Mounting Driver outside of room for LEDs?

[dipaqua]

No why would that matter?

Sure if you constantly live in above 28C (82F) the saving a few BTU of extra heat might make some sense, but even then it's negligible. These drivers are 94% efficient. Do you really think adding 6% more heat is going to damage the plants?

Besides, it's convection heat.Which rises up and away from the plants towards the exhaust fan. So it wouldn't even reach them.

If you lived in Hawaii with plants in a room (not tent) with no AC, you would understand. Its 85 in my house right now, no lights windows open. My room gets hot.

 

[wietefras]

If you lived in Hawaii with plants in a room (not tent) with no AC, you would understand. Its 85 in my house right now, no lights windows open. My room gets hot.

Well that's what I said in the quote you replied to ...

Even then though. It will matter just about nothing. Like I explained, the drivers are above the plants and the (convection) heat they emit rises up and into the exhaust out of the tent. I have tried with both drivers directly on the fixture and drivers outside the tent and I can easily keep the inside temperature of the tent equal to the outside temperature in both cases.

If you actually would be using an AC then it would makes sense to take the drivers out of the room.