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Tabletop fountains.
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Posted by amccour (My Page) on Mon, Oct 26, 09 at 19:02
| Do those little desk fountains raise humidity at all, or am I going to have to drag out my normal humidifier? |
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RE: Tabletop fountains.
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| I would say no where's near as much as a regular humidifier. |
RE: Tabletop fountains.
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| Let me qualify my original question. Assuming I already am running a humidifier, could a tabletop fountain be used to provide additional humidity if run close to a plant with more unusually high humidity needs? |
RE: Tabletop fountains.
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| The only way to really tell is to check it with a hygrometer. |
RE: Tabletop fountains.
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| The hydrometer is the only real way to tell for sure. Conditions like the size of the room, proximity to the fountain, current ambiant humidity, and air circulation will all affect the results. |
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| Ended up sort of moot. Thing was battery powered and the battery life wasn't good enough. Unfortunately, I forgot my humidifier at home this week. My poor, poor blechnum gibbum is not going to be happy about this. |
RE: Tabletop fountains.
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| I am so sorry to hear this amccour... I will tell you though, that my water fountain has actually raised my humidity in my room. I have to keep filling it with fresh water every other day. It must be getting dispensed into the air, because there is no leak. In fact, when I had a 60 gallon fish tank in there at once, the humidity was always higher too, according to the readings on my hydrometer, with a circulation fan over head continualy turning... |
RE: Sorry, missed the term..
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| Sorry I just caught the term "desk fountain"... The one I had was a floor fountain that could take up to 5 gallons of water....Me bad... |
RE: Tabletop fountains.
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| Hey, just since I hauled out my humidifier and got it running again, how likely ARE they to make you sick? Mine hasn't been used for about two years, so I imagine anything that had been growing in it's probably... not, anymore, and I cleaned all the dust off of it before turning it on again (there might still be some lime scale in it, I guess?). I feel like asking because I'm paranoid about everything. |
RE: Tabletop fountains.
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| If you clean it out with 1 part bleach and 10 parts water, you should be fine.. You can also use vinager instead of bleach.. If it had a filter, replace it with a new one. You should be all set after this.. You are likey to get more sick from warm dry air than a cleaned out humidfyer..Such as I have recently..:-( |
RE: Tabletop fountains.
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| Bleach is great for removing organics, and vinegar is great for removing calcium deposits. Just be sure to use them separately. Bleach releases toxic chlorine gas if mixed with an acid (like vinegar). A little bit may not hurt you, but a lot could potentially kill you. So be safe. Also, I'm not implying that Mike was recommending this combination. I just thought I'd highlight the risk for anyone who might be thinking about it. |
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