It Hangs Too Low
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BobThe420Builder
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Lots of options
Custom made
Ratchet straps
Just think it through
Custom made
Ratchet straps
Just think it through
Romulanman
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I double wrapped mine for the max light height. It gets kinda tight but it can be done. Just have to move the plants to the light if needed.
That's a good idea why didn't I think of that. Let me see if it works.
ilovereggae
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ditch the cables and ratchet straps.
position your crossbars directly above the 4 corners of the lights. use zip ties to attach each corner independently. you could use extra zip ties to give yourself more adjustment or just one set and have it an inch off the ceiling. just account for airflow and make sure it's not heating up the top of your tent fabric. I did this with an HLG65 in a 2x2x3 for a long time.
position your crossbars directly above the 4 corners of the lights. use zip ties to attach each corner independently. you could use extra zip ties to give yourself more adjustment or just one set and have it an inch off the ceiling. just account for airflow and make sure it's not heating up the top of your tent fabric. I did this with an HLG65 in a 2x2x3 for a long time.
BobThe420Builder
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Or string
Yer over thinking it, make it easy not hard
Yer over thinking it, make it easy not hard
OldMedUser
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I just got a little LED light with those wire leaders on them that would cause the same problem in my 5' high tent so took them off and attached directly to the clips on top of the light so now I can go up to a couple inches from the ceiling in there if need be.
This is it downstairs with those leaders attached hanging from the chains I use for everything that needs to hang from somewhere.
I could see that wasn't going to work in the tent so took the leaders off and hooked short pieces of chain across the hooks on the light. Those short pieces can be easily shortened even more so they will lie almost flat against the light to get it up as high as possible. Then just chain to hang it up. Height adjustment is dead easy with the S hooks and I've been doing it like this for 20 years. Stupid ratchets get loose and drop lights into the canopy, cost more and aren't near as easy to adjust as a hook IMO.
You can cut the chain so it's last link where you made the cut forms a hook like where it attached to the cross-chain on the light. Saves a couple of S hooks and can easily support 10lbs each without bending.
This is it downstairs with those leaders attached hanging from the chains I use for everything that needs to hang from somewhere.
I could see that wasn't going to work in the tent so took the leaders off and hooked short pieces of chain across the hooks on the light. Those short pieces can be easily shortened even more so they will lie almost flat against the light to get it up as high as possible. Then just chain to hang it up. Height adjustment is dead easy with the S hooks and I've been doing it like this for 20 years. Stupid ratchets get loose and drop lights into the canopy, cost more and aren't near as easy to adjust as a hook IMO.
You can cut the chain so it's last link where you made the cut forms a hook like where it attached to the cross-chain on the light. Saves a couple of S hooks and can easily support 10lbs each without bending.