Pacoson71
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I have something like this, works great to let you know what something is using for power.
Electric costs
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PJ Diaz
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Just add 500watts more of light, it will create the same heat as a 500watt heater, and you get light as a byproduct.Yeah, but in a last ditch attempt I'm going to try and get a smaller 500 watt heater and see if that fixes the electric being drained dude. And if that don't fix it I'm going to get out my digital ballast and dust it all down and hook it up to my 600 watt HPS and dim it to 250 watts. And if that don't fix it someone must be robbing my electric
harrychilds
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So all of this LED equipment and inkbirds were a waste of time then? when I can just run a HPS bulb and save loads of money and get free heat from the bulb?
harrychilds
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I want there to be a decent amount of air circulation though, I fear that if I turn it down too low they won't get enough air
harrychilds
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I spent £700 on this lumatek 465w pro led, I can't just stop using it. It would be a big waste of money. But then again, if I keep using it. It's going to cost me loads on the electric heater. and my seedlings are suffering from nutrient def now. But I know that's because I was only giving them water and no nutrients. I'm kind of shooting myself in the foot here 
Herb & Suds
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Can’t you just put it away till the summer ?I spent £700 on this lumatek 465w pro led, I can't just stop using it. It would be a big waste of money. But then again, if I keep using it. It's going to cost me loads on the electric heater. and my seedlings are suffering from nutrient def now. But I know that's because I was only giving them water and no nutrients. I'm kind of shooting myself in the foot here
I know it’s new but if ya can’t afford to throw away money why do it
That light doesn’t grow better weed than an hps
harrychilds
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I suppose I could but I really don't want to put it away now I have spent £700 on it. If I get my 600 watt HPS out then I don't understand.... because I can just get a 500watt heater which should surely heat a 4x4 tent? And then with my led light dimmed to 25% it's only pulling 100watts anyway, which is equivalent to a 600watt HPS when you think about it. A 500watt heater and a 100watts of LED dimmed to 25% is 600 watts. The same as a HPS. I think I have a messed up oil radiator and it's pulling the maximum 2,000 watts from the wall which is costing me all of this money in Electric?
coreywebster
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Summers coming mate and when your flowering and run your lights 12h at night itl be goldenI spent £700 on this lumatek 465w pro led, I can't just stop using it. It would be a big waste of money. But then again, if I keep using it. It's going to cost me loads on the electric heater. and my seedlings are suffering from nutrient def now. But I know that's because I was only giving them water and no nutrients. I'm kind of shooting myself in the foot here
Herb & Suds
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What is your reluctance to use a bulb as a heater then?
this isn’t some show and tell stuff where your measured by your system
It’s a way to grow great weed and if you aren’t gonna use that heater just add a normal light even a 100 watt one
with something like this https://www.chewy.com/flukers-ceramic-repta-clamp-lamp/dp/129137?utm_source=google-product&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=12713121116&utm_content=Fluker's&utm_term=&gbraid=0AAAAADmQ2V0nqv-0oC3VVx00mdsfYf-e2&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxYXum5vd9gIVa2xvBB1xxwkbEAQYBSABEgJ43fD_BwE
coreywebster
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Currently my set up is a 4x4 with cmh for veg.
that vents directly into my 4x8 flower tent with a 4 inch fan turned down.
The flower tent has approx 1200w of LED , its already taking warmer air from the veg tent and the flower tent has 6" silent box fan which has about 180m3h at max. (Low for a 6" fan) Edit. Sry it's 360m3h, not 180
That fans on number 2 of 5 on a variac speed controller in winter. It's currently on 3. In summer itl be on 5.
The RH is fine.
The temp is fine.
The plants are growing fine despite a low air exchange .
Point is you have the option to turn your fan down to help reduce your heating requirements and your not doing it.
Herb & Suds
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He pays in advance for power and if you run out, you run out, till you re-up
Lizard0420
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So you are just trying to raise temps by like 2 degrees
yesterdaysnews
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Turn the heater off and back down on the exhaust fan. Little seedlings don't need all that exhaust fan. Didn't you say you had a Inkbird? Which one? You might be able to use it to control the exhaust fan and humidifier. My little shack has central heat and air. Room temp the tent is in is 73f@31%rh. Tent is 79f@70%rh. Have a AC Infinity T6 controling the heat in the tent a humidifier in the tent controlled with a Inkbird. With 2ea HLG 100 V2's pulling 190 watts total keeping the tent nice and warm. What all do you have to work with???? I bet this can be fixed and managed with what you have....
Jjgrow420
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Cray
yesterdaysnews
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All sorts of gunpowder, reloading presses, ammo, guns, tools, motorcycle parts, electronics, tent, grow supplies in my little office man cave...
Jjgrow420
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Trade the motorcycle parts for fishing rods and lures and that's my basement too. Lol. My reloading stuff is on the other side of the wall tho. Makes me nervous haha
Jjgrow420
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What are you making mostly? .38special low grain wadcutters for paper targets is what we (pops and I) mostly make and 12 gauge rounds. You pour your own too?