Quote Originally Posted by Gen
Hmm, tell me about your ballast cooling chamber. I've built a grow light from parts found at a electrical supply house. Ballast/transformer $55, extra large socket $16 and hps bulb $16. The ballast was already prewired. How far away (how long can the wire be) can the ballast be away from the socket? Some guy said 3 feet. That's not very long. Where do you put your ballast? That is one heavy sucker.
My ballast cooling chamber:
Well, my ballast has cooling fins on it's sides, top and bottom. I plan on putting some thing wood (1/8"?) on top of those fins, sealing with a little motherboard foam the seam, and hooking up the intake of a 50CFM fart fan I have... It would be a "Air Pull Through Cooling Box"... or something like that.
I haven't built it yet, but I'll post pics ASAP.


Quote Originally Posted by Garden Knowm
Turtle, I have this friend....
who wants to know if that monster CFL you are using is better than using a couple 150watt (42watt) cfl's from home depot...

I'd answer his question for him... but I thought I'd give you a chance to answer....

i love you

: )
Garden, are you pulling one of those Mr. Miyagui stunts on me?
I'm using "a couple 150watt (42watt) CFLs".... but from WalMart...
I'm lost dude... I can snap another pic of the inside of the cab if you'd like...


I wonder if this is one of Garden's teachings...

-turle420