What light to go for?

[Ads50]

Hi all ...
I have 80x80x160 tent with a 600 watt hps !
The temp is going over 100 !
Would I be better off getting a 250 or 400 hps???

 

[indica vet]

either downgrade on wattage or upgrade to super duper exhaust fan , but that light will cover a 2 meter x 2 meter room
better with 400 but still need good exhaust and intake fans

 

[Ads50]

either downgrade on wattage or upgrade to super duper exhaust fan , but that light will cover a 2 meter x 2 meter room
better with 400 but still need good exhaust and intake fans

Is that 600 2 mx2m?
Will a 400 drop to 85ish?
Or shall I try 250

 

[Srilania]

You'd probably be much better off swapping your HID light with LED. They do make LED bulbs that will fit and work in a HID fixture, without the need for the ballast.

 

[indica vet]

a 400 watt hps will be fine in that space as long as you have adequate ventilation.
i have grown with them in similar size growspaces good intake and exhaust fans is the key to controlling the temp.

 

[theengineer]

I have the same size tent, and 400w produced as much heat as 600w, so just get a good 5 inch in-line fan and a cool tube, then you can get the light down to a few inches above the canopy

 

[indica vet]

I have the same size tent, and 400w produced as much heat as 600w, so just get a good 5 inch in-line fan and a cool tube, then you can get the light down to a few inches above the canopy

excellent call engineer

 

[Brick Top]

I have the same size tent, and 400w produced as much heat as 600w, so just get a good 5 inch in-line fan and a cool tube, then you can get the light down to a few inches above the canopy

I was going to say pretty much the same thing but since I never liked the reflectors on Cool Tubes,well, maybe other than one made by High Yield that has a decent reflector but the tube on that model is an eight inch tube so that opens a new can of worm for air intake and exhaust, so I was going to say buy a high quality glass enclosed reflective hood along with a good CFM inline fan.