Grow room setup.

CAPT CHESAPEAKE

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I have a question i hope someone can help with. All of my cord i coiled up and wire tied to make things look more neat . Someone said told me that coiling the wires is not a good thing. Supposedly creates more resistance and more heat. Is this true and should i uncoil everything. My room is vented 3x7x8 room and heat is ok but right on the border line. Thanks in advance for any help with this.new flower room 005.JPG
 

BleedsGreen

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Coiled wires do create more resistance and therefore more heat although how much more heat, I have no idea.

A coiled wire is longer than a straight wire that fits in the same space. Therefore it has higher resistance and so produces more heat from the same current flowing through it.

A coiled wire can't cool itself as efficiently as a straight wire because radiation from one part of the wire can impinge on another part of the wire instead of out into space; and because air flowing over one part of the wire might then flow past another part of the wire instead of away from the wire.
 
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