65w HPS light heat question

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I'm planning on making a stealth box out of 50 gallon cooler. I'm going to stand it up on it's and brace it against my closet wall. I was going to mount floro tubes on the inside going vertically, and use a small 65-70 watt HPS for the canopy light. The way this particular cooler is built I can make a shelf to put the plant on and adjust the height of the plant instead of the height of the hps lamp. So since the lamp can stay stationary I can build a cooling tube for it.

Bad thing is, a cooler + HPS even in a cooling tube might become a gigantic heat issue. I planing on the cooling tube and the vented air from the growing chamber to use the same exhaust so I only have to build 1 carbon filter, but seperate intakes. This is so i can use a frozen bottle of water to cool the air in the growing chamber if it gets to hot.

This will possibly be my first grow with an HPS lamp, but I don't want to spend the money on one if I'm going to have a box to hot to grow MJ in. Does anyone have any growing experience with hps lamps in confined spaces? Would it be bad for the hps lamp if I tried to run conditioned air thru the cooling tube?

Also, does anyone have good beginners info on wiring? Like I said I'm new to HID lighting and I want to make sure I'm being safe with electricity. I don't want to start a fire or get shocked to death or worse lol.

likewoah · #2 (**permalink**) 11-17-2008, 08:37 AM

A 65 Watt HPS is going to create very little heat. With any amount of exhaust in place, you should be just fine.

Likely your outlets can sustain 15-20 amps which is plenty for your setup.

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#1 (permalink) 11-17-2008, 08:22 AM
Version 2 I make it Boom. Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 662 Blog Entries: 1	65w HPS light heat question I'm planning on making a stealth box out of 50 gallon cooler. I'm going to stand it up on it's and brace it against my closet wall. I was going to mount floro tubes on the inside going vertically, and use a small 65-70 watt HPS for the canopy light. The way this particular cooler is built I can make a shelf to put the plant on and adjust the height of the plant instead of the height of the hps lamp. So since the lamp can stay stationary I can build a cooling tube for it. Bad thing is, a cooler + HPS even in a cooling tube might become a gigantic heat issue. I planing on the cooling tube and the vented air from the growing chamber to use the same exhaust so I only have to build 1 carbon filter, but seperate intakes. This is so i can use a frozen bottle of water to cool the air in the growing chamber if it gets to hot. This will possibly be my first grow with an HPS lamp, but I don't want to spend the money on one if I'm going to have a box to hot to grow MJ in. Does anyone have any growing experience with hps lamps in confined spaces? Would it be bad for the hps lamp if I tried to run conditioned air thru the cooling tube? Also, does anyone have good beginners info on wiring? Like I said I'm new to HID lighting and I want to make sure I'm being safe with electricity. I don't want to start a fire or get shocked to death or worse lol. __________________ We Don't rebel to sell, it just suits us well.

#2 (permalink) 11-17-2008, 08:37 AM
likewoah Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 467	Re: 65w HPS light heat question A 65 Watt HPS is going to create very little heat. With any amount of exhaust in place, you should be just fine. Likely your outlets can sustain 15-20 amps which is plenty for your setup.

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