Quote Originally Posted by Monku Bakatare
What is the best way to keep a 600W Hortilux HPS cool. Would a cool tube beat any air cooled hood? Any suggestions on best air cooled hoods? If I go with an air cooled hood, would it be better to mount it atop/outside the cabinet itself? I will probably use either a 6" Vortex, or a Dayton, pulling from outside, and venting back outside. I'll have a seperate 6" Vortex pulling through a carbon scrubber and venting outside as well. Can anyone give me an idea on noise difference between the Vortex and Dayton? Thanks.

Monku
What's up Monku?
Welcome to the boards...

I'm no expert, but here are my :twocents: :::
Best way to keep a bulb cool... I don't know. There's probably un-heard of technology out there that's going to "be best".
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Ok, sorry for the comment... anyways, in my opinion:
A cool tube VS an air cooled hood...
They're both very effective at "isolating" the heat from the bulbs.

One PRO to the cool tube is that's it's comparatively small... slim.

"Best" air cooled hoods... well, I'm thinking that you're refering to the air cooled hoods that have a glass at the bottom... right? The ones that are "sealed". One duct in, one duct out... glass at the bottom... yeah...

Best one? I don't know. I don't think anyone has tried them all... but... post what you find, and we'll all give our opinions.

":":":" would it be better to mount it atop/outside the cabinet itself? ":":":"
If you have the space, mount it inside the cabinet. If space is tight, as was my situation, you might opt for the cool tube.

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Noise difference between the Vortex and Dayton::::
I don't know... um... any links?
You can always get mufflers... or place them inside a box... that might help.... but mufflers would be better.... mufflers + box even better still.

Take care Monku,

-turtle420
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