Light Leakage in tent

Waggs · Mar 14, 2010

I started my 3 ladies on 12/12 today in my grow tent. Beside the tent is my Veg Cab. So when the lights go off in the Flowering tent, how do I keep light from entering the tent thru the 6" exhaust fan at the top of my tent?

ataxia · Mar 14, 2010

i'd say throw some cloth over it.. or create a make shift cover over the fan. just get that leak taken care of quick man.. that's the bitch about tents. I have a cheap one and the fucker has so many light leaks .. i wouldve been better with plywood and duct tape. but you'll get some decent advice.

Waggs · Mar 14, 2010

I got inside my tent and zipped it up this morning before the lights came on. The only light that I could see was from that fan up top. Plants get hit with moonlight outside. Does it really ahve to be pitch black inside during the dark period?

oldskoool · Mar 14, 2010

yes completely black

indipow82 · Mar 14, 2010

Nothing more than a full moons light. Still better to not have any at all. Cover it with a cloth as said before.

Waggs · Mar 14, 2010

indipow82 said:
Nothing more than a full moons light. Still better to not have any at all. Cover it with a cloth as said before.

Hmm I dont see how thats a viable solution unless I turn off the fan.

Any other suggestions?

statik · Mar 14, 2010

Try to stop light coming OUT of the veg cab maybe? Or redirect your ducting away from the light?

Waggs · Mar 14, 2010

Mylar sidewalls on the veg box, not practicle to enclose that to stop all light.

no ducting on the exhaust it comes right out the top of the tent. Fan mounted right there.

So what I am gonna try is.. I got some foam board from the garage and I built a three sided reflector so to speak and I put it on three sides of the top of the tent so that the exhaust vents on the far side of the tent top from the veg box. I will see how that does when the lights go off in the tent tonite.

Thanks for the ideas folks.

T.H.Cammo · Mar 14, 2010

Google is your friend! Search for the following (without the quatation marks) "grow room+light trap". Grow room is two seperate words and light trap is two seperate words - no space between room and light.

ataxia · Mar 15, 2010

make sure it's pitch black though man ... fuck the moonlight .. you're growing indoors. I'm telling ya. I had a small light leak that would only happen for 2-3 hours in the morning from the sun hitting the hole in my tent. Fucked my shit up.

sickstoner · Mar 15, 2010

i use the foil dryer vent and bend it up and around no light gets in!

Waggs · Mar 15, 2010

sickstoner said:
i use the foil dryer vent and bend it up and around no light gets in!

So heres how I solved it.. simple no cost.. lol and I got in the tent last nite with just the veg box lights on, and I couldnt see anything.. nothing nada.. it was great lol

sickstoner · Mar 15, 2010

Waggs said:
So heres how I solved it.. simple no cost.. lol and I got in the tent last nite with just the veg box lights on, and I couldnt see anything.. nothing nada.. it was great lol

here's mine first two are the inside of my flowering room and the others are the vents into the vegging room bootleg with the duct tape but it works great :bigjoint:

and a bud shot for luck

Waggs · Mar 15, 2010

sickstoner said:
here's mine first two are the inside of my flowering room and the others are the vents into the vegging room bootleg with the duct tape but it works greatand a bud shot for luck

Nice! Hope I can see some buds live and up close in a few weeks

Light Leakage in tent

Waggs

Active Member

ataxia

Well-Known Member

Waggs

Active Member

oldskoool

Member

indipow82

Well-Known Member

Waggs

Active Member

statik

Well-Known Member

Waggs

Active Member

T.H.Cammo

Well-Known Member

ataxia

Well-Known Member

sickstoner

Well-Known Member

Waggs

Active Member

Attachments

sickstoner

Well-Known Member

Attachments

Waggs

Active Member

Similar threads