MH Lights mounted on wood/heat question

[Sinistard]

I am making a hood for my MH lights and was wondering if the way I mounted the lights to the wood will be safe as far as heat goes.

There is only a small amount of space between the fixture and the wood brace.

 

[Blown 346]

How hot do you think they will get?

 

[supertech3]

I have mh single end bulbs inside mounted to a wooden a canopy and the wood gets warm but nothing terrible.

 

[dougchambers]

I've see a number of people mount their reflectors directly to wood without incident. I always felt better about having an air gap between the wood and the reflector. For our old setup, we used PCB stand-offs for a good separation. They worked great!