Texas Kid
Some guy with a light
- 4,159
- 263
Take 4 foot light rail and stand it on it end and let the motor just track up and down it like t does when its horizontal..gotta figure out a trick lamp mount but thats about it...
You could also put one of those fan speed reducers on your motor and not use a gear reducer setup, do it electronically instead of mechanically
I've taken a 1k and put a 8" round screen around the vert bare buld and had that on a 8 foot mover that went right down the middle of a tree run
I'm working on an F-15... We'll see how it flies soon enough!
mount a rail-style mover horizontally as normal, then attach cable(s) with 90 degree pulley(s) to drop down for the vert action. you could use one mover for multiple verts that way. careful design to be sure nothing getting tangled. i've been waiting to apply this idea for a long time.
Load that badboy up with some Starfighter for your first flight;)
I believe 1k's for your vert is a no brainier.. Your covering lots of sqft and getting a lot of bang for your buck.
Will your chiller set up for cooling keep up with you switching from vented to bare?
the cheap chain drive ones won't slip? but no pause at the ends, maybe ok since it's vert.
Will your chiller set up for cooling keep up with you switching from vented to bare?
uh, without the delay, yer gonna end up fatter in the middle and thinner top and bottom. i think you set the pause in seconds not minutes?My solution is all mine, and much simpler than chain drive. Cheaper, too. I want no pauses, because the whole point of the moving light is for it to keep moving. If the light can sit in position for a minute or more without burning the plants, then it's too far away for the approach I'm trying to take.
This, by the way, is the secret to setting up light movers; if you've set it up so the light can stop and it won't harm the plants beneath it, then why bother with a light mover? We're trying to increase the light on the plant, not merely spread it around.
uh, without the delay, yer gonna end up fatter in the middle and thinner top and bottom. i think you set the pause in seconds not minutes?
but by all means, take apart some microwaves, i'll watch.
mount a rail-style mover horizontally as normal, then attach cable(s) with 90 degree pulley(s) to drop down for the vert action. you could use one mover for multiple verts that way. careful design to be sure nothing getting tangled. i've been waiting to apply this idea for a long time.
There is a limit to how much light the plants can use. You may want to ask Wazzup about that.My solution is all mine, and much simpler than chain drive. Cheaper, too. I want no pauses, because the whole point of the moving light is for it to keep moving. If the light can sit in position for a minute or more without burning the plants, then it's too far away for the approach I'm trying to take.
This, by the way, is the secret to setting up light movers; if you've set it up so the light can stop and it won't harm the plants beneath it, then why bother with a light mover? We're trying to increase the light on the plant, not merely spread it around.
There is a limit to how much light the plants can use. You may want to ask Wazzup about that.
No alzheimer's here... yet, lol. I do have a few secrets to my improbably youthful appearance, but those involve sex magic with young women...
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?