Power strip cfl fixture - need help! How to hang?

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Cataclismic

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Alaskannabis said:
Right on concord I've actually been following our thread and saw you reflctor, that what I'm goin with unless I can find sonewhere that sells Mylar in qty's less than a 60 ft roll.
Seeds germed tonight just put them into party cups with baggies over them. Unfortuantl I may have traumatized them cause only a few minuter after a fan fell over and knocked them all on the sides... I think it'll be fine though
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Dude a waaaaaaaaay cheaper solution to mylar is going to walmart and buying an emergency blanket. They are $1.88 and are huge. You could probably wrap your entire house for less than 10 bucks
 
Alaskannabis

Alaskannabis

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Yeah but if you hold it to the light it's transparent, heat reflective, and I already have flat white walls. Seeds sprouted today!
 
growtosmoke

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MyGTO2007 said:
Yep .untill the foil starts making hotspots
foil is the worst thing for reflection:wall::wall:
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I could be wrong.......(no really I could be totally wrong:dunce:) But I was told that foil could cause hot spots with a high powered light but not so much with CFL's as they don't get that hot to begin with. Also if you have a fan on then there is almost no chance of a bother of hot spots with a CFL grow.


Again I could be wrong and I don't use reflectors but that is what I had seen in another post

:bigjoint:
 
Concord Dawn

Concord Dawn

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growtosmoke said:
I could be wrong.......(no really I could be totally wrong:dunce:) But I was told that foil could cause hot spots with a high powered light but not so much with CFL's as they don't get that hot to begin with. Also if you have a fan on then there is almost no chance of a bother of hot spots with a CFL grow.


Again I could be wrong and I don't use reflectors but that is what I had seen in another post

:bigjoint:
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sounds good to me, shouldnt be that hot with cfl's, im stickin with it, is this what ur gonna use alaska?
 
growtosmoke

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Concord Dawn said:
sounds good to me, shouldnt be that hot with cfl's, im stickin with it, is this what ur gonna use alaska?
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Like I said man I'm not sure but that's what I heard.


Personally I just painted the whole closet white. I had read that white reflects more light then the "metal" will. Again could be wrong not sure. So basiclly I'm pretty much talking out my ass here......


I'm going to stick with white :bigjoint:
 
Concord Dawn

Concord Dawn

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growtosmoke said:
Like I said man I'm not sure but that's what I heard.


Personally I just painted the whole closet white. I had read that white reflects more light then the "metal" will. Again could be wrong not sure. So basiclly I'm pretty much talking out my ass here......


I'm going to stick with white :bigjoint:
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ok here we go, this is a quote from roseman

If you want to start an arguement in an Internet Grow-Forum Website, just bring up Reflectivity as a topic of discussion. You will read all kinds of rants about Mirrors not reflecting light, Tin Foil causes Hot Spots, Flat White Paint vs Glossy White paint, Plastic film similar to garbage bags called Panda Film, Diamond Foil and Insulation Foil boards, and all sorts of arguements about which perform best and which are useless or harmful.

I could quote what I have read from books, but I would rather tell you what I have personally experienced. I hate to say "they say" as a source of infomation. When someone offers me advise and starts with "They say that....." well, I ignore them.

I expermiented with Tin Foil and CFLs on two grows and never saw any evidence of a Hot Spot or burnt place on my plants. I have read on Internet Grow Forums about many growers using Tin Foil and HID lights and getting hot spots or burnt spots on their plants.

I have used Flat White and Glossy White paint on the walls and both worked well for me. If you google "flat white, glossy white, reflection" you will find that more growers agree that Flat White is better reflecting 75%, and Glossy White reflecting 65%. But that is "they say" advise. "They say" tin foil will make burn spots on your plants, but I never saw one when I tried it. And I had 14 bulbs in the closet and tin foil on all the walls.
Panda Film, a plastic film just like garbage bags are made from, works well too. It is rated in the 80% to 905 range. The newest material being used now for reflection is called Diamond Reflective Foil. "They say" the diamonds prevent hot spots. I do not know for sure.

Let me emphasis here again, I do not listen to, or go by "they say" advise. I advise you to investigate and verify any "they say " advise.

From my own personal experience, from 9 of the 14 books I own on Indoor Growing, from many years of reading on Internet Grow Forums, MYLAR is the highest recommended reflective material to use on the walls and on this grow, I have added MYLAR to my closet walls. MYLAR is a plastic film, also called polywrap, like you see Birthday and Holiday Baloons made from.
It is reported to supply a 98% reflection of light.
hope this helps
 
Alaskannabis

Alaskannabis

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For now I'm sticking with just my reflector and white walls but it's only day 3 of the grow so trees goingto be alot of experimentation, trial and error, etc...
 
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