Water cooled lights

snail240

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Anyone running water cooled lights? And if you know anything about the systems witch ones should I avoid?

I understand the concept I just dont know witch kind of system to buy. Like the radiater ones that go on your light exhaust or the ones that cover the bulb with 2 layers on glass?

Radiater one seems safer but is it affective?

Thanks.:hug:
 

UptheDownstair

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I dont know much about water cooled lights but I have recently discovered how effective air-cooled lights are. Surely you know about them but perhaps you dont realize how well they work. I didnt know until I made a cool-tube for my 150W MH and was amazed at how I could run the light no more than 8" from my plants and still have the ambient temp no more than 85F in a 5 cubic-foot cabinet. I knew they were popular, but damn!

Sorry, I know this has nothing to do with your question, but at least its a free bump!

Peace.
 

snail240

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Running air cooled right now but I wanna try 1000 watt lights I would have to shut down in the hot months with air cooled.

Yeah those intercooler/radiater type look like they would work great. I just wanna know if anyone has used them without a chiller? Like maybe an ice chest with 2 holes in the top and a pump and return and switch out frozen bottles of water everyday? Seems like it would get way cooler then a chiller and way cheaper. I donno if it gets to cold if it will produce condensation in the ducting?

Might just have to try it anyways because they seem pretty new still surprised more people dont use them to run 1000 watt lights instead of 600?
 

ginjawarrior

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Running air cooled right now but I wanna try 1000 watt lights I would have to shut down in the hot months with air cooled.

Yeah those intercooler/radiater type look like they would work great. I just wanna know if anyone has used them without a chiller? Like maybe an ice chest with 2 holes in the top and a pump and return and switch out frozen bottles of water everyday? Seems like it would get way cooler then a chiller and way cheaper. I donno if it gets to cold if it will produce condensation in the ducting?

Might just have to try it anyways because they seem pretty new still surprised more people dont use them to run 1000 watt lights instead of 600?
a couple of days after buying my cooltube i saw the fresca sol tube. so far i cant find a stockist in uk as i realy like the looks of them
 

ginjawarrior

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a couple of days after buying my cooltube i saw the fresca sol tube. so far i cant find a stockist in uk as i realy like the looks of them
Your plants love lumens,
get up close and personal…without getting burned!



  • No assembly required plug and play
  • Every unit hand tested in America
  • Removes 93% Heat
  • Use Lower wattage bulb= same yield
  • Increases reds and blues by 5%
  • Less watts= Less cooling=a lot less power consumption
  • Place closer to canopy
  • 1000 w air cooled= 600 watt F.S yields
  • 1000 w air cooled= 400w on rail F.S yields
  • Chillers are up to 35% more efficient than A/C
  • In cooler climates can be ran with Heat X tractors
  • Instead of chiller or in combination with to gain lower power consumption
The Fresca Sol is the industry innovator featuring water cooled fixture engineered to take 93% of the heat produced from your HPS bulb and transfer it through water to a designated cooling reservoir.

Increased control over your growing environment is achieved using the Fresca Sol water cooled light. This product is a great addition to any type of system or application where heat is a problem for one reason or another.
The Fresca Sol unit will eliminate 93% of the heat from your 250, 400, 600 or 1000 HPS, and transfer it through water to a designated cooling reservoir. This unit allows you to combine your existing ballast and bulb with our water cooled light to achieve real cool results. With low thermal emission and less exhaust, this results in a higher concentration of CO2.
The Design:

The Fresca Sol endplates are made from dependable billet aircraft aluminum, proving to withstand high temperatures. The tubes are made of durable borasilicate (Pyrex) glass, creating a very tough and reliable product.
The Features:

You can adjust your Fresca Sol fixture to 5’’ inches away from your plants rather than 18’’ to 24’’ inches! This increases the amount of light reaching your plants by nine times!

In addition you can also exchange the heat from your bulb through water plumbed into your designated reservoir. Examples of water reservoirs are pools (in-ground and out of ground), Jacuzzis, or even a horse trough. Providing a heated pool year round is yet another benefit that also leads to lower electric bills and saves you money while increasing yields.
Now Available:

The Fresca Sol is now packaged and sold with a socket and wing reflector. Additional optional features for your system such as the “No Flow No Go” sensors, “over heat” sensors as well as relays that control your lights and pumps for a fool proof system that shuts down at the first sign of a problem. In addition, we will have pumps, hoses and clamps available for purchase on our site, making your experience with Best Coast Growers a one stop shop!
Specifications:


