Cold Nights and Heating

[Budmizer]

homelowesdepot

nice one!!

 

[sleeperls93]

Why the hell would 220 save money? To those that still have this notion that 220 will cost you have as much on the power bill, this is simply not the case. You are billed for Kilowatt hours (KWH) ergo you get billed for every thousand watt/hour you use. Volts x amps = watts. A 600 watt light uses 600 watts of power when you turn it on, no matter if its 110, 220 or whatever. For every hour you use it, you use .6 KWH.

Anyways, you are going to need some kind of heater for sure. Cold nights are not good for the plant, cause humidity levels to soar, and worst of all, makes the plants stretch. I "heat" my floe room with the exhaust from a veg tent right next store. Does a pretty good job and I don't have to run a heater.

I'm an electrician buddy; 220volt circuit pull less amperage!!! if you have a digital balast, it will indicate, that @220volts pulls 4.5 amps where as using a110 line will pull 9 amps, thus consuming more kilowatts per hour... trust me, it's a common fact among electricians, electrical equipment that is rated at 220, there designed that way for efficiency purposes, because making them for 110 is very costly and inefficient... a 220 volt heater will use up less elecricity then a regular plug in heater....

 

[legallyflying]

I stayed up till 4am watching tv last night. DUDE, you should TOTALLY get that fireplace looking heater that the Amish build. Hand carved mantle...carved by fucking Amish people!! Amish people party like meth crazed psychopaths, so you know that heater is going to rock it in your grow room! Plus, all the people on the commercial looked really fucking comfortable and they were all STOKED on that heater.....

 

[Ponicengineer]

I stayed up till 4am watching tv last night. DUDE, you should TOTALLY get that fireplace looking heater that the Amish build. Hand carved mantle...carved by fucking Amish people!! Amish people party like meth crazed psychopaths, so you know that heater is going to rock it in your grow room! Plus, all the people on the commercial looked really fucking comfortable and they were all STOKED on that heater.....

o.o What did you grow last ? Sounds like some good stuff.

 

[Mountainfarmer]

If your an electrician you should know better. You are billed at kilowatt/hr, it doesn't matter if it's 110 at 10 amps or 220 at 5 amps, you will use 1100 watts in the end. Here's a link spelling it out in detail. http://http://www.hydroponics.net/learn/is-220-volts-more-efficient.asp

I'm an electrician buddy; 220volt circuit pull less amperage!!! if you have a digital balast, it will indicate, that @220volts pulls 4.5 amps where as using a110 line will pull 9 amps, thus consuming more kilowatts per hour... trust me, it's a common fact among electricians, electrical equipment that is rated at 220, there designed that way for efficiency purposes, because making them for 110 is very costly and inefficient... a 220 volt heater will use up less elecricity then a regular plug in heater....

 

[sleeperls93]

If your an electrician you should know better. You are billed at kilowatt/hr, it doesn't matter if it's 110 at 10 amps or 220 at 5 amps, you will use 1100 watts in the end. Here's a link spelling it out in detail. http://http://www.hydroponics.net/learn/is-220-volts-more-efficient.asp

Hmmm... I guess I stand corrected; But, it is always safer to use 220v circuits as far as circuit overload is concerned... a 12 gauge wire that is rated at 20 amps will run cooler and with power to spare... where as some people may use a household 110v outlet to plug in there 1k ballast, which is ok if its a dedicated circuit, but sometimes people arent sure of what other appliances are being used, and can cause a circuit overload, which should just simply trip the circuit, but I have seen many times in the field, old circuitbreakers simply wont trip, which many times the wires would be fried, and can also cause a fire. Another danger is faulty loose wiring, which can cause what is called an arc, which is a constant spark that the circuit breaker cant detect, and can also cause a fire, for this you use whats called an arc fault circuit breaker... One word of advice to all, if the house you live in was built in the 70's or before, its a good idea to replace your old circuit brakers. Sorry for going off topic.. Happy New year!!

 

[Mountainfarmer]

Man I hate those arc fault breakers. They are code for bedrooms where I live, but they are just too sensitive and trip at the slightest disturbance in the line. Plus they cost a fortune compared to standard breakers.

 

[sleeperls93]

Man I hate those arc fault breakers. They are code for bedrooms where I live, but they are just too sensitive and trip at the slightest disturbance in the line. Plus they cost a fortune compared to standard breakers.

I know, starting with this new year, there going to require arc fault breakers for circuits in every single living space in the area I live!! It sucks because were going to make less money on service upgrades due to the price of those breakers..

 

[Whompage]

heating pads under the plants tend to keep their roots 10-20 degrees warmer than the room which they seem to like.

 

[GDH]

As far as dark during day, I have my room overhead lights replaced with green light bulbs. Green light bulbs do not trip the photo period.

 

[1gamma45]

Hi RIU Peeps,

Seems like I have been stressing out my ladies for the past few weeks. During the holidays, I was unable to get to the room on time a in couple different instances and they suffered a little heat stress, fully recovered.

THis time, I switched to a 20/4 light cycle and during lights out it got in the 40's, maybe cooler with the fans blowing. Well, the ladies got stressed out. My question is what do you recommend to heat this place during lights out? I have a 1ft wide walk space all the way around the tables. I would like to keep intake/exhaust on and the oscillating fan on. Temps, lights on is 80F under (4) 750w MH air-cooled lights. Currently in veg but going into flowering soon, under (4) 1000w hps. Room is 8x8x8 mylar walls, flood and drain tables.

Thanks

Have you tried setting your lite cycle so your lites are out durning the warmest part of the day? I have these issue in the winter were I live. So when I swaped to 12/12 I had my lites going off at 4am and coming back on at 4pm.