As a totally incidental thought - in the very near future, there won't be any 100w incandescent bulbs soon (of the common variety, at least; I don't know how long floodlight-style bulbs, commonly used for outdoor floods and bathroom heatlamps will be available).
What would we do then for improvised heat-tent, such as you are using? For that matter - does the demise of the standard Incandescent bulb mean the Death of the "Easy-bake Oven"?
I have a problem which I run into rather often at work; in the offices which employ large percentages of women, We find small personal heaters, of the 1200w variety, plugged in under desks in office cubicles - this is because for most of the women, whether or not they are wearing skirts, the room temperature feels too cold for their legs.
This in itself is not a problem; what is a problem is that most cubicles have a very limited number of electrical outlets, and rather "low order" receptacles and internal panel wiring, at that. And there are too many office devices for most of the outlets, resulting in the use of 4- and 6-port surge suppressor strips - meant for PCs and Monitors - as extension cords and "power strips".
One particular model, which we bought thousands of, has a small circuit protector which is supposed to trip when the capacity of the suppressor is overloaded; but I have found these things under desks, where the outlet into which a personal deater has been plugged in, has melted and charred around the plug, the heat conducting up the brass prongs and carbonising the plugs, so that they are at once a burn hazard, a shock hazard, and a fire hazard, all at once.
Having said that - these floor heaters are small enough and cheap enough, that it might be possible to get ahold of a used one or two, and fabricate some sort of a "manifold" to put on the exaust-side, which feeds into plastic hoses, similar to what was used for portable hair-dryer caps or small vacuum cleaners, and distribut the hot air to various tents or boxes covering your plants. Boxes could be fed serially, inteconnected by these hoses, or by a bunch of hoses radiating from your "manifold"; radiating like the legs of an octopus. Either way, there would need to be an exhaust hole on the far side of each tent or box, to allow air-flow; as heat rises, the exhaust hole or "port would need to be near the bottom of the enclosure, and preferably oriented so that warm air has to pass over/through the plants to be protected before venting out.
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What would we do then for improvised heat-tent, such as you are using? For that matter - does the demise of the standard Incandescent bulb mean the Death of the "Easy-bake Oven"?
I have a problem which I run into rather often at work; in the offices which employ large percentages of women, We find small personal heaters, of the 1200w variety, plugged in under desks in office cubicles - this is because for most of the women, whether or not they are wearing skirts, the room temperature feels too cold for their legs.
This in itself is not a problem; what is a problem is that most cubicles have a very limited number of electrical outlets, and rather "low order" receptacles and internal panel wiring, at that. And there are too many office devices for most of the outlets, resulting in the use of 4- and 6-port surge suppressor strips - meant for PCs and Monitors - as extension cords and "power strips".
One particular model, which we bought thousands of, has a small circuit protector which is supposed to trip when the capacity of the suppressor is overloaded; but I have found these things under desks, where the outlet into which a personal deater has been plugged in, has melted and charred around the plug, the heat conducting up the brass prongs and carbonising the plugs, so that they are at once a burn hazard, a shock hazard, and a fire hazard, all at once.
Having said that - these floor heaters are small enough and cheap enough, that it might be possible to get ahold of a used one or two, and fabricate some sort of a "manifold" to put on the exaust-side, which feeds into plastic hoses, similar to what was used for portable hair-dryer caps or small vacuum cleaners, and distribut the hot air to various tents or boxes covering your plants. Boxes could be fed serially, inteconnected by these hoses, or by a bunch of hoses radiating from your "manifold"; radiating like the legs of an octopus. Either way, there would need to be an exhaust hole on the far side of each tent or box, to allow air-flow; as heat rises, the exhaust hole or "port would need to be near the bottom of the enclosure, and preferably oriented so that warm air has to pass over/through the plants to be protected before venting out.