well, it's not as impossible as you might think with some insulation, fan temp controller with day/night settings, and a oil radiant heater at night. during the day the lights will heat the room, the fan controller will let the room come to temp before it kicks on. at night just run the heater with a temp controlled outlet for more accurate heating, and run a dehuey and leave the exhaust off, or set it to run a few min every hour (though not necessary).
I resisted buying a real dehumidifier for a couple of years but now I wouldn't grow indoors without it.
Keeps the room nice and warm during lights off in winter for me.
Hmmm.....I've habitated this residence for over a decade, and concluded I'd rather wear a sweater, keep the $150 a month on running the oil heater, and just top the plants. But thanks.
They definitely put out some heat!
Just invest in some rigid foam board next time you repaint your room
Lol 150 a mo? That’s quite exaggerated but hey, to each their own!
To be honest, I wrote the video off as some oldies crap and almost didn't watch it.
I've contemplated this purchase, recently. How much increase in monthly elec bill? Do you have a brand, model you recommend?
It may be close to a year since I tried it and I love it and it just might shorten flower time. I think a day or two. No drop off in any area.
well that all depends on what you pay for electricity in my area a 600w tent set up with fans and the works costs me about a 50 dollar increase in my bill and thats running 18/6 it goes down when time to flip
You're right. I exaggerated by $6. Thanks for the suggestions.
Man...that's gotta be some Cold $moke.In alaska i grow in an out building with 0 heaters at night
Just because some cats lived years before you doesn't mean that coolness wasn't in style. Thanks for watching..."hey hey hey hey "
I got this one at the beginning of December. The reservoir is full about every 5 - 6 days.
Thanks. Yeah, I shoulda specified total bill % increase to eliminate different kw/hr rates.
This calculation is wrong this is how it should read
plus it wont even run for 8 hours. radiant heaters are nice because once they warm up a space, they run less often, and hold/radiate heat after they shut off... so it's still working while the unit isn't even on.
this is all based off how well the space is insulated if drafty the unit would almost consistently run. also assuming hes running a straight 12/12 cycle(?) the heater would run for probably 8 hours during off time, if the area was insulated well enough the other 4 hours of off time could hold the radiant heat
consumer grade dehueys are relatively low power consumption as long as they're not in "cool mode" all the time. the most important thing to decide when buying a dehuey is to know how much moisture you need to pull out of the air, and whether or not you have a sealed room. for example, with a sealed room, say you water 10 gallons per day, and there are 8 pints in a gallon, so 80 pints total per day is the maximum output of your plants (this is an oversimplification). so you would want a dehuey that can pull 80 pints per day of water from the air minimum. some dehumidifiers (<--- typo edit) are more efficient than others though, and can pull more moisture out per kW used. there are some good youtube vids that explain what to look for. Check out Quest Dehumidifiers on youtube, i think they have some informational videos