Hi all,

I’m doing an experiment with a cabinet for filament with a small dehumidifier in it. I can get it to sit at 35%, but not much lower. I’ve sealed the cabinet with foam tape, and dried most of the filament first.

Are there any tricks to help improve performance of the mini dehumidifier? Maybe adding more heat to the cabinet?

The goal would be to use Home Assistant and the humidity sensor to turn things on and off as needed.

Thanks!

  • Fmstrat@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    2 months ago

    It’s a compressor, which is probably the problem. I’m using a DH11 on ESPHome, so am pretty confident of the accuracy, it’s down in the bottom center of the cabinet. (I designed these https://nowsci.com/only-sensor)

    Edit: Also, what do you mean by flow-through?

    • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Re: flow through

      A mesh like container so all sides are exposed to air. Many 3d printed designs have channels so air can get into the middle of the desiccant container.

      • Fmstrat@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Ahh thanks. Also, as a correction, this thing may be a crappy peltier dehumidifier.