Inkbird IHC-200 Dual Relays Digital Humidity Controller Humidistat for Humidifier Dehumidifier

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The humidity sensor probe seems to take the readings accurately, so it’s just switching on and off the equipment appropriately. The Inkbird Humidity Controller can turn on or off a humidifier and dehumidifier. It has a plug-in style input, it is simple to set up and easily programmed for a range of moisture adjustable environments. Unfortunately the Inkbird humidity controller instruction manual is hard to understand and it seems poorly translated. Or maybe I was just too high. But thankfully the controller’s default settings are pretty close to what you’ll need to use it for your grow room. There are different models of InkBird such as the ITC-608T ​ which has one input for temperature and one input for humidity. After setting the high and low alarm levels hit the set button again to display the delay protection time. By default this is one minute, and it can go up to 10 minutes. You may want to adjust this if your devices are turning on and off too frequently. For example content on and off cycling isn’t good for air conditioners. For most users the one minute setting will be sufficient.

To set you base humidity and the high low range, hold down the set button for 3 seconds. This brings up the humidity level setting. Keeping the button held down, hit the up or down buttons to adjust. It’s important to keep the set button depressed while you adjust the level, otherwise the setting won’t save. Alternatively you can hold down the set button for 3 seconds after changing the values to save them. If you are inactive for 10 seconds while programming the device it will cancel the setup process.The Inkbird has a 5 foot power cable to plug into a wall outlet, working with either 120v or 240v humidifiers or devices. Both plugs are rated for 12 amps. One day you never know, I might want to grow some tobacco and have a pet snake! The options are endless.

The InkBird humidity controller is definitely a winner and will do the job that you want whether it’s dry curing meat or other applications which need a controlled environment. Where to Get InkBird Products I have noticed a quiet buzzing sound coming from the unit, because of this, I do not have the curing chamber running close to where I’m blogging or doing other work. We’ve found the Inkbird IHC-200 humidity controller to be very useful in helping maintain proper grow room or grow tent humidity levels for growing marijuana plants. It is fairly easy to set the inkbird humidity controller despite the poorly translated instruction manual using the steps above. Once the base level is where you want it, hit the button again to bring up the low setting variance. For example if you’re looking to keep your grow room range between 40 and 60, set the humidity for 50 and then set the low differential to 10 (holding the set button down while you adjust). Then hit the set button again to show the high humidity differential, and while still holding it down set the high range to 10 as well.

The Inkbird IHC-200 humidity controller is helpful for cannabis growers looking to maintain proper humidity levels in a grow room or grow tent. It allows you to turn on a humidifier when the humidity levels drop below a specified threshold, and to turn on a dehumidifier, air conditioner, or exhaust fan to when humidity levels get too high.

We’ve used the Inkbird IHC-200 controller for a few scenarios when growing weed and have found it to be very helpful. In dry conditions we have used it to turn on humidifiers in a grow tent that had a constant exhaust fan running, so the incoming air was constantly drier than ideal. The Inkbird is also helpful for situations in medium and larger grow tents where a dehumidifier is placed right inside the grow space and is set to run only when humidity exceeds 65%. In this article we’ll provide an Inkbird humidity controller review and discuss how to set up your controller to create the optimal environment in you grow room or grow tent for your weed plants. It just has one button that you hold down and then you can cycle through the menus and change the parameter either up or down with the arrows. Let’s talk about my recent fridge conversion: I couldn’t get the schematics for it and ended up doing what I knew could happen; I put a hole through the side of the fridge! Through the coolant pipe on the side – it is now an additional cold smoking unit! (ie. a shell/box)

The 2 plug I put spots are attached to the device with a one foot cord. The humidity sensor cord is 6.5 feet long. The device is accurate to within a plus or minus of 3% relative humidity (RH). The device uses less than 3 watts of power. The controller allows you to change the setting of the humidity level and range, so if you want to increase the default settings just follow the steps below. So let me give you a summary breakdown of the InkBird Controller. InkBird Humidity Controller Review

There is also a calibration function built-in in the controller, but I have not needed to use it. User Friendliness The controller face shows two values. The top number is the current humidity during operation (and it can show current temperature if you hold down the up and down arrow buttons simultaneously). When you’re setting the unit the top number displays menu codes. The bottom value shows the set humidity level during operation, and the humidity set value during the setup process. The controller comes with two input plugs, labeled “Work 1” and “Work 2.” Work 1 is where you’d plug in the humidifier and Work 2 is where you’d plug in the dehumidifer/AC/exhaust fan. Why these plugs aren’t labeled “humidifier” and “dehumidifier” is beyond me.

When you make dry-cured salami, depending on the recipe, quite often you inoculate it with starter culture (good molds, like that powdery stuff on the outside of salami = penicillin!) and at this point, you need to have a higher temperature, as well as higher humidity, Inkbird humidity & temperature controllers, are perfect for this. I still think it’s better to go for the IHC–200 since this allows both humidification and dehumidification (for meat curing this is often needed, but not always – depends on your fridge setup -here is a guide I wrote). As you can imagine, I prefer to not put holes into a fridge when I don’t have to. Overall Review of InkBird Controllers The Inkbird IHC-200 comes set up to maintain 45%–55% humidity out-of-the-box. The default setting is 50% with a low differential of 5%, and the high differential of 5%. This means that it will automatically maintain a range of 45%–55% by turning on a humidifier below 45% and turning on a dehumidifier in conditions above 55%. This is the ideal humidity range for most grow room conditions. The claimed accuracy from InkBird is plus or -3% relative humidity, and for a meat curing chamber or fermentation chamber, a variation of 5 to 8% in between is what I aim for, and when doing long-term dry curing it’s perfect,