Reflector question

[EvilCartman]

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.

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?

Yep.

Balancing 2 fans in a small, tight space like a tent can get tricky, a speed controller is handy. I've seen cases where a strong fan exhausting a tent over-powered a duct booster cooling the lamp. The air was pulled backward through the puny ductbooster, dumping the lamps heat inside! Make sure your intake is adequate for the flow, if using two fans!

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.

Sounds good. :thumbsup:

Also, I'll probably have a small fan in the tent to circulate air.

That's not a probably thing, you *will* have a circulation fan.

Do you think this will be adequate ventilation?

Yep, plenty. Just use decent fans, adequate intake area, and you're good. :thumbsup:

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.

Which tent are you using? Just wondering, most have a decent screen covering the intakes. A furnace filter, covering the port, will work well for intake filtering.

HTH

EvilCartman Reviewed by EvilCartman on 11-17-2009. 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