I have a canopy with 2 6 bulb ATI T5s inside. I’m having a mild overheating issue, so I drilled 4 vents on the top of the canopy to get air exchange.
I want to place fans to cool down the lights. I know that hot air travels up and cool stays low, so the hot air will naturally gas off above the canopy.
What will cool the light area more:
1) Adding fans that are placed to point horizontally in between the water surface and light bulbs?
2) adding fans that face horizontally to hit the area on top of the fixture?
3) adding a fan that sits on top of the vent which blows toward the ceiling to extract the hot air from the canopy out?
The AC person said the best way is to face the fans toward the ceiling to extract the hot air.
I want to place fans to cool down the lights. I know that hot air travels up and cool stays low, so the hot air will naturally gas off above the canopy.
What will cool the light area more:
1) Adding fans that are placed to point horizontally in between the water surface and light bulbs?
2) adding fans that face horizontally to hit the area on top of the fixture?
3) adding a fan that sits on top of the vent which blows toward the ceiling to extract the hot air from the canopy out?
The AC person said the best way is to face the fans toward the ceiling to extract the hot air.