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Sctanley007

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i have a 2x4x5 tent with two 300 Mars Hydro. I have them hanging from the hangers provided to a ratchet. The clip is to the top.

Any tricks to safety shorten the gap between ceiling and light unit?

And most importantly, how close is too close?

Hindsight I wish I went taller.

 

MissBotany

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Check the manufacturer recommendations for that model. It’ll be online if you don’t have the paper copy. However, I originally set my LED 24” from the canopy. They grew taller during flower so they are probably 16” from the canopy now. Plants were doing fine so I didn’t raise it back up.

 

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Sctanley007 said:

i have a 2x4x5 tent with two 300 Mars Hydro. I have them hanging from the hangers provided to a ratchet. The clip is to the top.

Any tricks to safety shorten the gap between ceiling and light unit?

And most importantly, how close is too close?

Hindsight I wish I went taller.

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Zipties through those hangers and around the top construction of your tent. Filter between them to suck the hot air out.

 

Dan789

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Here’s what I did, you can use a ceiling wire #9 to fashion some clips to use instead of the cables. That will shorten your light to ceiling measurement.