Newbie Question - Light Schedule and cold...

osowhom

osowhom

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Leonida said:
Humidity is under control with light open (50/55) it raise to 60 65 during the dark hours... another little issue that i try to control with the dehumidifier... I did not think at the blanket, i can give it a try...

My exhaust fan is the cheaper so no, i can't tune it at the moment, but i'm considering to purchase a new one
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a little fan forced space heater dehumidifies just as good run it for an hour at the 5th hour of darkness it will bring it down to 40%
 
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If the exhaust fan works ok otherwise, you can get a speed controller instead of a whole new fan, something like this or similar:
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I should add- if you're worried about cost running those lights a few hours more, I wouldn't be unless you're *really* strapped for cash. The TS 600 only pulls 100 watts from the wall. Running an extra 200 watts x 4 hrs is 0.8 kilowatts per day. In my locality electricity is ~$0.10 per kWh, so that's only an extra $0.08/day. Power is cheap here, don't get me wrong, but unless you live somewhere it's really expensive (The Solomon Islands pay $0.99/kWh!) it may not be as expensive as you think.
 
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cody.young11

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Leonida said:
Hey Folks,

Growing 2 Auto under two Mars Hydro TS 600 in a tent in the house attic which is not insulated.

Previews ladies where under 18/6 and everything worked perfectly.

Unfortunately now winter is starting and it gets pretty cold, for this reason I set the light cycle to 20/4 running during the night to avoid the temp to drop.

This is okay for most of the days, but sometime it can get really cold and i noticed that during the 4 dark hours temp can drop under 15 till 10 celsius (while with the light is around 21), this does not happen always but just in the colder days.

Yeah solution is easy I know, keep the light 24h, but my bills are already pretty high and I really would like to avoid keep them constantly switched on unless i need to keep the temp high, so the question is....

can i keep the default light schedule 20/4 and switch it to 24 just during colder days? Will my ladies get stress by that or is it not a big deal?
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Get a space heater with thermostat
 
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