Help...Help....Help please......

[LdyMarsRN]

I put my 400W Cooltube in vertically, with the exhaust fan after the light. >----tube---light----fan----> I'm I going to have a problem with this? Does the exhaust HAVE to be out of the open end of the tube, without the bulb? It's running right now, so I really need to know. Thanks, Ldy :hippy::yippee:

[LdyMarsRN]

Nobody's even reading it :(

[Twentyinches]

Nobody's even reading it :(

aww I read it! I'm trying to understand your set-up however.

Fans are much more efficient at pulling air than at pushing air... the exhaust fan is usually placed right at the point of exhaust. From there, it will pull air through your light reflector, out of the garden... btw why did your mount it vertically?

[beginerbuddah]

i cnt see why this would cause a problem mayb i dont full yunderstand
why have you hung your light verticly?

[beginerbuddah]

is this how you have it set up?

[LdyMarsRN]

aww I read it! I'm trying to understand your set-up however.

Fans are much more efficient at pulling air than at pushing air... the exhaust fan is usually placed right at the point of exhaust. From there, it will pull air through your light reflector, out of the garden... btw why did your mount it vertically?
I had to hang it vertically, because my grow box is 2' x 2' X 4'....It's 19" plus reducers and hose...anyway it wouldn't fit. I have passive intake at the bottom, then my tube (but the lamp is at the top of the tube) then my fan going out of the box. I just don't want to fry the wiring where the lamp is in the tube. >--intake--tube---light at the end--exhaust fan and right out of the top of the box. What do you think? Thanks a bunch, Ldy

[LdyMarsRN]

is this how you have it set up?
Yea...Just verticle. Thanks, Ldy :)

[LdyMarsRN]

aww I read it! I'm trying to understand your set-up however.

Fans are much more efficient at pulling air than at pushing air... the exhaust fan is usually placed right at the point of exhaust. From there, it will pull air through your light reflector, out of the garden... btw why did your mount it vertically?
Oh, and the fan is pulling air over the lamp and out of the box. ?????

[Twentyinches]

I had to hang it vertically, because my grow box is 2' x 2' X 4'....It's 19" plus reducers and hose...anyway it wouldn't fit. I have passive intake at the bottom, then my tube (but the lamp is at the top of the tube) then my fan going out of the box. I just don't want to fry the wiring where the lamp is in the tube. >--intake--tube---light at the end--exhaust fan and right out of the top of the box. What do you think? Thanks a bunch, Ldy

as I picture this, I don't think you will have an issue with frying anything- now with frying do you mean melting? if there's no contact it shouldn't even if the hood is mounted vertical. A guy I knew had his hood fall (somehow the bulb didn't bust), the light was actually touching his ballast power cord and it still didn't melt though it. It left a mark but nothing else.

[beginerbuddah]

your welcome
i agree with twenty inches you should be fine :thumbsup:

[LdyMarsRN]

beginerbuddah and Twentyinches thank you both so much! You guys are the best! Yea Twentyinches, by frying, I meant melting. I was worried with the hot air going over the wiring it would be too hot, but you know what? It's not really even hot. (But the box is in the garage and it's cold outside. LOL! 41 today.) Thanks again, Ldy :hippy:

[beginerbuddah]

:thumbsup:glad to help
LOL! 41 today<<<<is it your birthday?
if so happy birthday:birthday:

[Twentyinches]

beginerbuddah and Twentyinches thank you both so much! You guys are the best! Yea Twentyinches, by frying, I meant melting. I was worried with the hot air going over the wiring it would be too hot, but you know what? It's not really even hot. (But the box is in the garage and it's cold outside. LOL! 41 today.) Thanks again, Ldy :hippy:

hey no prob :) 41!? if only it were that nice here, today we had a high of 9 degrees! nothing would survive in my garage! :jointsmile:

[LdyMarsRN]

:thumbsup:glad to help
LOL! 41 today<<<<is it your birthday?
if so happy birthday:birthday:
41 degrees F I wish I was 41! LOL! No, maybe 21....... I'm 54, but thanks for the thought. Have a great night, Ldy :hippy:

[LdyMarsRN]

hey no prob :) 41!? if only it were that nice here, today we had a high of 9 degrees! nothing would survive in my garage! :jointsmile:
That's cold....Brrrrrr........... ;)