Need help heating

[TheMightyS]

Right, my temperatures are dropping too much during the night cycle, what can i do to get them up a bit?

I run the osc. fan 24/7 so thats during the night cycle aswell, would turning it off help reduce heat loss?

Open to any ideas providing it doesn't involve a space heater because its just too much electric (the only one i have is 1300W and imagine that after a few hours every day!).

Thanks in advance +rep for good answers.

So far my only suggestion is shoving some sort of plug in their which get hot, like a transformer plug for a electric piano or summin, so HELP!

 

[Fditty00]

Like the othe post, tiny heater on a timer, or vent u furnace into it. If u vent into it, u can kill the fan at night, as the pressure will move air around. Maybe a small 2" flextube, spliced in.

 

[mrmadcow]

depends on the size of the room.if small,putting an old electronic device (VCR,stereo) under the plants will help but if you are in a room or large closet,you will need a heater.most have hi/low setting or a thermostat so it wont run at 1300 watts all the time.

 

[mygirls]

when my lights are out so are my fans.allof them.and heat at night with central heating system. just run a heater if you can when light are out that is if fit one in the space.

 

[2beanklm]

if your on 12/12 switch the light cycle to on during the coldest hours and off in the warmer hours. other than that i see no other way than a heater. really depends on the room and if it's in your home or a shed. how cold is it getting?

 

[mismos00]

How cold is it getting at night?

I have similar problems and I went out to get a low wattage heater (300W was the lowest I could find - the one I had prior was 600W or more and kept tripping the breaker). I put it on a plug-in thermostat that turns on when the temperature drops below 14.

Is your grow room well insulated? That's something I could also do a better job on.

 

[mismos00]

if your on 12/12 switch the light cycle to on during the coldest hours and off in the warmer hours.

Yes! Also a good idea which I implemented. Lights come on at 7pm... on overnight when the basement gets the coldest.

(I've also heard of having a tub of water in the grow room, which heats up during the lights on period, and after the lights go off, releases that heat at night. Haven't tried it though.)

 

[dew-b]

Right, my temperatures are dropping too much during the night cycle, what can i do to get them up a bit?

I run the osc. fan 24/7 so thats during the night cycle aswell, would turning it off help reduce heat loss?

Open to any ideas providing it doesn't involve a space heater because its just too much electric (the only one i have is 1300W and imagine that after a few hours every day!).

Thanks in advance +rep for good answers.

So far my only suggestion is shoving some sort of plug in their which get hot, like a transformer plug for a electric piano or summin, so HELP!

get an extition cord then ru a heating pad in there. run the heating pad on a different timer so it is off when lights are on.