Maintaining Growroom Yields During Drought: Part II

In this series of contributor articles, Clif Tomasini of Quest Hydro continues the discussion on how to maintain a proper grow room with great yields despite an ongoing drought. With concerns about climate change in the future, these tips may come in handy! Want to read Part 1? Click here to read it.

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Dehumidifiers are essential to healthy yields, because they help maintain optimal moisture levels in grow rooms. They can also solve the drought-induced water scarcity so many growers face: Dehumidifiers can provide you with a source of clean, readily accessible water even during drought.

A dehumidifier is basically a refrigeration system. It has two copper tubing coils; each coil looks similar to an automotive radiator. One of the coils is hot, and the other is cold. The system works by pulling heat from the cold coil and “exhausting” it through the hot coil. A fan blows air through the system, which removes water from the air and heat from the hot coil. The water condensate forms on the cold coil, like condensate will form on a glass of ice water during a hot day. The condensate then runs off the cold coil and is collected into a reservoir.

Even without a drought, it’s preferable to use the perfectly good water that dehumidifiers produce rather than “dump” it – and it can actually be better than reverse osmosis water. Why? Condensate water from dehumidifiers is naturally clean and free of contaminants, while reverse osmosis machines must necessarily waste 1 to 3 gallons of water to produce a single gallon of clean water. Every gallon of dehumidifier condensate saves 2-4 gallons of water drawn out of the tap.

Yes. The cold condensate coil is enclosed within the dehumidifier. Because dehumidifier coils are not soldered with lead as is common in other applications, there’s no chance of lead contamination, either. Instead, copper coils are brazed. If you would like to read part one, click here.

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Quest builds quality, energy-efficient dehumidification equipment designed to perform in commercial environments. Quest has the solution for any indoor or greenhouse gardening application. Quest dehumidifiers are extremely energy efficient on the market, removing the most pints of water per kWh over the widest temperature range.