. deal with it when it dies.

Steve

lastlight · #5 11-03-2011, 07:09 PM

Yeah good call that's what I'll do. It's doing it's job perfectly as is. Still feels humid in there relative to the rest of the house... as soon as you exit the fishroom and you're in front of the tank you get that awesome calgary dry-air-nosebleed feeling again.

cwatkins · #6 11-04-2011, 12:16 AM

You could look at getting an IAQ digital humidistat. Search on google or Amazon for digital IAQ. I think Honeywell makes a bunch. The digital ones should do what you want I think.