All the way from Texas

It finally came,,cost 20 to ship and 10 to buy,,an authentic,1977,unopened brand spankin new cool tube,,well it's not yet,,but it's gonna be,,it's apyrex bake a round,for making bread,,but stick a 400 watt hps bulb inside it,,and add a wikked lil fan,,and you got lighting that can almost touch yur plants,,with no harm coming to them, well now I gotta hit Home DePOT for some accessories this weekend,,I will grow a Monster one day

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HoLE

wiil do Bayou Billy,,gonna start on it tomorrow,,will post pics ,,thxs for interest

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HoLE

Hey thats a nice idea! Your gonna need cool everthing living in texas

mattso101 said:

Hey thats a nice idea! Your gonna need cool everthing living in texas

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LOL,,,the tube is from Texas,,got it on e-bay,,Im in central ontario canada,,,,Stoner,,LOL

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HoLE

think you could fit a 1000w bulb in there

warihayd said:

think you could fit a 1000w bulb in there

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you may be able to just fit it,,not sure,,tube is 4 inches round,,like 4 inch tubing

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HoLE

warihayd said:

think you could fit a 1000w bulb in there

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yes u can, ive got 3 of them. but you do need a really good fan.

what type of fan do you use bigbad )

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HoLE

i use a huge 1000cfm squirrel cage fan. it runs my cool tube and some other odds and ends.

gotta pic of that fan bigbad??

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HoLE

yeah ill go take some. right now im not useing the HPS, but the fan is still in its place. ill also take some of the cool tube. i did mine alil different than most i have seen.

th3bigbad said:

yeah ill go take some. right now im not useing the HPS, but the fan is still in its place. ill also take some of the cool tube. i did mine alil different than most i have seen.

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COOl,,I'd appreciate that man

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HoLE

ok i havent really got around to finishing the whole thing yet, but heres how it works. the air is drawn in from outside by 12" ducting to a 12" fan in the ceiling. the big fan is mounted in a big plastic trunk thats hanging on the wall. it blows air out of the grow room by 12" ducting also. it pulls air in to it from 4" drier hoses. the drier hose run to my cool tubes that pull the air out of the room.

i put the fan in the trunk to make it easier to run multiple hoses. total i need 4 hoses, and making a manifold to run 4 x 4" hoses to that fan would have been a pain. so i stuck the fan in the trunk in essence making the trunk into 1 big big ass manifold. right now ive just got 1 hose running into it, but the others will be added soon. it also made the fan almost silent.

remember it isnt finished yet. the pretty comes later.

this is a cool tube idea ive been playing with. its just a 4"x24" piece of sewage pipe, a few screws, alil tape, and some tin foil. about 10 bucks for everything but the bake around. less than 30.00 total.

thxs big bad,,just got me motivated to start on my cooltube takin apart old 400 light now,,will post some progress later,how'd ya adhere the pvc to the glass,,or is it a snug fit?

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HoLE

its a really snug fit, and i used rubber coated nuts on bolts as stops. i wrapped the ends of the glass with high temp tape to snug it up nice and tight. i drilled a hole on the top and bottom of the pipe right passed the end of where the glass goes. i put 1/4" bols in the hole with a rubber coated nut on it so the glass cant side at all either way.

i mounted my light socket with a L bracket to the pipe as well.