great, here is another one for ya then
I'm running some preliminary heat tests just to get a loose idea of what I'm up against.
For these tests all 4 exhaust fans are running, same speed. The lid is on the carbon filter but not sealed (losing efficiency). There is no carbon in the filter. Everything is as I originally built it, mostly via guesstimation. The remote temp sensor is exactly 8 inches away from the bulbs, and I have a rather weak 90mm fan on the bulbs (say around 25 or 30 cfm) which helps a LOT. Ambient room temp is around 70 F. The side fluoro is still not turned on. There is no foam over the intakes yet.
At 7.5 volts it topped out at 86.3 F
Switched the exhaust to 9 volts and it's lowered to 83.8. Overall, pretty happy with how it's developing. The bulbs are kept much cooler even by that one tiny fan. The plastic bases are barely warm at all. Kind of skin/ambient temp. The bulbs are only slightly warm.
I almost finished the weatherstripping on the doors as you can see but in typical scrub fashion I miscalculated, haha, so I was a handful of inches short. Got more in storage.
I'm incredibly happy with it! It seems 99.999% lightproof except it takes too much pressure to compress the open cell foam so the doors don't "suck" shut and light leaks out. I plan on getting some kind of door magnets at the hardware shop. Feel free to drop any knowledge on these as I know nothing.
I'm running some preliminary heat tests just to get a loose idea of what I'm up against.
For these tests all 4 exhaust fans are running, same speed. The lid is on the carbon filter but not sealed (losing efficiency). There is no carbon in the filter. Everything is as I originally built it, mostly via guesstimation. The remote temp sensor is exactly 8 inches away from the bulbs, and I have a rather weak 90mm fan on the bulbs (say around 25 or 30 cfm) which helps a LOT. Ambient room temp is around 70 F. The side fluoro is still not turned on. There is no foam over the intakes yet.
At 7.5 volts it topped out at 86.3 F
Switched the exhaust to 9 volts and it's lowered to 83.8. Overall, pretty happy with how it's developing. The bulbs are kept much cooler even by that one tiny fan. The plastic bases are barely warm at all. Kind of skin/ambient temp. The bulbs are only slightly warm.
I almost finished the weatherstripping on the doors as you can see but in typical scrub fashion I miscalculated, haha, so I was a handful of inches short. Got more in storage.
I'm incredibly happy with it! It seems 99.999% lightproof except it takes too much pressure to compress the open cell foam so the doors don't "suck" shut and light leaks out. I plan on getting some kind of door magnets at the hardware shop. Feel free to drop any knowledge on these as I know nothing.