Hi,
I'm getting ready for my first grow. It will be in a 4'x4'x6.5'H grow tent with a 600W HPS. I'd like to get a nice sunsoaker reflector or something, but I know with this set up I'm going to need some sort of air-cooling. I notice the cool-tube reflector, but the actual reflector kinda looks crappy. There's a similar one at HTG Supply that looks to have the same ventilation holes and has a bit better of a reflector. I think that's what I'll be going with.

So, anyway, on to my question. I plan on just running one tube off of the light/reflector with a fan blowing outside the grow tent. So, it will be pulling air into the reflector and exhaust it out of the grow tent. Do you think this would be adequate cooling? I'll also have another exhaust fan in the tent that will be exhausting the tent air... there will be one passive inlet in the tent. Also, I'll probably have a small fan in the tent to circulate air. Do you think this will be adequate ventilation?

I hope it is because my tent will only have 3 x 4-inch vent holes, so I can't really dedicate 2 of them to cooling the lamp and still have adequate ventilation in the main grow chamber. Also, I'll have to find a 6-inch to 4-inch vent reducer, but I'm sure those are easy to find.

Also, I'm curious about putting a HEPA filter or some type of filter in the inlet since it's going to be in a grungy basement. Do you know where I can find those as well as the exhaust fans (4").

Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks!
lampost Reviewed by lampost on . Reflector question Hi, I'm getting ready for my first grow. It will be in a 4'x4'x6.5'H grow tent with a 600W HPS. I'd like to get a nice sunsoaker reflector or something, but I know with this set up I'm going to need some sort of air-cooling. I notice the cool-tube reflector, but the actual reflector kinda looks crappy. There's a similar one at HTG Supply that looks to have the same ventilation holes and has a bit better of a reflector. I think that's what I'll be going with. So, anyway, on to my Rating: 5