Temperature difficulties

Clevelandblazn5

Clevelandblazn5

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My closet is all set up I have a 600 watt mh going with a centrifugal fan pushing air out of the closet but the temp is about 90* F how can I cool the room or is 90 ok?
 
jsteezy1290

jsteezy1290

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run a inline fan and duct it into your light if you have one like that or make a cool tube in the faq section, the light is whats putting out the heat so if you can control that your good, i had similar problems until i did that
 
c5rftw

c5rftw

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no 90 is not good... i had the same problem even with the light 4 ft. away. it grew but very slow and then i got some cfls and the temp is now 77 and they are doin great. Although, you can get a ducted reflector and it will greatly reduce the heat from the room given off by light and it works very well aslong as you have the light ducted.

i was still getting highs of 90 at the temp of the plant when i had ducted an a.c line blowing right on the top of the plants...and i'm actually gonna get some high power LEDs or a ducted reflector... but a ducted reflector requires a lot of work
 
c5rftw

c5rftw

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use that fan to cool the reflector and get something like this

you can find it for around 100 shipped
 
c5rftw

c5rftw

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drops more than 10 degrees in some cases... especially closets... get a 6" cool tube/reflector and get a 6" to 4" reducer duct pipe fitting from your local hardware store...
 
c5rftw

c5rftw

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I see stretchin a little bit... and those reddening stems definitely show it has hit that heat.. closets can get very hot with HIDs. when you get those temps down.. they'll be fine. thats a nice reflector that your replacin. i would sell it on ebay if you dont think there any other use for is
 
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