does anyone here at all know how to make a home made dehumidifer. I want to lower the humidity in my room and cant afford a real one at the moment. its a closet sized area, not really big, so i dont think it should be hard to lower
i guess, you get some tubing(prefably copper) run cold water through lots of coials. water will condense. TBug
or use desicant bags. Seriously, this stuff drys stuff out. Similar to the small sillica gel bags u get with new electrical stuff, are alumina sillicate / calcium sulfate pellets used in industrial air dryers. http://www.drierite.com/catalog3/page4c.cfm?img_scale=200 (Google for desiccant pellets / media) These preformed filters are great - they change colour when they need regenerating (drying out) These are from sargent welch & are $40 or so = about £1.30 uk Basically, all u need to do is blow air through them = wet air in, dry air out. But strategically placed bags of desiccant will help dehumidify any space if u don't use inlet fans. For a closet size grow area, buy 5-10 kilo of loose desiccant & fill / knot some socks with the pellets. Place them on a radiator or out in the sun to dry out now & then - when the colour of the pellets changes. Maybe an idea to leave some pellets in an open jar so u have an indication of their saturation level? Maybe u could sandwich cheap loose stuff between 2 inlet panel fliters for extra dry inlet air? For my car at home, I filled a pillowcase with the stuff & threw it in the boot = no more steamed up windows! - u get the idea. It is classed as an irritant & respiratory sensitiser, so read the data that comes with it & WASH UR HANDS after using it - wear a fine particle mask with loose desiccant pls