Purple love
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Whats up everyone can some one tell me how can I get my light all the way up to the roof thanks 
Raising light
- Thread starter Purple love
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Shorten your hangers and point a fan directly at your driver on high so it doesn't meltdown from trapped heat.
secretmicrogrow420
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would zip ties melt if he replaced the metal rope with zip ties? it would be easy to add a couple zip ties and make it shorter than using the metal rope thingy
amneziaHaze
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what he said.and did you look can you remove the driver and put it outside? would help with space and temps
tree beard
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I would do what warble suggests and take out as much slack as you can by wrapping the wires around the pole. Your asking for trouble with zip ties.
Me too! No reason to risk melting plastic
Purple love
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Thanks il trie if not am not doing indoor autos
Billy the Mountain
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Using zip-ties in place of the wire as depicted in the pic is a perfectly workable solution to raise the light.
Standard nylon zip ties melt at 185f; unless it's held against the driver, there's no chance of any failure due to heat.
I've done something similar a number of times, using the same removable zip ties, they show no adverse effects.
* I've measured driver temps a few times and have never seen a driver with surface temps hotter than 140f (measured with a IR thermometer) running at 100%
Standard nylon zip ties melt at 185f; unless it's held against the driver, there's no chance of any failure due to heat.
I've done something similar a number of times, using the same removable zip ties, they show no adverse effects.
* I've measured driver temps a few times and have never seen a driver with surface temps hotter than 140f (measured with a IR thermometer) running at 100%
cannabiscrusader
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Make your tent taller
Purple love
Active Member
Thanks for the info am gona trie that i got some zip ties at home
amneziaHaze
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yea but the temperature will differ if the air circulation is worse or if he has a higher wattage lamp than you. and if they melt at 185 they lose rigidity up to 185 and when you have a few kg of lamp on them question is will they just break after a few months.while he has metal wire and a simple loop will do what he needs i see no reason to risk it
warble
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I dunno about stretching, the zips that have the metal wire in them, can melt. So don't use that type. The real problem is that after being exposed to light for a while they get brittle and break. If you have plenty of redundant zips, it should not be a problem. As long as they don't all break at the same time.
madvillian420
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ive had lights hanging with zip ties for 5+ years. Just double em up if its that much of a concern, thats a total of 4 zip ties needing to fail for my light to fall.
Billy the Mountain
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Maybe they'll eventually fail, but I've been using the same removable zip ties for at least three years and they show no signs of deterioration.
For the zip tie to suffer from heat degradation, it would have to be in direct contact with the surface of a scorching hot driver; not a concern for a reasonable mounting solution.
madvillian420
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or maybe in the path of the light, getting the daily lumens/uv and heat would surely degrade them at a faster rate. But way up top, agreed youre fine.
I actually have a huge bag of assorted size zip ties so if strength is ever a concern ill do the double (or even triple) method or just move up to a bigger size or two.
Bad Karma
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You can only raise the light if you’re able to run the driver outside of the tent.
Where it currently stands, if you raise that light any closer to the tent’s ceiling, the heat from the driver will eventually cause a fire.
From what I can see, that looks like an older Mars-Hydro model LED light.
I’m pretty sure there are electrical extension cords available for those models that will specifically allow you to run the driver outside of the tent.
Coldnasty
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Get a taller tent