venting question???

i understand its not a good idea to daisy chain ur air cooled lights cause by the time u reach third or forth light u have alot of heat build up especially using 1000watt lights, so my question is wat would make more sense running every two lights with a sealed intake outake from outside air, or daisy chainning all lights and running only one intake outtake i really dont want to cut two extra holes but i will if its necessary and if it would help with heat problems.. im using 4 8inch aircooled 1000watts im sucking air from the floor with a vortex 12inch 1091 cfm fan and venting out the ceiling, also a 24000btu window ac for cooling... im not sure if im goona keep ballasts in same room

I would use a 12" Tee(T) and then get two 12"x8"x8" Wye's (Y), two lights per wye. That way the heat distribution will be more even.

dangerous1 said:

I would use a 12" Tee(T) and then get two 12"x8"x8" Wye's (Y), two lights per wye. That way the heat distribution will be more even.

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so have 2 outtakes one for each wye

Yeah, so each has its own route to the blower. Do the same thing on the other side other side of the hoods. Basically, so all the hoods connect into one main duct on each side of the hood. I think his would make best use of your intake/exhaust capabilities, assuming you have 12" openings for both.