  • 1 6” round 21” long and 25” long with socket​
  • 2 Radiating heat is cut down by 93%​
  • 3 Minimum 50-gallon reservoir per 1000-watt fixture​
  • 4 Can be ran in a horizontal or vertical sequence (Not to exceed four in one line)​
  • 5 Light can be put less than 6” from the top of your plants instead of 18” to 24” with an air-cooled system.​
  • 6 resulting in 9 to 16 times more light actually hitting your plants.​
  • 7 Dry weight is 11 pounds. It is 19 pounds when full of water.​
  • 8 Works very well with a heat exchanger, chiller unit, or just a larger reservoir such as a pool or Jacuzzi.​
  • 9 Low Thermal Emittance​
  • 10 Spectrums increased by 5% to 10%

    [*]PH MUST BE 7.5-8.0
    [*]Run the pump 24 hrs
    [*]Never put cold water on hot light
    [*]Use small amount of pool chlorine to keep clean from algee
    [*]Recomend to use filter before lights in system​
 

snail240

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Yeah see those are the bad mamajamas. I was looking at those in this mag and thats what made me want 1000 watt light. I have never been able to run a 1k light and I want to bad. Those you wouldnt even need a chiller to cool your lights for the same reason you can boil water in a plastic bottle. It seems scetchy though because the water is so close to the blub and so much of it.
 

ginjawarrior

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Yeah see those are the bad mamajamas. I was looking at those in this mag and thats what made me want 1000 watt light. I have never been able to run a 1k light and I want to bad. Those you wouldnt even need a chiller to cool your lights for the same reason you can boil water in a plastic bottle. It seems scetchy though because the water is so close to the blub and so much of it.

you would need some sort of reservoir and pump with those lights but you can use them to heat up your hot tub/ pool man you could even plug them into your house radiators if you knew what you were doing. lol i really want one i can't wait till they start being sold here
 

justgrowit

Active Member
What I like about liquid cooled lights is the lack of SOUND. I mean, fans are so loud it's tough to be stealth. Now you do have the sounds from the chiller but that's equivalent to the hum of a refrigerator, I can find a solution for that. Liquid Lumens has a thicker glass than Fresca Sole apparently. You need to purchase a No Flow, No Go regulator... the entire setup is expensive and you do have the issue of water close to your lights so you want to do it right.
 

snail240

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you would need some sort of reservoir and pump with those lights but you can use them to heat up your hot tub/ pool man you could even plug them into your house radiators if you knew what you were doing. lol i really want one i can't wait till they start being sold here
No. The ice chest is the res and the pump sits in the ice chest pumping it into the "ice box" light cooler.

You could freeze like 24 bottles of water put 12 in ice chest when lights come on. Then the next morning when lights come on agian you take out 12 old bottles and replace with 12 new one. you could do this once a day and get it cooler then the "water cooler" would.

And only be running a pump witch you would be running anyways. Water cooler will only drop the temp of the water 10deg if even depending on how fast your pumping the water threw it. And the water heats up over time so water cooler can only do so much.

I can drop the temps of my res right right above freezing in an ice chest all day using frozen water bottles. Even make a tray inside the ice chest where the return water tirckles on the frozen water bottles then into pool of water.

Kinda hard to explain but it makes sence to me.bongsmilie
 

fatfarmer34

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I am working with a homemade "icebox" set up right now and it cools my lights very well. The problem I am running into is the condesation is horrible. I am trying to work it out now, maybe just a tub right under it with a drain line. A dehumidifier would help but don't really want to go that route yet. I have a thread under DIY icebox if you want to check it out.
 

snail240

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I am working with a homemade "icebox" set up right now and it cools my lights very well. The problem I am running into is the condesation is horrible. I am trying to work it out now, maybe just a tub right under it with a drain line. A dehumidifier would help but don't really want to go that route yet. I have a thread under DIY icebox if you want to check it out.
Will do bro thanks.
 

digitalliquid

Active Member
i to made the icebox fatfarmer was talking abnout , however i did get a dehumidifyer and it just made my room as hot as air cooled after the icebox X_X so i gave up on the thing, but yeah this whole water coooled thing is great but very expensive , a chiller is like 300-500$ for a small one. then you get your pumps and all the equitment inbetween and the tube your looking at 1k-1.5k for your light set up only.
 

PotPower

Active Member
I will be running the 6000w icebox set up soon =)
I believe using the proper size chiller you can cool your waters res even colder than 12 frozen bottles can, remember the chiller is highly effecient compared to an icebox with bottles of water in it, but if your only cooling 1 1000w bulb it is fine.
 
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