[paul_led_126pro]

Hi guys . With regards the temps in loft problem . Been looking at tube heaters and oil rads . Been offered free to good home a 2kw rad . If I set it at very very low it will obviously use very little power .
My question is this . My loft is in insulated at roof level . So rather chilly . My tent is small and filling up rapidly . Could I just stand the rad next to the passive intake so the air that's pulled into the tent via the passive is warm ?

Paul

[Budgie]

Yes @paul_led_126pro, you could put the rad outside the tent in front of the vents to draw in warmer air. But, you'd effectively be heating up the whole loft space so it's not the most efficient way of keeping the plants warm, but if it works and doesn't cost a fortune in leccy then it works.

[2scoops]

@paul_led_126pro The grow is looking mean m8, a well tidy grow. 

 

Sorry about the bad news fella

[paul_led_126pro]

What's the plants being cold gonna do though ? At the end of the day outside crops get cold and wet until back end of October novber ?

[Budgie]

It'll stop the plants growing if it gets too cold, or they will stretch like mad due to big differences in on/off temps

 

In the great outdoors come October they are not growing anymore, just maturing and dying off.

 

Are you sure that the rad isn't going to fit inside?, shoved up flat on one side where the intake vents are?

[paul_led_126pro]

I'll have a look tomorrow when I get the rad mate . Could do without a massive leccy Bill though wife will go mental and never agree to get her sexy body out for the circle wag thread lol and non of us want that do we lol

[paul_led_126pro]

Also I don't think on off temps will be massively different due to only being leds . It's not like burning hps and warning them up massively and then lights out being Baltic is it ?
I am also thinking how best to change the time on em . At min lights out is 6pm till 10pm obviously with the cold approaching lights out would be much better 12pm-4pm while the Suns up and there is some heat on the roof of the house ? Should I just grab bull by the horns and give em no dark period today and leave lights on until tomorrow lunch ?

Paul

[Budgie]

That would be the best times for lights out and a long lights out won't hurt them at all.

 

[paul_led_126pro]

Ooooo get me sounds like I might be learning a bit about this growing malarki eh !?'b pmsl

Cheers gb thas a good en lol

Paul

[spoongotlost]

Hey Paul things are looking good man sorry to hear of your bad news and sorry i'm a bit late on the uptake aswell mate.

Little tube heaters are quite a nice handy option as they take up little space and don't really burn things i used to pick mine up while they were on and you could shoe horn them in to the tent lol maybe even strapped vertically to the tent poles??? - i'll be putting some in the veg tent soon when i remember where i stashed them

but on the other hand if the oil rad is free then job done

Happy growing