Anyone try a red heat lamp in a tent before to help with LED heating?

Bear with me I hope this dosen‘t sound too stupid. LED’s have a hard time maintaining a decent leaf temp due to reduced IR emissions. Would a red heat lamp say 100w during lights on help you think?

Just wondering if anyone’s tried it.

Milky Weed said:

Bear with me I hope this dosen‘t sound too stupid. LED’s have a hard time maintaining a decent leaf temp due to reduced IR emissions. Would a red heat lamp say 100w during lights on help you think?

Just wondering if anyone’s tried it.

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I been thinking about this for the last two months. Check out therabulb. They have a great spectrum 600nm+ so you get all red plus a ton of IR. They do a 150W bulb. But I'd only run it for like 6h a day in case the IR causes too much stretch or heat stress.

I thought about trying one of those ceramic reptile heating bulbs at one point when I was in a different situation. I'm curious if anyone has tried this...I feel like it could work nicely in a small tent, like a 2x2.

Amazon Basics 500-Watt Ceramic Small Space Personal Mini Heater - White https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074MR2C61/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_ZB2Q8MFBM8YXZAYTGP2K

I have one connected to an Inkbird thermostat. Works great.

those IR bulbs heat up objects so yeah, i think they would definitely raise leaf temps.

Allright, when I get my hands on one I’ll try it out and report back. Going to try with a cheap heat lamp first and therabulb second. I’m going to try high and far away at first to make sure I don’t crisp anything.

Hopefully it does not cause too much extreme stretching.

Milky Weed said:

Allright, when I get my hands on one I’ll try it out and report back. Going to try with a cheap heat lamp first and therabulb second. I’m going to try high and far away at first to make sure I don’t crisp anything.

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how about just a regular 100w incandescent? that's what i use to raise my temps in winter. about 5 to 10 degrees or so.

rkymtnman said:

how about just a regular 100w incandescent? that's what i use to raise my temps in winter. about 5 to 10 degrees or so.

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That may have the same effect, thanks for the tip! I’ll give that a try first.

hotrodharley said:

Amazon Basics 500-Watt Ceramic Small Space Personal Mini Heater - White https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074MR2C61/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_ZB2Q8MFBM8YXZAYTGP2K

I have one connected to an Inkbird thermostat. Works great.

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That’s what I did last run in a bigger room Harley, it worked good. I’m in a 4x4 tent this time and it really just rips heat out of it with blower on lowest setting. I’m hoping to directly transfer some heat to gain some efficiency.

Milky Weed said:

That’s what I did last run in a bigger room Harley, it worked good. I’m in a 4x4 tent this time and it really just rips heat out of it with blower on lowest setting. I’m hoping to directly transfer some heat to gain some efficiency.

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Mine is in a 5' in a one room cabin in the middle of Alaska. If it takes care of this it can cover most others and it's still working with lights off. Keeps it 70-72 no problem.

A little side lighting with screw in LED's during lights on
Those bases get hot

hotrodharley said:

Amazon Basics 500-Watt Ceramic Small Space Personal Mini Heater - White https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074MR2C61/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_ZB2Q8MFBM8YXZAYTGP2K

I have one connected to an Inkbird thermostat. Works great.

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Most advanced cabin in alaska
No running water but got that tent temp on lock down, lol

Its a bitch holding heat when venting air out,I use an HPS light mixed with LED to help.

I’d be careful with the heat bulbs for reptiles or poultry. It’ll work but be safe . The heat stone is a safer choice in small spaces imo. Heat bulbs burn coops down across the country every year from poor hanging and bad reflectors/ballast

I understand why people still use hps and MH in the winter now, amazing how valuable the extra heat is.

Herb & Suds said:

A little side lighting with screw in LED's during lights on
Those bases get hot

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Another great idea. I need some hot inefficiency lol. I just duck taped my 100w incandescent desk lamp with a tube bulb in there, that thing gets wicked hot.

mudballs said:

Most advanced cabin in alaska
No running water but got that tent temp on lock down, lol

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I can even stream Netflix. Just no running water.

It's been extra cold here lately, so I hung fans up high and horizontal to blow the warm air back down.

I've thought about this but wouldn't it just make more sense to swap some led's with HID's In the winter to help add heat?

Nizza said:

I've thought about this but wouldn't it just make more sense to swap some led's with HID's In the winter to help add heat?

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For sure, this is kind of a jerry-rigging situation.

I woke up to this, which is in my living room.