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Originally Posted by SayWord
sweet man. why do you need two bulbs for vert? it would still be worth it to do with one, wouldn't you say?
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One would be ok too. 2 is just alot better. If you use one though i wouldn't have a canopy height (vert) of more than 3' for a 600, 5' for a 1000. I would even go bigger lights. Remember that by taking off the hood you aren't directing all that light in one direction any longer so it is more spread out and hence less intense.
2 lights also give you 2 angles of light coming at the buds. My buddies cabinet was 7.5 ft and we used 2 600s. To get even better "angles" or spread e placed a diy light mover that raises the cooltues vertically 1 ft up and down, slowly. We used a generic RC car motor / torque and placed a oblong 14" bicycle wheel on the shaft of the motor when it spins slowly the string wraps around the disk. If you pursue this just make sure you can have motor w/ slow rpm decent touque to lift your weight. If you can find the right motor you can easily throw a gear together like we had to.