Shira Aeroponics - Ultrasonic Fogger - Page 2

rapunzel · 11-16-2001, 02:40 PM

Am I speed reading too much or is this like a vaporiseur? You know the kind your mom plugs in when you have a cold?

Rap

*St0ney* · 11-16-2001, 02:54 PM

Yeah, it might be rapunzel.. I do believe I saw 'Ultrasonic' Humidifiers the other day at target.

I never thought of a humidifier before. much less a ultrasonic one. That may work better. I know the ultrasonic fountain foggers fog by vibrating the water so fast it creates a fine mist. I don't know how all humidifiers work but the ultrasonic ones must work off the same principle right? I'm doing so research in to this right now.

here is something..

Quote:

Humidifiers come in two basic designs. Ultrasonic, or 'cool mist' and 'warm-air'. There are important functional differences between these designs that it is important to understand before making any purchase.

The 'cool mist' humidifiers emit, as their name implies, a cold mist of water particles. It's rather like a layer of fog… ..hence, these are sometimes also known as "Ultrasonic Foggers". There are two problems, in my experience, with this design. The first is the immediate adverse impact upon temperature. The second is that the mist falls to lie at the bottom of any enclosure. In practice this is easily accomplished by using a system of large bore PVC plumbing pipes to direct the output to the desired point of entry.

The 'warm air ' type humidifiers operate on a completely different principle. In essence, these devices include a water reservoir, a 'wick', a heating element and a fan. They produce a fairly high temperature 'steam type' output. In this respect, they overcome two of the main objections to ultrasonic design - there is no adverse impact upon temperature and the output naturally rises and disperses evenly. One potential danger inherent in this design, however, is that close to the point of exit, the rising steam is very hot - and would be capable of inflicting quite serious burns. This mean that this type of humidifier must be used with extreme caution As with ultrasonic foggers, 50 mm (2") PVC plumbing fixtures can be used to direct the output into enclosures.

So I’m off to check out ultrasonic humidifiers..

Thanks rapunzel!

St0ney

suede · 11-26-2001, 09:49 PM

I'm bringing my "Weber" in from the yard,and maybe throw in 20 lbs.of Lava rock,stick a portable propane cooking eye in the bottom,and drip cold water over the rocks all day,with PinkFloyd vibrating the closet Walls

b.s.

EndWorldHunger

dark_elf · 12-14-2001, 02:57 PM

how about puting a humidifier in an enclosure that is sealed below the roots of the plants (like an aeroponic bubbler unit) because that should keep a nice high consentration of vapour for the roots.

clink clink... my 2 cents.

Delta · 12-14-2001, 09:36 PM

... for a couple years. Mostly just for clones, but, it works wonderfully.

Walmart, Fog Machine, $39 bucks, rip it apart and voila!

Oh, and did I say quiet? To the humans ... my dog hates it!

Hehehe ... keep those friggin' pests out. (She eats more leaves than the bugs!)

Ultrasound rules ...

Ultraponics?

Hydrosonic?

ButterflyDreams · 12-16-2001, 03:25 PM

I like it.

This could be another advance in the community.

Any news stoney?

Smiles,
BD

Runboy7426 · 12-25-2001, 01:39 AM

If anyone is looking for those fogger units I can send them a link. Think their not too expensive either

stevethewire · 12-25-2001, 01:46 AM

It's a nice thought but stoney has already put in a link http://www.mainlandmart.com/foggers.html but if you have one that is different then post away!

Runboy7426 · 12-25-2001, 02:08 AM

Not to familiar with foggers or what they should cost but stumbled accross this site
www.fountainmountain.com
Check it out

*St0ney* · 12-26-2001, 11:38 AM

Sorry, all I’ve been busy with the

holidays

and all...

I going to be getting a single fogger to play with real soon.. I was thinking of a small 2.5 gal bubbler running only 1 $25 fountain fogger or a Wal*Mart humidifier... I think the fountain fogger would be better for this type of application. I will of course post all pics to this thread.

I'm planning on using it to start clones in a very light GH Flora nutrient solution to see if salt build up is going to be a problem or not.

I'll keep you all informed.

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