- Thread starter
- #21
George Parker
New Member
Waiting for your journal buddy.
Something I'll suggest for your next upgrade on the lights. For a better heat control, instead of using a flat board over the top, use some of the bar stock framing the whole thing. Cut thin slits or small holes in the plastic gutter (down towards where the socket is preferred). Then place a piece of thin wood, or even foam board over the top, with a hole in it (or two). Place your fans on those holes. Then you would be pulling the air from right around the bulbs, up and out. Add some ducting and push the air out of the box.
I really like your light fixture. Better than the power strip and plug sockets thing I was thinking of.
Prairie
Hey Prairie,
You pretty much described what I had invisioned in case of heat problems! I had thought of using a heat register vent in place of the wood and drilling holes in the gutters directly over the cleats. Then fabbing up a sheet metal hood with an exhaust port on top and have the box exhaust suck everything up and out.
Heat reg. with spacers on gutters:
Sheet metal hood:
Kinda like this:
Right now I have my box pretty dialed in. Intake/exhaust temps are only ~2 degrees different right now. This application would be great if someone decided to build this for higher wattage CFL's where heat was a larger issue.
Thanks again for stopping in!