Alternative?

[danthebugman]

Has anyone geeked out their humidors: txt msg when RH drops/raises above threshold, LED backlighting, etc?

Okay, not able to find what I mentioned for the text messaging. It's buggin' me now so I'll have to find it or go crazy. I did find a couple of cool gizmos that may fit the bill though...

http://www.comet-sensors.ch/english/relative-humidity-dataloggers.htm

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Laptop-PC-USB-Power-Thermometer-Sensor-Data-Auto-Email-/170866774801?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27c8741311#ht_3829wt_1139

The first one looks like it may be pretty pricey so probably out of most people's budget. The second one looks like a cheap Chinese trinket, but I would be interested to see how well it worked. Though you're humidor would have to be fairly close to the computer or you'd have to string a very long USB extension. I'll get back to this thread when I find the thing I was talking about...

Dan

 

[Treinenwj]

Dan, I think this is the thread you were thinking of, awesome concept! http://www.botl.org/community/forums/showthread.php/38603-Wifi-hygrometer-build?highlight=wifi+hygro

 

[danthebugman]

Dan, I think this is the thread you were thinking of, awesome concept! http://www.botl.org/community/forums/showthread.php/38603-Wifi-hygrometer-build?highlight=wifi+hygro

YES!! That's precisely the thread I was thinking of. Thanks man :thumbsup:.

Dan

 

[Red Raider]

Led's require placement on a heat sink to cool them off. They produce a tremendous amount of heat at the light.

Learn something new everyday. Thanks

 

[kwkincer]

Picked up the kitty litter crystals and added some to the Tupperware container. Added some water and closed it up without cigars, with a temp/humidity sensor. I guess trial and error will help decide how much water, as i added way too much water and the humidity shot up 5% in 15 minutes... Whoops.

 

[InspektorGadget]

Picked up the kitty litter crystals and added some to the Tupperware container. Added some water and closed it up without cigars, with a temp/humidity sensor. I guess trial and error will help decide how much water, as i added way too much water and the humidity shot up 5% in 15 minutes... Whoops.

Ive done that also, a few times. I'm probably just going to buy the beads and stop aggravating myself.