stresco
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I am waiting for my new Metal Halides ballasts and bulbs to arrive, so i decided to draw up what i think my hood should look like when i am done with mounting the MH and the Moonlights. Let me know what you think.
I agree some sort should be supplied but I believe you were planning on 20k radium bulbs right? If you were IMO actinics would not be needed as it would be an overkill in the blue spectrumno actinics planned?
thats what i thought..I am not planing on adding actinics at this time becasue I have decided to use 20k bulbs
fishfreek said:The MH bulbs and the Moonlights are not tied to the same ballast are they?
I have mine both blowing out.. When I have one of them blowing in it doesnt cool the tank as effectively.. When I placed them on the back of the hood it heated the tank up more that I cooled it off as it was hitting the wall and therefor heating up the tank some more.. The only efficent way I found to cool the tank is with the fans on the side both exhausting the air out of the tank.. And yes I did play with this for many weeks as I have 2x250w and 2x55w on a 55gal tank.. It heats up quick..cj if the fans are on the side.. are both blowing out? or is one blowing in and the other out?
I used the fan itself and traced a hole the size of the inside of the fan.. I then drilled a hole in the center of the marking and used a JigSaw to cut the entire circle out.. I then screwed the fans into the hood.. I can take pics of the side If you would like..how did you mount the fans on the side of the hood? did you mount them on the inside or outside? what did you use to make the holes?
I can take pics of the side If you would like