What do you do when your temps drop below 50 at night?

bunstinky

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• Dec 23, 2009

• #1

Night schedules are reely cold and drop sometimes below 50.. i know i can stop this putting any old heater in the room... but the only heaters i have are 1000w or gas heaters.. what can u advise me to get with a low wattage and that wont harm my plants? i dont want the bill to cost as if theres another grow lamp running.. its reely been playing with my head and cant find anything on the internet that suits my needs..
please, any sugestions?

 

motoracer110

Well-Known Member

• Dec 23, 2009

• #2

I put this little heater i got from wallmart for $18 and it did the trick. has a internal thermostat so keeps my grow room at no lower than 65 at night and its not so big that it will put out too much heat at one time on the plants to kill them. http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=12338793&sourceid=44444444440015445082

 

bunstinky

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• Dec 23, 2009

• #3

Nice, looks pretty good.. so how has that effected ur electric bill? it says its output is 1500w.

 

motoracer110

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• Dec 23, 2009

• #4

not as much as you would think, maybe like $10 per month

 

bunstinky

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• Dec 23, 2009

• #5

is that running it for 12 hours a day or 6?

 

bunstinky

Well-Known Member

• Dec 23, 2009

• #6

either way that seems to be really good.

 

gogrow

confused

• Dec 23, 2009

• #7

you wont notice a change in your electric bill until you start adding a few 1000watts.... 1500watts really isnt that much.

 

bunstinky

Well-Known Member

• Dec 23, 2009

• #8

ok case closed im gonna o with one of those ceramic heater thanks guys.

 

gogrow

confused

• Dec 23, 2009

• #9

bunstinky said:

ok case closed im gonna o with one of those ceramic heater thanks guys.

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not in my grow, but i run 4 electric heaters in my house... smallest at 1000w... my bill has been higher than normal (by about $20) for a month or so, but the last bill was about $50 lower than normal.... dont worry about your electric usage for your grow unless you are using over 10,000w ..... your bill fluctuates depending on many factors.... for example, nov and dec are always dramatically higher than normal for me bc of all of the oven/stove cooking for the holidays and the heaters for the cold..... electricity usage is the last of your "security" concerns..... Keep your mouth shut