tommyp
Member
Hi,
I am planning a new hood for my 65 aga
My current hood is a Diy that i put together pretty quickly without great thought.
For my new hood I am thinking for now of keeping my lone 250 mh and vho's but leave room to add another mh later. Damn crossbrace.
My thoughts so far are a piston lifted full front door. and running a 36" long alumium reflector for both the halide and the Vho's. Right now i am running uri's with the internal reflectors and a spiderlight on the MH. Should I go with the longer reflector or should I just get another spiderlight for the second mh when I add it?
I thought the long reflector would be nice and tidy I would mount the vho's in it as well and it would take up very little space. but since the vhos have internal reflectors they don't really need it.
Another big question is how to cool it? Right now I have one 3"fan blowing air over the water and the mh from the side. I want to add more fan power in this hood but maybe dc fans because the one I am running now is ac and prety loud.
should I mount one at each end and then put cooling holes above the reflector? I was hoping to have some ventilation at the top of the hood but use the reeflector to cut down on the light loss.
and oh yeah where should i mount the vho ballast? right now it is mounted on top of the hood. I would some how like to incorporate it into the design or banish it to its own ballast box like the mh.
Sorry for the long post Any experienced insight about any part of the hood would be greatly appeciated.
tp
I am planning a new hood for my 65 aga
My current hood is a Diy that i put together pretty quickly without great thought.
For my new hood I am thinking for now of keeping my lone 250 mh and vho's but leave room to add another mh later. Damn crossbrace.
My thoughts so far are a piston lifted full front door. and running a 36" long alumium reflector for both the halide and the Vho's. Right now i am running uri's with the internal reflectors and a spiderlight on the MH. Should I go with the longer reflector or should I just get another spiderlight for the second mh when I add it?
I thought the long reflector would be nice and tidy I would mount the vho's in it as well and it would take up very little space. but since the vhos have internal reflectors they don't really need it.
Another big question is how to cool it? Right now I have one 3"fan blowing air over the water and the mh from the side. I want to add more fan power in this hood but maybe dc fans because the one I am running now is ac and prety loud.
should I mount one at each end and then put cooling holes above the reflector? I was hoping to have some ventilation at the top of the hood but use the reeflector to cut down on the light loss.
and oh yeah where should i mount the vho ballast? right now it is mounted on top of the hood. I would some how like to incorporate it into the design or banish it to its own ballast box like the mh.
Sorry for the long post Any experienced insight about any part of the hood would be greatly appeciated.
tp
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