Question about adjustable light pulleys

[ultrastealthgro]

I may be calling them the wrong thing but I'm looking for what I believe is called a light pulley? It's some kind of contraption that I would guess attaches to the roof and attaches to your lighting system that allows you to adjust the hight of your light above your plants. I can't seem to find any online but I'm guessing it's because I'm calling it the wrong thing? Can anyone tell me what they are actually called and maybe where I can get some? Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[FreezerBoy]

My National Garden Wholesale catalog calls them light hangers. Two brand names are Sun Lift and Light Hanger.

 

[hehateme19]

Exactly what freezer boy said...I use the sunleaves myself and they work great....

 

[jordas]

I bought a 2 pairs of them off of eBay for just over $20 including the shipping.....
Search under "grow light hanger" and you should find them....

I also use the ones made by sunleaves and they work great!

 

[Joe A. Grower]

I never much liked light pulleys. They always seem to be jamming or breaking on me. Maybe I'm just hard on equipment. I would rather just use lightweight chain and "S" hooks. Haven't managed to break one of those yet.

 

[Kerosene]

I never much liked light pulleys. They always seem to be jamming or breaking on me. Maybe I'm just hard on equipment. I would rather just use lightweight chain and "S" hooks. Haven't managed to break one of those yet.

I haven't experience with light pulleys, but 6 dollars worth of chain and "S" hooks work magnificently (also pretty easy to salvage). We have screw-in hooks we put in our ceiling and hang everything from our CanFilter/CanFan to our lights/hoods off them and have absolutely no problems. You can't finetune past half an inch of elevation, but they definitely stay where you put them. ;-)

 

[xcrispi]

I have used em in the past .
They don't support alot of weight .
I went back to hooks and dogchains from the local dollarstore as well .
Crispi

 

[Capn]

Only thing that sucks about hooks and chains is manually having to lift them off the hook while your light is sitting there dangling above your crop. Killed my already fucked up back and scared the shit out of me every time i had to adjust my light.

I moved to the "Gro-Yo-Yo's" and never looked back. They support up to 13lb each so 2 of em holds up to 26 lbs. Plenty for a light/ac hood.

As always though, to each they're own.

I'm so not high right now. =(

 

[rabid]

What happens when the "yo-yo" spring fails or the friction-plate lets go? I'll leave that to your imagination...

There is a "contraption" that's been around for oh, maybe a thousand years or so (in one configuration or another) which is called -very strangely- a "pulley".

Sailors and construction people also call it a block. It prob costs $0.50 at your hardware store...

:wink:

 

[Clackamas Coot]

Only thing that sucks about hooks and chains is manually having to lift them off the hook while your light is sitting there dangling above your crop. Killed my already fucked up back and scared the shit out of me every time i had to adjust my light.(

Been there - done that. Especially trying to adjust the height of the light in one of the grow tents out there.

 

[yamaha_1fan]

I have heard those yo-yo's are prone to fail. I use hooks in the ceiling, rope and some cleats. easy to adjust

 

[Capn]

Well, I'll believe it when i see it. And its going to suck if and when it does happen LOL. Nylon is pretty damn strong though, so is steel, and PVC (I think that's what they use for the shell of these things.) Regardless, no 23lb light is going break any of that unless I try to smash the yo-yo with my hood maybe? Perhaps if I try and swing from it like a monkey while its on its mover.

My original plan was to use pulleys actually, but figuring out how to make it work while my light is on its mover proved to be to challenging for me. Never said I was the fattest joint in the stash.

Stay up!

 

[Che]

Chains and hooks user here.. cheap and effective.

 

[thecarguy]

Of 8 Yo Yos I bought 6 months ago, 4 still work. I like the pulley idea.

 

[JamieShoes]

I bought the "easy rollers"... don't bother - they're garbage - I'm using s hooks and chains

 

[Old Yeller]

I've been using 2 yo-yo's to hold up a Supersun2 hood & a 4x8 T-5 in my tent & it made me so nervous to adjust them, I added safety chains to both lights in case one of the yoyo's failed. Now i'm just going back to chains & s-hooks for piece of mind.
I can only recommend them for smaller/lighter set-ups - perfect for my little 2x4 & 4x4 T-5's.

 

[JamieShoes]

I think you make a great point Old Yeller - why take the risk of fires, plant damage or broken bulbs or reflectors from failed devices ...especially if its a cheap product to begin with... metal chains are the way I think - it looks a bit medieval but thats cool with me, I know they're not going to "fail" anytime soon ;-)