questions/advice

[Heads4]

Latewood
I see you talking about removing the reflectors or hoods from lights. Would this help in my situation? I would just put reflective material on ceiling and have bulb hanging by itself...somehow?? If i could drop 10 degrees it would be sweetness under the 1000W er baby

[latewood]

well try it, but be real real careful with that light...you evidently can measure temps, so get a temp reading...then remove hood during lights out and carefully hang it back, you may have to make some adjustments to the way your light hangs...just make sure you can still manipulate your light up and down...anyway take temp readings for a day and find out if they are lower...goodluck...if it doesn't work, you only gain experience!

[HARDDON]

Removing the housing will not help the heat situation. The hood will be gone but the light will still be there, emmitting the heat.

You MUST get the heat OUT of the room...

FRESH AIR IN STALE HEATED AIR OUT.

Perhaps you could install vents somewhere? I saw three brick walls. you could vent the door itself and solve your heat issues.

That is, if you door isnt made of brick too

Sorry but you need in and out air flow.

As for 90 F temps, i can tell you first had the dangers you face....

EXTRA LARGE FAN LEAVES....

These grow longer to have more surface area to displace oxygen and wastes thru the stomata on the underside of leaves.

This also helps create shade and attempts to lower or regulate the internal temps.

The resulting large leaves will shade lower secondaries and reduce yeilds.

It also increases odds of sexual confusion.

I suspect it will lower THC production but don;t know this to be fact.

But, you can still grow some good weed with it

[Zandor]

With a light that large you must have a glass heat sheld air cooled hood with a good blower to move cool air thought the hood and out the otherside. Temperature in the 90's can and will turn your plant into a hermie.

[Heads4]

Guys
I have a black heavy material hanging on the side where the picture was taken. This separates my flowering room from my veg/clone room.... this is my first run at it..... i have the space to do it....my veg/clone room runs 24/7. all flouro's. i also have a heavy material hanging to cover this room to prevent light from getting in the flowering room during the dark period...I am gone usually when the light flips on so i cannot open the curtain to the flowering room. I am thinking of using a corebit to drill through the brick on the flowering side to make a 2 inch hole. Then install a blower, mounted on the wall, that blows out 15 mins on, 15 mins off during light on period. I will vent/pipe the blower right out of the side of the building.
Would a blower blowing out have to force air in due to displacement??? you would think so some how....
Input please......My girls are sweating to death as we speak AAHHHHHHH!!!!!

[Heads4]

How much is a glass cooled heat shield w/fan????

[Zandor]

You can get a cool tube for about 150.00 and a blower for about 100-250 depends on what you get. The vortex is expensive but one of the best around.
Check eBay for good deals.