Homemade "cool tube"

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adamh13

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I don't have the room in my tent for a cool tube and filter so I'm thinking of sliding a pain of glass onto the bottom of my reflector using some fixings I can easily make. But then to extract the heat from the "cool tube" I was just going to butt my filter up against the open side of my reflector to draw the air out of the reflector space while it can still draw air from my grow area. Anybody ever tried this or know any other ways I can drop the heat slightly between the light and plant. Maybe a glass panel on a stand sitting between the plant and light ?

Remember I'm a complete newbie so no tearing me apart please
 
Alienwidow

Alienwidow

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adamh13 said:
I don't have the room in my tent for a cool tube and filter so I'm thinking of sliding a pain of glass onto the bottom of my reflector using some fixings I can easily make. But then to extract the heat from the "cool tube" I was just going to butt my filter up against the open side of my reflector to draw the air out of the reflector space while it can still draw air from my grow area. Anybody ever tried this or know any other ways I can drop the heat slightly between the light and plant. Maybe a glass panel on a stand sitting between the plant and light ?

Remember I'm a complete newbie so no tearing me apart please
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Can you draw a picture of what your talking about?
 
Blunted 4 lyfe

Blunted 4 lyfe

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adamh13 said:
Hope this helps
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Looking at the setup you have it should work ok but keep in mind the lights AND fan would need to be adjusted to accomidate plant growth.

Why not get a "y" connector and just place it on discharge side if scrubber with a 4" flex hose connected to lights (cap both ends of light, with 1 side having a 4" flange to connect your hose to) p/u dryer exhaust kit, you wont need to pass the hot air through scrubber. That way you can adjust light height and scrubber remains fixed.

B4L
 
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adamh13

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What about keeping my exhaust system as it is with the scrubber in the same place and on the base of the scrubber is hole going up inside, if I could fix 4" duct to that hole neatly and then have that duct running to the light with the pain of class. Just a suggestion ?
 
Blunted 4 lyfe

Blunted 4 lyfe

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adamh13 said:
What about keeping my exhaust system as it is with the scrubber in the same place and on the base of the scrubber is hole going up inside, if I could fix 4" duct to that hole neatly and then have that duct running to the light with the pain of class. Just a suggestion ?
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oh ok cool didnt know that, that will work, its easier adjustig 1 than 2 items

B4L
 
hotrodharley

hotrodharley

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Blunted 4 lyfe said:
Looking at the setup you have it should work ok but keep in mind the lights AND fan would need to be adjusted to accomidate plant growth.

Why not get a "y" connector and just place it on discharge side if scrubber with a 4" flex hose connected to lights (cap both ends of light, with 1 side having a 4" flange to connect your hose to) p/u dryer exhaust kit, you wont need to pass the hot air through scrubber. That way you can adjust light height and scrubber remains fixed.

B4L
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Air is like water in that it is going to flow through the path of least resistance and screw the other side.
 
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adamh13

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Cheers for the help guys I'll try I little fan blowing into my reflector see if that work, if not I'll figure a way to get the hot hair from the light with my extractor. I think the best method would be have my scrubber with 4" duct drawing air from the light because there will still be air getting drawn through the outside of the filter so I'll be extracting the warm air and filtering the smelly air. Let you know how I get off and what I end up going with cheers guys
 
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