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Ya 6 plants in a 4x4 is pretty tight...

So you spend about $400ish every 12ish months on flower room filters...plus more when you have to replace the veg room filter...That seems like it could add up. lol What if you could get a product that extended the life of a carbon filter up to 200% (possibly beyond), that would not only...

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Yes a plant can be "conditioned" to sit closer to a hot 1000w hps, and I would assume it would not be too great for the plant, but what i am talking about is not "conditioning" in anyway...I'm talking about being able to put your light closer to the plant with NO heat and NO stress...the plant...

The problem with just masking the smell is just that, it only masks, it does not trap or destroy like other odor control technology. Depending on your situation, that might cost you in the end, because although the human nose cant discern the scent under the mask, a K9 nose can and will...that's...

Do you think lower yields in association with closer lights could be related to heat-stress, burning, or any other heat related issues...or purely a light spread issue? It is brutally obvious. I'm basically asking a loaded question, which i know the answer to, but asking it none the less to...

Well said. How long do you typically run a carbon filter for before you replace it?

As was stated above, cooltubes are terrible at spreading light as is, so naturally, if you move it closer it will lose even more coverage...but if you had a hood that spread light evenly and well, you would see better results with it closer to the plants.

I agree...but even with a large garden, if you have the proper amount of lights properly spaced, loss of coverage should be minimal if any.

Obviously sitting the light right on top of the plants, touching the top, would reduce coverage, but say if you could get a 1000w with a large, quality air-cooled hood within 2-3", without burning or inducing heat stress, you would get good coverage, great penetration, and amazing...

If you have your space properly laid out with the proper amount of lights and good hoods, the loss of light spread by lowering the light a few inches should be minimal if anything.,,plus by lowering the light you get greater intensity to the plants, more penetration through the canopy and other...

Thanks for the info KK. When you say "Hoods trap heat above the canopy vented or not", is that because the glass panel lets heat pass through? So if you had a glass panel that reflected heat, while letting the whole spectrum pass through, you could move the light closer to the plants and improve...

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Unless you are planning to have an A/C unit, you are going to have to have an air intake and exhaust, and in that case you would have to rout the exhaust through a carbon filter. I would definitely go with air-cooled lights tho as temps in your room will be high without them.