First off let me say! that I asked around this forum several months ago about cool tubes for lights,we all know how exspensive those cool tube's with fans can be!...............by the time you buy the hood with glass $200 then you have to buy the fan and the duct work another $160 or so,it can get exspensive and odds are you will have to order most of it through the mail,which has a shipping and handling rate of another $50 to $80 bucks depending on where you live!.........

So believe it or not after some research I came to the grim reality that by the time I get everything I need for one cool tube right down to the last screw and piece of tape to the shipping and handling it would be fare to say it probably would have cost me$400 or more canadian or so! I even checked out EBAY,still peeked at the $400 dollar mark..............

and when I did alot of research on how to make a cool tube the information was there but not for a 1000w hps bulb! there were links to information for smaller wattage lights but not much info for the big bulbs...and to behonest I found the information was kinda not in-compleshion and left you with unanswered questions lol..............................So I went out to the stores in my area like home depot,walmart.canadian tire,home hardware and had a good look around and managed to come up with a cool tube complete for less then $100 I couldn't believe it..............

I noticed there may be links to cool tube information on this forum throughout different post's made by different members but instead of a link I decided to post a thread right here with instructions on how to make a cool tube,as well step by step pictures along the way........

First thing first!.........

You will need glass tube,based on the size of the bulb you use!400w,600w,1000w or less........this project will be based on a 1000w hps bulb...You can get this glass tubing just about anywhere,you might find yourself looking in the candle section or glass tubes they put over large tall candles,I found mine in walmart they had several sizes ,based on some candles are bigger so get the glass that measures up to your bulb simple really!........my candle cover thAt I bought was 11 1/2 inch's long....and only paid $6.79 for one ...I bought 3..................
Mellow Man Reviewed by Mellow Man on . Homemade 1000w cool tube! First off let me say! that I asked around this forum several months ago about cool tubes for lights,we all know how exspensive those cool tube's with fans can be!...............by the time you buy the hood with glass $200 then you have to buy the fan and the duct work another $160 or so,it can get exspensive and odds are you will have to order most of it through the mail,which has a shipping and handling rate of another $50 to $80 bucks depending on where you live!......... So believe it or Rating: 5