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I tried to search for an answer, but I'm not coming up with anything. The search option is kind of baffling me. A search for " misting lighting" has no results??? Anyway . . .
For those with misting systems, do you have any protective barrier between the misters and your lighting? Is there a problem with "stray" mist causing a bulb to explode? I've seen the effects of a bit of overspray of glass cleaner on a bathroom fixture - yikes.
Any advice? Does water/moisture not effect flourescent bulbs as it does incandescent? Or as long as the misting head is below the fixture? Any input on clearance between the two?
Thanks!

I've never had any problems with my misting system setups causing problems with the lighting. This is because the lighting is positioned higher than where the misting nozzels are, or the nozzels if placed on the same level as lights are positioned in such a way that they only project downwards so there is still no chance of overspray. Mainly it's just not an issue because I almost always have my light sources positioned OUTSIDE the actual cage while the misting nozzel is often INSIDE the cage.
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Matt Campbell

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Thanks! I was just curious for input. The misters I've seen seem to create a "cloud" of fine moisture, and it didn't seem that it would all necessarily settle downward. Like it could possibly "waft" up through a screened lid.
How far below your lights are your misting heads?

>>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

Big animals, little animals, plants - right down to the sea itself. We need them, not just for their own sake, but because all this has to be here for everybody forever. Only one thing is certain: if we are to preserve our environment and save this priceless wildlife we need much, much more knowledge.
Harry Butler from 'In the Wild With Harry Butler' 1977