Nice. how high above plants are you running light ? watts?
18-20 inches from the top of the canopy. Each cob fixture is 300w. Plus I’m running 300w blurple side lights since I had the laying around. My temps stay in the mid to upper 80’s.
4W x 4L x 7H
Yea it’s reflective insulation padding I found at home depot. I’m using it to angle up the light that would otherwise hit the floor. This way it reflects back up on an angle and towards the canopy.
That's a defective unit then. I would he contacting them for a replacement. That's dangerous. That literally could start a fire.
I took those off right after I took that photo actually. I misread their recommendation that they should be used with more of an open room set up and not inside of a tent.
Could have bad seating/paste on the heat sink. Yea call them up
Yeah I'd be at the very least emailing them. They should atleast replace the melted parts. I mean what wouldve happened if you were doing a 24/0 veg. And you went outta town for 2 or 3 days. Theres lots of people that dont check their gardens every day. I for one. But anyway back to what i meaning. If you didnt notice the melting. And you were on a 24/0 veg schedule. And they kept melting easily couldve been a fire. And if they sold as a kit. All parts should be rated together. They dont send you a larger driver or super small driver. They send you one that goes with it. And they shouldnt put products together in a kit that cant handle the other parts. I'm not downing timber either. Bc they make n sell badass lights. Maybe it's a defect and they just dont know yet. Like the new hlg96 boards has a bad batch that are leaking between the pcb and the heatsink. They are sending people replacements I believe. But I would atleast email them to let them know.
Kinda like cellotex foam board you put on before siding on a house. Probably similar. But that's a good idea. I bet it helps lowers if you dont remove them.
What's the red circle for in picture 2?
I was showing someone where my 20 inch marking was. The bottom of that string that has a knot is 20 inches from the light. Help me maintain distance without having to measure each time.
Helps lowers what?
I use the 2VL, myself. I love ‘em.
The reflection shining light back up. It probably helps the lower branches and smaller nugs towards the bottoms of the plant.
