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McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
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De-Humidifers in cold rooms. Try doing a simple google search, refrig ones are not worth running,
http://www.dehumidifier-reviews.co.uk/best-dehumidifier-garage
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Mine is a dessicant type I believe the Ruby Dry is the same type they do put some heat out as well. It never fails to produce the condensate from operating at all winter temperatures.
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That's correct Ted. Mine runs fine in zero and lower temperatures. The heat is produced by a small heating element inside the Ruby Dry to dry the condensate from the spinning disc. I understand the water collected in the tank is deironised and good for the ironing whatever that is🤔
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I use mine for watering my carniverous plants - ironing pray tell me what that word means is it something to do with heating iron (Fe) then fashioning it into arrowheads?
PHILIP2908:
I speak from bitter experience on the subject of condensation, the formation of mold and chrome decaying before your very eyes and the strange feeling of depression all this brings.
It’s all to do with airflow and keeping the inside air temperature close to that outside. If there’s a big difference, and by opening a door and the two air masses meet, there will be a formation of condensation.
I had one of those Compton garages once, made from pre-fab concrete panels; these just didn’t ‘breathe’ and help equalize the two temperatures. So, at about 11.00 in the morning on a bright spring sunny day, the air temperature had risen but that in the garage was pretty much as it was during the cold night. On several occasions, I would open the up-and-over door, the warm air would rush in, meet the cold air and believe me a cloud would form momentarily.
Now I have a garage constructed from breeze block and brick; this allows the garage to breathe. A vent in the window is key and I no longer have to bother with a dehumidifier. If I go out to work in there, I just shut the window, turn on the heater – a 5kw job from Machine Mart. And when I leave, it’s heater off and open the vent/window again. It doesn’t matter how cold it gets in there as long as the temp matches that outside.
So to me the key is always ventilation and keeping the temperatures as equal as possible.
SumpMagnet:
@Macabe-Thiele .... never thought to use dehumidifier water for carnivorous plants.... my collection usually gets rainwater, and when i moved house...I ended up transporting several gallons of manky rainwater from the water butt to make sure I had some.
Still .... the Dionaea like the nice sunny windowsill they got now, and are still growing strongly when they ought to be dormant. The sundews and pitchers don;t seem to be fussed. Need to repot my 'B52' before Spring gets going....its a monster :)
SteveD CB500K0:
Photos of these please!
I have no idea what a carnivorous plant looks like.
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Orcade-Ian:
Steve,
I think the lead singer with Led Zepp is a carnivorous Plant 8)
But seriously, on the subject of shed heating, even in Orkney, I don't use any and don't have any corrosion issues. We get plenty of natural ventilation around here (read WIND) which keeps the inside and outside temperatures reasonably equal. When I was in Lancashire I had the Devil's own job keeping things like the lathe and milling machine free from the four-letter word. We used to call those February and March days 'instant damp days' when the day warmed rapidly after a frosty night. That hardly ever happens here - a handful of times in the 16 years we have enjoyed our life here.
Ian
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