Light Movers Extend the Efficiency of Hydroponics Grow Lights

The most efficient way to use high intensity lights is to have them moving within the grow room. Moving the lights will eliminate the plants tendency to grow toward the light source and provide light to areas which otherwise may be shaded. Since the light is moving, it can pass closer to the plants without burning the leaves.

More intensity also allows plants to be placed much closer together, greatly increasing yield and quality. Moving your grow lights from one end of your garden area and back provides a number of advantages and a few disadvantages:

• The light can be placed closer to the plants without generating plant killing heat
• The light’s area of coverage is increased
• Provides a much greater variety of light angles to each plant
• Light will more frequently reach foliage at the bottom of the plant which may have been shielded by higher foliage
• Movement of the light will result in a decrease in the amount of light that each plant will receive
• A timed hesitation at the end of each travel will prevent the middle plants growing faster because they received twice the light overhead as did the end plants
• The timed hesitation will result in a level growing area
  Metal Halide and High Pressure Sodium lamps can be mixed on the light mover as desired.

The size and shape of your room will determine the type of light mover that will best suit your needs.

• Lineal movers carry the light fixture slowly along a track and back again during the light cycle. Most are six feet long, support a single lamp, and are recommended when the growing area is long and narrow.
• Circular movers are best when the length and width of the room are similar. They are designed to carry either one, two, three or four lights, in a 360 degree circle, ideally lighting a ten by ten foot area. This diameter can be reduced but rarely extended.

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for an example of an efficient rotating light system.

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