FYI Grow tent supports break

KrAzY80

KrAzY80

Active Member
I have a 30" x 30" grow tent and I had a 6" sealed hood hanging from provided bar that goes across the top and the plastic end pieces that connect end to end snapped and my hood sent my plant inside my bubble bucket. It could of been alot worse like fire and house burned down so I figured I would pass this along. I have seen someone post a warning in the past about this and I ignored it so my advice is to reinforce your support some how or dont hang a hood in a small tent like that. It has now become my clone room with cfls. I swear my hood is cursed, the glass shattered and then my 600w hortilux bulb blew a hole out of itself and now it collapsed on to my plants. All my plants have survived these catastrophic events luckily.
 
cocoxxx

cocoxxx

Well-Known Member
i had a secret jardin 150 do exactly the same thing, the damage was minimal, luckily
 
pimkins

pimkins

Active Member
wow i re-read the op's post. that is drastic to have the plastic 3 way connector break. i was thinking it was one of the cheap bars that go across that are provided for hanging lights etc.

how would one reinforce a 3 way connector?
 
KrAzY80

KrAzY80

Active Member
pimkins said:
wow i re-read the op's post. that is drastic to have the plastic 3 way connector break. i was thinking it was one of the cheap bars that go across that are provided for hanging lights etc.

how would one reinforce a 3 way connector?
Click to expand...
It was the cheap bar provided lol. The ends of the bar are plastic and hook on to frame and thats what snapped.
 
mr2shim

mr2shim

Well-Known Member
From the looks of it, they are the really cheap ones that don't have gussets. Oh it was the cheap bar.. Why would the ends have plastic? That's just a bad design.
 
KrAzY80

KrAzY80

Active Member
It came with two top bars and I broke both of them with the same hood about a month apart. I thought maybe the first one was defective so I used the other one like a dumbass.
 
mr2shim

mr2shim

Well-Known Member
KrAzY80 said:
It came with two top bars and I broke both of them with the same hood about a month apart. I thought maybe the first one was defective so I used the other one like a dumbass.
Click to expand...
Mine also has a cheap bar but what I did was run it above the support bar so it is supported by something. I'm sure under it would snap just like yours if it wasn't supported.
 
bass1014

bass1014

Well-Known Member
your supposed to use both bars thats why they send 2.. directions are a real kicker and usually free
 
KrAzY80

KrAzY80

Active Member
Yeah I think because I was running a 600w and the temps rising and falling made the plastic give after time.
 
KrAzY80

KrAzY80

Active Member
bass1014 said:
your supposed to use both bars thats why they send 2.. directions are a real kicker and usually free
Click to expand...
never said to use both bars in my directions and I hung hood directly on bar and it wouldnt fit both on both of them but I imagine it might of prevented the breakage
 
cocoxxx

cocoxxx

Well-Known Member
er0senin said:
The secret jardin tents dont have plastic end pieces on the top piece so how did the same thing happend to you?
Click to expand...
mmmm, the support bar buckled and everything came down, not sure how it actually happened, its not like i spend my days staring at my tent waiting for it to happen. and on a side note the dr150s DO have plastic corner peices
 
iDC5

iDC5

Active Member
should of the the light opposite of bars using both instead of one, mine had plastic corners wich are failry strong cant see them breaking, the cross bars i can see breaking with alot of weight especially one.

Have u contacted manufacturer?
 
Clown Baby

Clown Baby

Well-Known Member
That's unfortunate. I am glad you are okay and nothing worse happened.

I can never stress this enough: Invest in quality grow equipment! It'll last for years and the extra expense is worth it! If you get a new tent, consider hydrofarms lighthouse. There are no cornerpieces, it's all steel poles.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top