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Matt Campbell
at Sun Feb 26 00:40:36 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Matt Campbell ]
>>How far below your lights are your misting heads?
My misting heads are usually only about an inch or so lower than the lights. However, I think you're confusing a misting nozzel and a fogger. Foggers will create a cloud of moisture that will waft along on the slightest breeze. Even though you get that cloud wafting around you still don't have to worry about blowing out a bulb because the density of a mist cloud from a fogger is so light that the heat from the bulbs will likely vaporize the mist before it could accumulate enough to damage a bulb. Misting nozzels are a different story. They produce a water droplet that is much larger than what you get from a fogger and as such they're affected by gravity. Some nozzels will produce pretty fine droplets but if it's fine enough to be wafting on a breeze you want to change to a higher flow rate. A misting nozzel should put water out in the form of a miniature simulated rain storm, and it should be projecting downwards. Again, properly positioned misting nozzels shouldn't give you anything to worry about.
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Matt Campbell
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RE: Question about misting & lighting - Matt Campbell, Sun Feb 26 00:40:36 2006