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I’m going to drill a hole and lead my tube outside.
With the weather cooling off and about to get where we can open our houses up during the day, This makes a great time to check your question live using your apex to graph for you.
Off on a weekend, Open up the house while the weather is good. Check your reading before during a 6 hour period and afterward.
I am betting you will see the increase you are wanting.
This was the perfect thing for my tank in my old house was cooler weather affording higher PH and better coral growth.
Summer time was a slump due to house being closed up and having 5 people / 2 dogs inside.
For a fresh air intake to your skimmer just be careful to where you place the inlet outside your home and think about using a charcoal canister to filter the air reducing contaminants
Off on a weekend, Open up the house while the weather is good. Check your reading before during a 6 hour period and afterward.
I am betting you will see the increase you are wanting.
This was the perfect thing for my tank in my old house was cooler weather affording higher PH and better coral growth.
Summer time was a slump due to house being closed up and having 5 people / 2 dogs inside.
For a fresh air intake to your skimmer just be careful to where you place the inlet outside your home and think about using a charcoal canister to filter the air reducing contaminants
Fresh air is healthy for people as well. Low tank pH taught me that my family was likely not getting enough fresh air for our health as well.
BumpaBaaby
Neon Goby
I did and it didn’t raise much .
BumpaBaaby
Neon Goby
I was thinking about installing a fresh air intake with a damper.
Let us know what how that works out. I thought about talking to an A/C guy about options.
Best thing you can do living in New Orleans is get yourself one of these guys:
Ultra Aire 70H Dehumidifier | Whole House Ventilating Dehumidifier
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Split the intake between a fresh air damper and your AC intake. The exhaust it to the AC plenum. Tie the fan terminals on the HVAC and dehumidifier as per instructions. If you already have bath vents that exhaust outside the home, you don't need to do anything else. Put the humidistat on your highest floor in the home, or in the middle of your home if you are single story.
You want these to run continuous as much as possible, so bigger is not better.
+1 Especially if you live in an area where the bug spray truck passes down your street in the summertime...
BumpaBaaby
Neon Goby
I’m an AC guy
BumpaBaaby
Neon Goby
Yeah I thought about that also. The dehumidifier I have now is a commercial one and it’s constantly runningBest thing you can do living in New Orleans is get yourself one of these guys:
Ultra Aire 70H Dehumidifier | Whole House Ventilating Dehumidifier
The Ultra Aire 70H it ideal for a small home, condo, or apartment application. Contact us today to learn more about this dehumidifier!
Split the intake between a fresh air damper and your AC intake. The exhaust it to the AC plenum. Tie the fan terminals on the HVAC and dehumidifier as per instructions. If you already have bath vents that exhaust outside the home, you don't need to do anything else. Put the humidistat on your highest floor in the home, or in the middle of your home if you are single story.
You want these to run continuous as much as possible, so bigger is not better.
I NEVER get those fumigation trucks near where I live. When it is very humid or even foggy, we do have some strange, bad smells coming from a wood treatment plant nearby. I wonder how toxic that is. This is my only hesitation to doing something like @clsanchez77 recommended. Is there a way to have the system stop pulling air in when the humidity is 90 -100%. I guess pulling-in extremely cold or hot air is another of my concerns. @BumpaBaaby, is the best way to just go the manual route of opening and closing it yourself?
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I think we have a thread on here for people to announce their businesses, look for that and update it. Whats the name of your company?
Yes, there are controls on these systems, everything is $$$ of course. I actually don't have one, but plan to put one in when I replace the AC.
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Tagging along to see if there is a pH bump from opening up the house. I did not notice any measurable pH shift doing that.
BumpaBaaby
Neon Goby
I’ll get the hammer drill tomorrow.
BumpaBaaby
Neon Goby
Just make sure the damper is only opened to 10%. When it does get cold you can open the damper all the way to get free cooling
Just to share I have a nyos 120 and due to how efficient it is fresh air added no value. Now my vertex 180 with fresh air gives me .3 increase
Before u drill how might just want to run tub from skimmer to outside to test
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Before u drill how might just want to run tub from skimmer to outside to test
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