Can anyone recommend a low wattage heater for 4x4 grow tent?

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Hello…

I am trying to be a head of the game for winter in a basement 4x4 grow tent.

I am looking for a very low wattage small heater to help regulate my tent in the cold months. (flowering and drying a harvest)

Is there a small low watt heater and does its element glow and if so will that mess up my dark period for flowering?

I will be using a digital thermostat to control it so I don’t need a bunch of features on the heater.

It will working with a 20"x48" heat mat also with a digital thermostat. The whole tent is on top of pallets to bring it off the cold basement floor.

I found these on Amazon but not sure if they are any good:

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Thanks for your help!

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I dont have any experience with it, but I found this one, its a ceramic heater so it shouldn’t glow. I believe its around 150w on low and 250w on high.
https://www.amazon.com/Honeywell-HCE100B-Ceramic-Personal-Heater/dp/B00I4UVGHO/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=250w+heater&qid=1599017911&sr=8-5

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Thank you I appreciate your advice!

And for the info about ceramic heaters not glowing.

Have a great night!

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No problem, and you do the same!

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I tried a ceramic heater last winter and it glowed like the sun. Ended up going with an oil filled radiator looking one. Cost a lot less to run as well

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Thats crazy! They are not supposed to glow.

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But the radiator is a great idea!!

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I wasn’t thinking when I bought it, noticed a glow coming through the inlet room filter…sure enough, bright as can be. The whole ceramic plate was lit up. Luckily I was still in veg. The oil one seems perfect. Just my back up to the propane heater in the main room

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I have been worried about that… And since I am on a budget… Didn’t want to find out when it is too late and had to deal with a return.

It seems not all “ceramics” are the same… Some glow.

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I may try a radiator… Know of a cheap low watt one?

What does a propane heater exhaust?

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I picked mine up at Walmart last year. Don’t remember it being too expensive.

We have a wall mounted propane heater in the shop hooked up to a big tank. Been the main heat source out there for years. It glows as well but it’s in a separate room from the plants. Burns clean

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Check walmarts for the oil cooled ones or meijers. Like 20 or 25 bucks and they have adjustable setting know to control how warm u want it. Itll work perfect for u im sire u can dial it in pretty precise if u take a few to adjust and let it get to the temps to see what they are. Good luck.

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I run a small like this one

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on a timer with it running 15 mins every 60 min±… I pull air in the tent from the snowy outdoors and seem like it works.

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Hey man, how have you been?

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Doing good, thanks for asking.
Durban Poison turned out not liking the heat and hermies, to late to seed the plant but just not worth the problems. I still have 2 plants about 3-4 weeks out doing ok then that’s it for DP
Found me some Miracle Alien Cookies x Sunset Sherbet seeds “Sunset Mac, very 2020 and not for sale” and started soaking 2 yesterday.
Scared they’ll both be male, but thinking about doing a journal on them.

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Don’t worry brother man! I have hundreds of MAC crosses and several hundred MAC Sherbet :muscle:t3::muscle:t3::muscle:t3: Alone. I spent the better part of yesterday looking for you. I definitely want to pick your brain about some things.

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