your welcome! these little tidbits get more and more inspiring as you think 'bout 'em too
oh, JSGamber, check out post #255 of this thread and there is a link about light proof vents. could be made on the cheap depending on what kinda junk ya got around. i got a lot, but stiill building up parts
GB, you are starting to mind meld with me. I have it up in a seperate tab waiting for it to cross my "reading list".
In regards to my cool tube ('er my friends
) I'm using the 5" dia hurricane lamp glass which is reduced down to 4" at the end. The tube run is short ways (18"), so 18"x90*x1"x90*x18"cooltube assemblyx133cfm fan.
So it's possible and desireable to run 400? Like I said straw poll. Sometimes I worry if putting in 430 HPS is too much. You've eased my worry a bit.
My cool tubes are identical for MH and HPS. For the 250w MH I can keep my hand right on the glass tube for over a minute before I get tired.
For the 430w HPS, hand on the glass is only good for 5 seconds but at 2" away is like the 250w MH. I figure using a screen or maybe even creating an acrylic shield at 2" to keep the plants away from direct contact with the tube? Just thinking out loud. Feel free to join the convo. (damn been hanging out with a teenager too long).