Ratchet Hangers

dddaver

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• May 22, 2019

• #1

This might sound like a dumb question but I've never used them. I'm getting a small tent, 3'x3' and the hangers will only be holding about 13 lbs. They are normally sold in pairs. But I think I need 2 pair (4)? One for each corner of the light?

 

chuckyoufarley

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Veteran

• May 22, 2019

• #2

i use them and only use 1 per 600 led and 2 on my 1000 hps 1 on 1000 led

 

Switcher56

Comfortably numb!

• May 22, 2019

• #3

2 words... cat's meow

 

dddaver

Active member

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• May 24, 2019

• #4

Duh. "Never-mind"

 

pop_rocks

In my empire of dirt

420club

• May 24, 2019

• #5

they are usually rated by#weight
always go double the #weight you want to suspend at the very least
i use two per light,but there is a thing that attaches to the hood shaped like a ^ made of metal that hook onto

 

big315smooth

mama tried

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• May 24, 2019

• #6

used the smallest ratchets one grow on two sunmax xxxl magnums. had one blowout raising the light. it was old though and i was being cheap. bought the heaviest duty ones after that

 

Bobby Boucher

Active member

• May 28, 2019

• #7

Yeah.. No...

Had a bare 1kw'er fall on top of big momma 6-7 weeks into flower while I was out working some 10 years back. Brand new ratchet. The rope just.. snapped somehow. Killed my crop.

I have hung from them and tested them every which way.. haven't seen one fail, cept for the once, and I was lucky my plant was large enough to catch and cradle the light until I got home.

Fire hazards, imo. Big time.