A temperature or humidity controller reads the grow room air and drives the extractor accordingly. As soon as the set threshold is crossed, ventilation speeds up; it slows again once the reading returns to range. The climate holds itself, without daily intervention.
Threshold control is binary: below the setpoint th...
A temperature or humidity controller reads the grow room air and drives the extractor accordingly. As soon as the set threshold is crossed, ventilation speeds up; it slows again once the reading returns to range. The climate holds itself, without daily intervention.
Threshold control is binary: below the setpoint the fan runs at minimum, above it jumps to maximum. Simple and effective for holding a ceiling temperature, but it produces abrupt transitions. Hysteresis control introduces a temperature band across which speed rises progressively — a steadier climate and less strain on the motor.
A thermostat acts on heat, a humidistat on relative humidity. The two are linked: ventilating to bring temperature down also draws in outside air, whose moisture changes the room. Units handling both prevent the two setpoints from working against each other.
A probe placed too close to a lamp, or in the extractor’s direct airflow, measures something other than the air the plants breathe. Site it at canopy height, in the shade, away from the outlet.
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