Light Setup

[Trojan46312]

Greetings comrads! Can someone tell me the ideal distance a reflector should be from the wall when setting up lights? I'm thinking if it's too close to the wall I would lose some spread. Any suggestions?

 

[Trojan46312]

ok. yeah there are 3 lights. i want to put them in a straight line only because the way my room is designed. the walls are reflected with orca film so that makes sense what you said. thanks.

 

[Roddy]

What's the room size?

 

[The Hemp Goddess]

Yes, how large is your room and what size and type of lights are you using?

 

[Trojan46312]

Sorry for the delay guys. The room is 99 square feet. There are 2 600 watt hps and 1 1000 watt hps.

 

[Trojan46312]

Oh, I'm going to section off the room until I can get another 1000.

 

[Hushpuppy]

As long as you have good reflectivity(which I think that orca film does) and you center the lights within the grow space, it should be fine. I tried to set mine so that the light footprint is not too small when I pull the lights down to get them close(minimum distance to younger plants) to the plants. That way as the plants grow and I have to back them up to stay at minimum distance, I still get a good light coverage all the way out to the outside edge of the plants' growing space.