Heated Mist Water Experiment

[kgallego]

Room temp: 68F
Heated water temp: 111F
Mist temp 1" from nozzle: 71F

Median micron droplet size: 55 micron
Tubing length from pump to nozzle: 4.5 feet

Difference between reservoir and dispensed/atomized mist: -40F
Difference between room temp and dispensed/atomized mist: +3F

Pic shows 71F mist temp in top display,the stored maximum of 111F for the reservoir and the stored minimum for my cham room this month 60F.

YMMV

From one engineer to another - it's amazing the temperature drop with the pressure drop across the nozzle isn't it?

 

[kgallego]

I would still bet that 75 percent or more of the losses are caused by fine atomization of the spray. There is so much surface area that the heat dissipates to the air before it can hit your chameleon.

You are 100% correct on this one.

 

[summoner12]

That's one advantage that the hand misting mafia has over us automated types.

This is where I find that my RainDome has been so succesful with chameleon keepers. It's rain, it's what these animals are expecting, not a spray in the face with fine mist. I really honestly think chameleons prefer the larger water droplets. Mist is great for frogs and plants and geckos, but chameleons, rain is how they clean and drink. Hearing how SMCNARY has to hand mist to get his chameleons to clean their eyes makes me think a RainDome would be a good solution to hand misting.