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Ummmm…. Trailanimal…. Weren’t you just asking about his place?
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window/LED crew looks fab' my man - 
I keep thinking about your Portal Sativa, and fem's getting made... maybe if we beg BC'lady in stereo! LOL
I'm dyin' to get going myself, planning next week to pitch the tent and do some night temp' testing with a new heater to see if it's as good but less energy sucking. The small space heater, quartz element/fan type (700w) eat$ annoying amounts of power going on-off-on-off... So I'm trying one of those oil filled radiator types can get the job done with less power costs...
The Laws of Thermodynamics are against you. [Sorry for the high school physics lesson].
I keep thinking about your Portal Sativa, and fem's getting made... maybe if we beg BC'lady in stereo! LOL
I'm dyin' to get going myself, planning next week to pitch the tent and do some night temp' testing with a new heater to see if it's as good but less energy sucking. The small space heater, quartz element/fan type (700w) eat$ annoying amounts of power going on-off-on-off... So I'm trying one of those oil filled radiator types can get the job done with less power costs...
With electric space heaters, you get as much heat as electricity used. One type vs. the other will not save power/electricity for the same amount of heat put out. Whether blowing warmed air or a radiator type, space heaters are essentially 100% efficient, with the electricity used (resistance) all locally converted to heat. This all means that a space heater, whatever type, sucking less energy (per time; using less power/watts) puts out that much less heat/calories.
Further, the oil-filled and forced air heaters all internally have much the same electric resistance heating units - not much difference in power consumption. All the space heaters generally offer switching between full (1500 watt) and ~1/2 power (750, sometimes 650 watts) power. Running the same time, a radiator at half power at 750 watts will use 50 watts more electricity/power than your 700 watt quartz fan heater.
But the oil filled heater will be near silent vs. forced air heater adding white noise. The radiator will also run cooler (larger surface area heated) and is more inherently safer in a growing environment-- no exposed heating elements or wiring, no way dirt or something, say a leaf, can get in and start a fire or cause problems; simply no moving parts; plants touching the radiator will be less affected vs. those blasted by the quartz heated air; etc. The forced air heater will be better at localized heating, where it blows, such as at floor level, with much of the radiator heat rising and diffusing out (but this difference can be negated by good air circulation/fans).
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