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Seeking DIY plans for a sunlight-directing hood

Started by jgolden, July 28, 2008, 09:23:56 PM

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jgolden

Hi all.

With the tank sitting in the recroom in the basement, I'm spending $$$ on hydro. Even if / when I move from VHO to T5HO or CF, it'll still cost $$$. I was thinking that if I move the tank 6' along the one wall, under the window, I might be able to build a new hood that would allow me to reflect the sunlight coming in through the window throughout the tank, something like the attached.

Anyone know where I could find some plans to accomplish this? I know the hood itself will be simple... I think it'll be the size, type, angle of mirror(s), along with whether to use concave and / or convex mirrors that's going to be the tricky part, and is more what I'm trying to find plans for.

TIA

Jeff



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