Anyone have any experience using a Humidity Sensing Fan?

[strickrick]

Was wondering if this would be a good solution to use on an enclosed fish room with a 465 gal w/ 125 gal sump?

http://www.homedepot.ca/product/qt-s...100-cfm/914306

Not sure if the humidity setpoint is selectable so I'm a little weary if the thing will ever cut out.

Any thoughts, please reply.

[strickrick]

Their site doesn't list the exact model but can I assume it operates the same?

http://www.nutone.com/product-detail...roductID=11229

If so, now I have another issue stating:

• Sensaire® technology detects the rapid rise in humidity over time

I think its safe to say the humidity will be constant and not a sudden spike so will this not work for the application?

[mark]

think I'd be looking at a cheaper fan and a $20 dehumidistat

[Realshow]

I would recommend one of the Panasonic fans. awesome fans & extremely quite.
They are pricey as well but definitely worth the cash.also much better in my opinion than a nutone. you can get them online through ebay etc gore a better deal . I would not buy anything else after using one of these .

[sphelps]

I have one of the auto switches, not built in the fan but the actual switch has the humidity sensor. I think the switch point must be pretty high, I don't think I've ever seen it on but then again the room doesn't seem humid at all. I think for peace of mind being able to set the humidity level is a worth while feature.

[Realshow]

Some of the Panasonic fans have humidity switches built in to automatically take care of everything. (wow I sound like a salesman Lol)

[strickrick]

Thanks guys, I'll check on the options.

[lastlight]

Fan and separate humidistat here. Mine runs all the time... I'm guessing more than half! Fan was maybe $40 and still running so only time will tell. I have my fishroom dialed to 45%.

[Corbin]

Im a contractor and when we install auto sensing fans they have a dial inside them u can adjust, they may run all the time for the first few days depending on the % setting

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[FragIt Dan]

Originally Posted by mark

think I'd be looking at a cheaper fan and a $20 dehumidistat

+1. I have installed humidistats on external bathroom fans. Pretty easy and allows the fan to be placed anywhere, the humidistat to go anywhere, adjustable humidity set point and selection or replacement of any fan. You might want to look at a dehumidifier though, just to confuse things .


FragIt Dan