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I really don't like to fight about light movers... Cause guys are proud of their contraptions... As they should be. What I've always said though, is that consistency is the key to happy and healthy plants. If you can't deliver that, you're going to have problems.
So, what's consistent about a glowing orb floating around the room? It's dangerous. period.
IMO, if you're going to move the light around, you should do with with flip/flops and stationary lamps. My $0.02 on moving light... I had a chain driven light mover once upon a time... I spent a lot of time fixing it, had burnt leaves when it would break down...
What I'm saying about making your canopy bigger is increasing the diameter and maintaining a circle. I would rather see you do 2 cylinders next to each other than w/e this business is that you're planning with the movers... I just can't picture it I guess. Anyway, if you're going to spread the light out, it would be more consistent to increase the diameter of the canopy and thereby decreasing the light intensity... Which is what you're doing by moving the light around anyway.
Freds is always preaching these small flip rooms... I really think there's something to it. It's easier to maintain environment... Including adequate light intensity.
idk dude... not saying your way won't work... I just want the best results for you.
I am not on either side of light movers..I have never owned or used one ..but I would like to have a conversation about it…
Like you said, increasing my canopy would decrease light intensity…but with a mover I feel it would decreased light intensity part of the time, but maybe even increased/closer intensity other times… compared to a constant decreased light intensity w/ bigger circumference and stationary bulb
Increasing the actual system circumference would be possible, but a giant pita.. I had to cut 80 pieces PER system that were 2 ¾’’ to connect all the 4’’ parts together…it would be possible to go back and recut another 80 that are slightly larger, say 5‘’, thereby increasing the sideways distance per row and increasing the total circumference
Here a crude drawing of what I mean
The one on the left is the current WW..the one on the right is WW 2.5.…the green circles represent each 6wye row of plants and the black line is where it is separated into two systems (that way with the wheels I can open it like a book and enter the inner canopy..)