摘要 |
A fluoropolymer coil is adapted to be wrapped around a lamp, such as a high intensity discharge (HID) lamp, and adapted to have a coolant, such as water, flowing through the coil. The coil can cool the lamp, provide improved lamp life expectancy, and allow the lamp to be kept closer to a plant canopy when the lamp is used in hydroponic applications, for example. The coil provides direct contact with the lamp to remove heat through conduction while not subjecting the lamp to high temperatures as other units that envelope the lamp. The coil may discourage algae growth while not significantly reducing the light emitted from the lamp and through the coil. The coil is lightweight, requires no cleaning or adjusting or o-ring replacement, and can work with most hoods in the hydroponics industry, not requiring its own special hood or fixture.
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