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. The humidity sensor probe seems to take the readings accurately, so it’s just switching on and off the equipment appropriately.

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, 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. This controller is great when you’re using a dehumidifier without a built-in humidity control. You may run into these when getting a dehumidifier for 4×4 grow tent or other small spaces, such as a 3×3 grow tent dehumidifier. To learn more, read our guide to finding the best grow tent dehumidifier. Summary of the Inkbird IHC-200 controller 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.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. 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. So let me give you a summary breakdown of the InkBird Controller. InkBird Humidity Controller Review At some point I would like to have the Wi-Fi InkBird controllers as well for the meat curing chamber, maybe when I start running an auxiliary curing chamber at the same time. Yet, I will need another house and more space for that! What Can You Use InkBird Humidity Controller For? 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).

There is also a Wi-Fi version of the IHC-200 that’s come out within the last year or so. It uses the InkBird platform via a central app and connection to your home’s wifi router.Primarily you use the IHC–200 InkBird humidity controller for 70 to 75% humidity inside the curing chamber.

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. 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. 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. After many years of using various different second-hand fridge conversions, I want to tell my audience of this blog, eatcuredmeat.com about this humidity controller setup.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. 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. 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. As you can imagine, I prefer to not put holes into a fridge when I don’t have to. Overall Review of InkBird Controllers