Experience with direction of halide lights??

luz_blue

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Okay, so I've got a couple lumenmax elite reflectors I'm trying to fit in my canopy. They're going to have 250W radium bulbs.

Ran into a small snag, because of the size of the socket boxes, I can't seem to fit them side by side (with the sockets on the ends).

What would the effect be of putting the sockets to the back, so the bulbs would run from "front to back" instead of the usual "left to right".

The tank itself is 36" L x 20"D x 22"H, so I've got pretty great coverage on there with two 250's anyways. When I look at the par distribution diagrams they're symmetrical, so I'm thinking it doesn't may a difference.

Thoughts?
 
It won't make much, if any difference at all. I've had SE bulbs both perpendicular and parallel to the tank and it did not affect anyhting.
 
Thanks for the quick reply! That's what I was thinking, but just wanted to be sure :D I'd like to get this set-up tonight as I had it already to go yesterday and then it didn't fit!
 
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