I'm only planning on running it for 6 hours right now. I was confused by the specs when I bought it. It doesn't list the output in BTU instead saying 700 watts. If it's consuming 700 watts, that's more than all the power than I'm consuming for lights, pumps and fans.
I haven't put it in the tent yet. Couple questions, do you cover the led on the power button with tape or something? And should I have any concerns about it melting the wall of my tent? I'm using a 3x3 gorilla tent.
It won't use 700w constantly, only when the element is heating. It switches on and off to regulate the temperature of the oil depending on where you have the thermostat. I don't need to worry about the light because that panda film above mine acts as a light barrier (at least I think it does)..
My one's in a closet under a false floor so I can't tell whether yours would melt your tent or not. Definitely don't let it touch though. That's cement board above mine so it kind of soaks up the heat and distributes it.
Maybe if you don't have room in the tent but lots outside it, you could close off all your intakes except one, then put the heater outside the tent next to the open intake and put something around it to guide intake air through the fins and into the tent, and/or possibly even have a tiny fan pointed through them at the intake.