Reflector, HID Enclosed

setting up an air-cooled grow light the right way air-cool grow lights open up some really interesting areas of the plant world to the indoor gardener but there's also a lot of confusion about how to set them up right the really great thing about air-cooled grow lights is that they allow year-round indoor gardening with less need for additional air-conditioning during the warmer months now air-cooled reflectors work by allowing cool air to be passed across the lamp during operation the most common designs feature a horizontally mounted lamp with flanges on either side to allow cool air to be ducted in and warm air ducted out some designs are based on a vertically mounted lamp in both cases the central principle is the same use a constant flow of air to move heat from the lamp and reflector to get it out of your indoor garden here we're using six inch Magnum XXL reflectors inside we have