bk78
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Sweet. Can you go answer the questions asked in your flower LED thread now please sir
Oil filled heaters vs Space Heaters vs infrared heat
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Iearnit
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Yeah, I ordered the Oil heater and a different humidifier, trying to get the balance. I am amazed at how the temp can skyrocket at times.
Iearnit
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Mine are on the 1st floor, heated during the winter 68-70. The tent sits 6-10 degree higher, but the humidity swings from 30-80 at times.
Billy the Mountain
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Please explain
That's not how physics works.
Assuming the same wattage (BTU output), the temperature rise and consequent humidity drop will be the same.
calvin.m16
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Experience and looking at a meter on the wall.
How Do Space Heaters Affect the Humidity Levels in the Home or Office?
Space heaters can be great solutions, but even energy efficient space heaters have a noticeable effect on humidity. When space heaters warm air, the capacity of that air to hold moisture increases. However, since no new moisture is added, the relative humidity, the amount of water in the air compared to how much that air can hold, decreases. That makes the air feel even drier, especially when using forced air heaters.
You might notice that you feel stuffy all the time, your skin can become dry, and your hair might become frizzy. This decrease in relative humidity can also have detrimental effects on your pets, furniture, and even musical instruments.
How Do Space Heaters Affect Humidity?
Unfortunately, space heaters produce a lot of dry air, which can have a serious effect on your health and well-being.
hvac.ninja
You can google it and find that you are wrong and that is how it works regardless of your understanding of physics.
lusidghost
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The oil kind are good because they aren't blasting bone dry hot air in a single direction.
Hiphophippo
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I’ve used them all and found the vornado vmh500 to be the best for the price on the market the work like a forced air furnace using a little heat and a fan to move the heat around the whole room you can get small ones for your tent they have built in thermostat and are very accurate
lusidghost
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Watts are watts at the end of the day. It's how you're moving the air that matters most. The biggest benefit of the infrared kind is they don't take up much space.
Hiphophippo
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Oh and I about forgot the vornado heaters have a five year guarantee warranty that they do honor and are very good with customer service
Billy the Mountain
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A fan doesn't magically remove moisture. If the temperature is raised, the humidity will drop proportionally regardless of the heat source.Experience and looking at a meter on the wall.
How Do Space Heaters Affect the Humidity Levels in the Home or Office?
Space heaters can be great solutions, but even energy efficient space heaters have a noticeable effect on humidity. When space heaters warm air, the capacity of that air to hold moisture increases. However, since no new moisture is added, the relative humidity, the amount of water in the air compared to how much that air can hold, decreases. That makes the air feel even drier, especially when using forced air heaters.
You might notice that you feel stuffy all the time, your skin can become dry, and your hair might become frizzy. This decrease in relative humidity can also have detrimental effects on your pets, furniture, and even musical instruments.
How Do Space Heaters Affect Humidity?
Unfortunately, space heaters produce a lot of dry air, which can have a serious effect on your health and well-being.hvac.ninja
You can google it and find that you are wrong and that is how it works regardless of your understanding of physics.
A forced-air heater will produce hotter, dryer air directly from the heater but the overall temp and humidity in a given volume will be the same.
Hiphophippo
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These use a small heating element and used barely any wattage it raised my bill like five dollars a month using 24/7
calvin.m16
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It will produce hotter dryer air but won't dry the air? What in the f*ck are you talking about?
Just put a camp fire in your grow idgaf you put one of those ceramic "infrared" heaters in a room and run it and watch the humidity dive.
There is no argument here, radiant oil filled heaters are going to dry the air less than forced air style heaters.
bk78
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calvin.m16
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All I know is one makes the room Crispy dry.
Billy the Mountain
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Where did the water go?
Put two heaters of the same wattage in the same room and the temp/humidity will be the same.
The advantage of an oil-filled heater is thermal mass and surface area which result in more consistent temps, nothing to do with humidity.