MH Lights mounted on wood/heat question

Sinistard · 01/23/2006, 09:49 PM

I am making a hood for my MH lights and was wondering if the way I mounted the lights to the wood will be safe as far as heat goes.

There is only a small amount of space between the fixture and the wood brace.

Blown 346 · 01/23/2006, 11:07 PM

How hot do you think they will get?

supertech3 · 01/23/2006, 11:32 PM

I have mh single end bulbs inside mounted to a wooden a canopy and the wood gets warm but nothing terrible.

dougchambers · 01/23/2006, 11:42 PM

I've see a number of people mount their reflectors directly to wood without incident. I always felt better about having an air gap between the wood and the reflector. For our old setup, we used PCB stand-offs for a good separation. They worked great!

01/23/2006, 09:49 PM	#1
Sinistard Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 705	MH Lights mounted on wood/heat question I am making a hood for my MH lights and was wondering if the way I mounted the lights to the wood will be safe as far as heat goes. There is only a small amount of space between the fixture and the wood brace. __________________ CORA member Current Tank Info: 68.8 gallon custom

01/23/2006, 11:07 PM	#2
Blown 346 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Rockford, Illinois Posts: 6,596	How hot do you think they will get?

01/23/2006, 11:32 PM	#3
supertech3 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: El Paso Posts: 1,206	I have mh single end bulbs inside mounted to a wooden a canopy and the wood gets warm but nothing terrible.

01/23/2006, 11:42 PM	#4
dougchambers Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Idaho Posts: 2,882	I've see a number of people mount their reflectors directly to wood without incident. I always felt better about having an air gap between the wood and the reflector. For our old setup, we used PCB stand-offs for a good separation. They worked great!