After building my fancy lil box to block off the incoming air flow, it didn't matter at all, no change what so ever in being able to bump the humidity. AND the box I built was too hot to touch in just a little while, so that's a no go for me, something fall over behind there and burn the place down. So I turned it off and unplugged it. Got up this morning and since I left the water pan inside it, the humidity in it was 94%......
time to take it all back apart and order a heating element to do this thing right

time to take it all back apart and order a heating element to do this thing right