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You can wire em together with a simple lamp cord, no problem. I just made a fixture w 5 26w cfl's wired together. The twisty/spiral bulbs are what we are all referring to, what were you thinking of using? 6000k to 6500k are fine, watch out though, home depot and other store brand lights may say...

The setup looks good, and the hps wil do wonders for flowering, just get a few cfl's for seedling stage. Hps (2100k) will work, but 6500k is optimal = peak daylight in summer. Cfl's are pretty cheap to set up since your babies are still small. 3/4 cfls at 7$ each (I recommend GE mini's) and...

I bought two 4x48" t5's to use, then realized that when Im just growing small seedlings, T5's are kinda overkill. Not too bright to use, just wasting alot of energy lighting 3' of unused space. I custom made several different CFL reflectors, and found that using 26w 6500k bulbs, Im getting ALOT...

They're streching trying to reach the light, but not getting enough of the energy to actually grow very well. I just started up again after about 10yrs, and had forgotten all my techniques. I got some bad advise, and after I first germinated a few, I kept the lights too far away (was told to...

You're a towel! huh, what's going on rite now? I'm an igloo!

ditto, the ballast is made for a specific bulb, unless its a digital/dimmable ballast that had a knob to select 100%-75%-or 50% power. it should be obvious to you if it is (clearly marked on the ballast with a selector knob). Cool tube would be best, or at least a few additional fans to draw...

saved me a lot of typing.... good advise!

Hes just recommending not to go balls out right off the bat before having the basics down. The 4x48" t5 I got on ebay was only 100$ and is good from seedling through pre-flower, after a few weeks vegging he"ll have an idea of how many/what size his girls will be for flowering and if he needs a...

Youre gonna need a little more room than that or you'll be VERY cramped with only 8" deep to play with. Not impossible but definately not optimal for any decent yield, you may end up with thumb nail sized fluffy buds, nothing to brag about. But I do understand the hobby aspect, and you can...

ahhh, here I go, Ive been following the boards for a few weeks now and finally decided to register so I could contribute. Ive harvested several crops during my growing years about a decade ago, and recently started up again, currently have about 10 babies all under 4 weeks old. Im still...