Heating a greenhouse with portable power

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• MikeOxgreen Posts: 812

  July 2022

  It'll make a lot of noise, cost a fortune in fuel and not put enough power out to heat a dolls house.

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• steephill Posts: 2,841

  July 2022

  It is just a battery with an inverter to run low power mains kit for a very short period so is useless as a long term solution. Exact run time would depend on the wattage of your tube heater. Let's say you have a 120W heater, you would get 240x0.85/120=1.7 hours full power running time before you had to recharge.
  

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• MikeOxgreen Posts: 812

  July 2022

  It says 'Engine: four stroke'  I think they're wrong and you're right Steephill.
  
  If you want cheap or free heat then discover 'Hot composting'.

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• nick615 Posts: 1,487

  July 2022

  I think there's a definite difference between 'heating' and 'keeping the chill off', e.g. frost in winter.  Piles of matt black painted plastic containers, full of water, will absorb enough of the sun's heat on winter days, I'm told, to do the latter, but only something like a wind turbine or water wheel will do the job in summer.

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• Kili Posts: 1,104

  July 2022

  22t99826gcaRDOawsR said:

  Has anyone attempted to heat a greenhouse by using a fan heater or tubes plugged into a power bank/ generator such as this https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jackery-Portable-Explorer-Generator-Outdoors/dp/B08RNPYLQW/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?crid=GPBN8Y0L7EMV&keywords=jackery&qid=1657276167&sprefix=jack%2Caps%2C72&sr=8-4
  
  I need an off grid solution and wondering if this would work and how long it would work for?

  
  
  Do you work for Jackery UK?

  'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.

  George Bernard Shaw'

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