Quote Originally Posted by MerryPrankstr
What's your thoughts on the problems with the new style body. As for the TI Smart Bars, I consider the water coolig a plus. Very little heat load added to the room i would think. If I could fault the TI Smart bollm, or most other lamps for that matter, it;s the haphazrd way they dispose of the "colling air discarge".

Rolling your own is probably the best way to go, as you said.

M.P.
Hey M.P.,

I don't see a problem with the new housing, if I had 4 new style I would be ok. The old style has 3 mount points on one end and the new has two, they each have one mount point on the other end. Putting 2 of the old togther is simply one pce of aluminum channel drilled to take the two middle studs of each. Gotta do soemthing different with the new ones to combine them. ETC.

Water cooling of the TI bars is fairly easy and straight forward. And it is a plus in many ways since the design spreads the lights out, not a block design like most hi-power LED lights. I've actually been looking at long (4') aluminum heat sinks, plus fans for a DIY light design (800-1200w over 4'x4') and honestly I'm thinking about using water cooling instead. It might even be more energy efficent then running so many fans.

It's funny you should mention the air output from the TI 600 Pro-Bloom's. Just last night we filled the new aero/fog tray will rooted cuttings, and sat watching the lights move back and forth accross the tray on the light rail. The output blows down slightly towards the plantlets causing them to be blown around lightly. We where just saying last night how nice it was, no need for a oscillatting fan on the plants! See, one person's fault is another's plus.

Keep well and keep growing. -oldmac :thumbsup: