how to hang my light ?

eh guys i av got a grow tent but want to start veging my new beans but still av 3 weeks left on me 12/12 so i want to veg some plants in the room where my tent is / i can veg them for 12 hours in the tent with the flowering girls but then they need to come out and continue veging in the room uner a 400 hps i av for another 6 hours !

question is ? how can i suspend this bulky light with a built in ballast its basically a rectangular box with all built in so wieghs a little bit and i cant connect it to the cieling so how can i suspend it so its pointing down at my plants? any good tips will be well appreciated peeps !

just need it hung up but not connected to the cieling/ how can i achieve this ?

The 400hps outside the tent hung? build a small T frame with 2x4's...Build two of something like this:



Take another 2x4 and link it together at the top and another on the bottom/back and it will be a very sturdy structure to hang the light from

massah said:

The 400hps outside the tent hung? build a small T frame with 2x4's...Build two of something like this:

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Take another 2x4 and link it together at the top and another on the bottom/back and it will be a very sturdy structure to hang the light from

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+rep for a gr8 answer man, only thing is i am broke as fook, so if i can improvise a less amount of timber setup that would be ideal, but thinkin about it its the safest way to suspend the light man without worying its gonna fall off a wall bracket system if there was such one,, will start pricing timber i think, cheers man !

I built one to hold up a curtain rod...sturdy as fuck...I can take a picture of it at some point after work tonight if you want

It would only take 3 10' 2x4's to build both of them...and here those are only like $2.50 each...and screws are cheap...ive got craptons of screws all the time

u can usually pick up clothing racks pretty cheap. they would easy do the trick. like 10 or fifteen bucks i would think

or you could pull two chairs together so that their back to back and pull them apart just enough to rest it on it might give u enough clearance depending on what u have your seedlings in.

massah said:

I built one to hold up a curtain rod...sturdy as fuck...I can take a picture of it at some point after work tonight if you want

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u no what if ya dont mind man go for it take a snap and then i no exacly how to build it,, respect to ya for ya time, thanx ! i will look in on this thread later tonight to see the pic. cheers m8 !

f1bud said:

u no what if ya dont mind man go for it take a snap and then i no exacly how to build it,, respect to ya for ya time, thanx ! i will look in on this thread later tonight to see the pic. cheers m8 !

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I'll snap a pic with my phone as I'm leaving for work here shortly and upload it from there

massah said:

It would only take 3 10' 2x4's to build both of them...and here those are only like $2.50 each...and screws are cheap...ive got craptons of screws all the time

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yeah iav a load of decent size screws so just a little pic of the finished job from ur good self and i shall saw away. thanx man !

massah said:

I'll snap a pic with my phone as I'm leaving for work here shortly and upload it from there

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thank you !

forgetiwashere said:

u can usually pick up clothing racks pretty cheap. they would easy do the trick. like 10 or fifteen bucks i would think

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good idea man, but i would av to extend it off the floor then somehow ( to get the hieght ) so i am thinking the wooden job massah is gonna upload a pic of is the way to go, that way i no 100% its sturdy and i can control the hieght width etc but eh man when i cruise out later i will check by my second hand store just incase theres so ideal bit of rack of somekind, but i doubt it so i will check out massah pic andjust copy is idea ,,, again thanx for ya input man !

Thats the base of it...just get the angles right on the supports and yer good to go...tack 2x4's to the top and along the back side and it will be free standing and you can use chain or rope or whatever to hang it from the top to make it easily adjustable

I just use it for one end of a clothes hangar bar that goes across and mounts to the wall...I just used a hole saw to cut a hole in the top of the 2x4 that extends up

For under $20 you can get all of the things you need made out of pvc at any home Depot or Lowes.

You'll need two "T" for the bottom and 2 "45"'s for the top two long poles for the sides and 5 smaller pieces for the feet and top cross bar.

You will see in this pic how I used smaller pvc pipe to strengthen a 4x4 tent I turned on it's side for a veg tent.
I aslo use the same method in my 4x8 flower tent to help with the weight of 2 hoods, fan and scrubber.

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Thats the base of it...just get the angles right on the supports and yer good to go...tack 2x4's to the top and along the back side and it will be free standing and you can use chain or rope or whatever to hang it from the top to make it easily adjustable

I just use it for one end of a clothes hangar bar that goes across and mounts to the wall...I just used a hole saw to cut a hole in the top of the 2x4 that extends up

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sweet man, plus its a piece of piss wont cost me much in timber cool design do just the job, plus i like the clothes pole thing accross the top into ur little holes ya made ! top man for ya time n effort well appreciated will get me tape measure out later when its light on and see how much i need !! again top man raspect !!!!!!!

Buddy Ganga said:

For under $20 you can get all of the things you need made out of pvc at any home Depot or Lowes.

You'll need two "T" for the bottom and 2 "45"'s for the top two long poles for the sides and 5 smaller pieces for the feet and top cross bar.

You will see in this pic how I used smaller pvc pipe to strengthen a 4x4 tent I turned on it's side for a veg tent.
I aslo use the same method in my 4x8 flower tent to help with the weight of 2 hoods, fan and scrubber.

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nice man very nice, thing is man this old (real old ) rectanglular shaped box with the ballast built in wieghs in propper heavy i mean heavy man ! thats y i think in this case the timber way is the safest although i here u loud n clear n can see for myself how much of good job u av done with ur piping which is a excellent way to build ur own setup +rep for both you and massah for ur help today. thank you !

No problem, like I said, you can get larger/thicker piping. I used thinner 1/2 and 3/4 due to my needs but you can get them all the way up to 2 and 3 inch's. Here is a pic before I covered it with the tent.

They carry the weight of two hoods and ducting with no problem.

Buddy Ganga said:

No problem, like I said, you can get larger/thicker piping. I used thinner 1/2 and 3/4 due to my needs but you can get them all the way up to 2 and 3 inch's. Here is a pic before I covered it with the tent.

They carry the weight of two hoods and ducting with no problem.
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my mrs as just give her thumbs up to ur design she likes it a lot, now although i will initally be goin with massahs idea just for the robustness of it but like my mrs as just said y buy a veg tent in the future when we can do as u do, except she says we could just line it with the white plastic sheeting ya get on a roll, and considering the price of a small veg tent its gonna be minimun £80 for a bog standerd wheres i could build this to my own specs for half that amount so much appreciated for the ideas coz man its all we were buying anyway except someone as packaged it up for quick asembly etc so thanx man for the second post n pic coz uve justgive me gr8 idea for the veg tent suroundings/ excellent thanx a mill m8 its made my day and the mrs coz this way we save money !!!!!! respect for ya time !!