@Hellraiser got ya. Time to think. And look at my tent and plan this before I just buy stuff. Good point on doing two separate units. I think I will go that direction because I just remembered I do have an issue with clearance with my current light because of my filter pushing it towards the back of the tent. I need to get in there and figure that out too… Also don’t know if I trust the tent support to support 2 lights with those heatsinks. Do I need the heatsinks? I assume I do or they wouldn’t come with them…
My fan is outside the tent, sitting on top, but I have my activated carbon filter inside the tent. That is where the problem is. It is recommended to pull through the filter for best results, and it keeps the fan itself from sucking up crap and going bad quicker or needing to be cleaned quicker. So I am unsure of how to situate it so I can still pull through the filter, but have it not obstruct the light hangers.
Edit: yeah just click there. Overview of my setup. A little different now, but that’s how the filter is. The fan is sitting on top of the top supports. Cloudline s4
@Hellraiser actually, would it be feasible even if I couldn’t get both in there as main lights, to use one as a side light? Then I could even use the SF1000 as a side light too! XD
The SF1000 just uses it’s metal casing as a heatsink, which does not work as well as the actual heatsinks that HLG uses.
I see where you save some space, In the pic below, the carbon filter is much lower than it can be. I strap the carbon filter directly to a top support rod and that would buy you about 6 inches of extra space.
Best to get them on top of the plants, could maybe put one HLG 135 on either side of the carbon filter or could not be an issue if you moved the carbon filter up as I mentioned, or even move it out of the tent and blow thru it rather than sucking from it.
If you can fit 560mm strips in, just diy with them. Fill up hlg-185 driver with strip of choosing and call it a day. Something like bridgelux i bet you could do $200 or less.
@Underthestairs When you say “Stand the filter face down and put the inline on top” what exactly do you mean?
I think I am going to do like @Hellraiser said and jus strap it on a single support rod… It just scares me to put the weight on one rod I don’t want my babies squished!