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Herb potman

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Hey all
I was reading up on some studies on the temp difference between light on and light off. Says better for plant to drop in temp when lights off that it helps promote better growth. I have an oil rad heater in tent so temps stay same at all time. Shud I put heater on timer to so it cool when light off. Or is it ok for same temp all the time. Any advice will help
 
Wizzlebiz

Wizzlebiz

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Herb potman said:
Do I hook my heater to this device then have it set to dif times ?
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Yep. Just turn the heater on and plug it into this. Put the probe in the tent with the controls outside of the tent so you don't mess up your dark periods. This controls temps. If you have it set to 80 and the temp reaches that this device cuts the power to the heater. If it goes below say 75 that you set it to it turns it back on.

So you can program for different times of the day as well. Making day and night temps easily manageable.
 
PadawanWarrior

PadawanWarrior

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Herb potman said:
Hey all
I was reading up on some studies on the temp difference between light on and light off. Says better for plant to drop in temp when lights off that it helps promote better growth. I have an oil rad heater in tent so temps stay same at all time. Shud I put heater on timer to so it cool when light off. Or is it ok for same temp all the time. Any advice will help
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I try to tell people about negative temperature differential all the time when they're trying to limit the stretch in flower.

But you don't want to do it consistently or they'll get pissed off. They can handle it for a couple weeks though. Or if you have days in between where the night temp drops below the day temp they can tolerate it for longer.

They do appreciate a little bit cooler temps at night than day though.
 
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oill

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Herb potman

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Do u mean a thermostat like the inkbird one in the link ? Shud I just plug into analog timer and when lights out so is the power to heater. Blow up sounds like no fun My oil so rad has a temp gauge but not digital
 
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oill

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Herb potman said:
Do u mean a thermostat like the inkbird one in the link ? Shud I just plug into analog timer and when lights out so is the power to heater. Blow up sounds like no fun My oil so rad has a temp gauge but not digital
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Timer would work of your ambient temps arenok for night timew
 
Dreminen169

Dreminen169

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Wizzlebiz said:
Yep. Just turn the heater on and plug it into this. Put the probe in the tent with the controls outside of the tent so you don't mess up your dark periods. This controls temps. If you have it set to 80 and the temp reaches that this device cuts the power to the heater. If it goes below say 75 that you set it to it turns it back on.

So you can program for different times of the day as well. Making day and night temps easily manageable.
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I take it that this would only half work with a heater that you have to physically turn on the button after being plugged in? Correct or is there any way around this?
 
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Herb potman

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Did your heater just have an on off switch. Mine u set to your ideal temp but then it shuts on and off as it reaching temp so room will maintain temp set Is it cuz yours only shuts off then on ?
 
Wizzlebiz

Wizzlebiz

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Dreminen169 said:
I take it that this would only half work with a heater that you have to physically turn on the button after being plugged in? Correct or is there any way around this?
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If its digital and resets when unplugged? Not sure of a work around for that besides buy a new one for $30 from ace hardware.
 
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