Cfl draw

[2Hearts]

Yer its why they make them 300w but like led only pull 140 and some of that is ballast so we get a good 100w equivelant that can grow quite well for a few oz on couple plants.

This being efficient is getting a little to pressed in to everything, were not all after saving a few watts and dont care about the savings on our bills. Its a real cheap light great to learn on.

CFL bulbs are really inefficient tech. At the very least, get some A19 LEDs from Home Depot or wherever and rip the diffusers off.

Cheap Amazon blurples are more efficient than CFLs.

 

[Johnny Lawrence]

Yer its why they make them 300w but like led only pull 140 and some of that is ballast so we get a good 100w equivelant that can grow quite well for a few oz on couple plants.

This being efficient is getting a little to pressed in to everything, were not all after saving a few watts and dont care about the savings on our bills. Its a real cheap light great to learn on.

But like I mentioned before, you can go the A19 route and get better results. Six pack of 100 watt equivalent A19s and a 5 or 6 way splitter off Amazon. That setup will crush a CFL bulb.

Strips are even better.

 

[GBAUTO]

I have a few of the 300-watt CFL's leftover from my original grow attempt.
Mine draw 65 watts from the wall. I think the 300-watt description is comparing the cfl's lumen output to a 300-watt incandescent lamp.
Compared to screw-in led light bulbs, cfl's are not a good solution.
Kinda like the comparison of incandescents to cfl's to led's.