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Scrubs - Good call with those lamps. I think i'm going to do some scrounging around today, i couldn't find anyone locally that sells clear tubes in the specs that i want.
Sneakinman13 - Yeah If you can't get your CFLs to fit in your hood you could also build a box of sorts with a plexi glass shield and shoot some air though it via computer fans or duct work to a single blower. You can get bulb cleets from hardware stores and they are pretty easy to wire up
Tilt - Dude that awesome, picture aren't workin the the thread, but i followed your link, thats pretty much my idea but with out the PL-L bulbs. Good job on the set up too, really clean. Where did you find your tubes from BTW?
Oldbootz - Yeah your probably right about that, most PVC is thermally rated to around 260F, most CFLs wont get above 170 - 180F. But it also depends on the thickness of the tubing as well as, As for soft plasics they can melt around that temp. It was more of a warning / observation then a "DON'T DO IT YOUR LIFE WILL END",
So now comes the day to searching, i'm going to go to some of my usually places and then also search around Wacky Wallies for a glass vase as well. I wasn't quite able to track down the to clear PVC tubing, but their is a couple other stores out there for food for thought, i was also thinking that a exotic pet store maby carry acrylic tubes i think i saw some awhile back ago, but i don't quite remember (hehe pot head memory) Everyone else good luck to your search!
Sneakinman13 - Yeah If you can't get your CFLs to fit in your hood you could also build a box of sorts with a plexi glass shield and shoot some air though it via computer fans or duct work to a single blower. You can get bulb cleets from hardware stores and they are pretty easy to wire up
Tilt - Dude that awesome, picture aren't workin the the thread, but i followed your link, thats pretty much my idea but with out the PL-L bulbs. Good job on the set up too, really clean. Where did you find your tubes from BTW?
Oldbootz - Yeah your probably right about that, most PVC is thermally rated to around 260F, most CFLs wont get above 170 - 180F. But it also depends on the thickness of the tubing as well as, As for soft plasics they can melt around that temp. It was more of a warning / observation then a "DON'T DO IT YOUR LIFE WILL END",
So now comes the day to searching, i'm going to go to some of my usually places and then also search around Wacky Wallies for a glass vase as well. I wasn't quite able to track down the to clear PVC tubing, but their is a couple other stores out there for food for thought, i was also thinking that a exotic pet store maby carry acrylic tubes i think i saw some awhile back ago, but i don't quite remember (hehe pot head memory) Everyone else good luck to your search!
Yeah, thats why i had a bit of concern with the bulb being snuggled up to the glass like that, atleast if it was like a little bit of distance between the bulb and the tube you would have some wiggle room for error. Those plastic things i was taking about were like ON the bulb (think one broke or something and slid down), it was the only thing that did melt and everything else was cool, plus it was in a sealed enviroment, and i think the tube is made out of PVC or of such material. And incase anyone wanted to know the bulb temp was 168 F, measure with IR temp gun, from the out side pointed at the tube with the light freshly turned off the tube was 105 F. hehe anyway i didn't get a go around today, ended up going to a green festable, where i ended up finding me self in the middle of a gay rights protest of sorts while trying to get in. So the down side is i didn't find what i was looking for, but i didn't go look either. The up side is i got some good connections for some local organic farm / plant stores hoorah. Michaels might be a good place too. The bad part is i remember seeing these damn things some where before, and it stick out in the back of my mind because they had different lenghts and diameters but for the love of me i can't quite figure it out. I did call around pet stores and places of the suchs, but they didn't have quite what i was looking for, they did have it in some neat colors though (don't know why and it was at one place). Guess it might be time to rip apart my set up to recover one of dem spiral light makers and carry it into a couple artie fartie stores, yah know, test fit!
