cfl light question.

KlosetKing

KlosetKing

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agreed, add a few more in there. ive got 3 seedlings that just broke soil under 3 cfls and it is no where NEAR what i need. i will be picking up more bulbs here very shortly, you will want to do the same.
 
friendlyperson92

friendlyperson92

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there's limited room in my pc case. heh. i've seen some grows done in pc cases that looked pretty well done. and it had one cfl. but idk much about cfl growing.
 
darkdestruction420

darkdestruction420

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you also need to get a ballast for each one and the bulbs are already 74 a peice, if your gonna drop that kind of cash you might as well get a bigger grow area (old dresser, cabinet, whatever) and go with an hps system, it will work so much better than what your planning now and is actually cheaper, a 400w hps w/remote ballast all ready to grow with right out of the box is only 120. you'll be so much happier if you go that route. http://www.htgsupply.com/growlights.asp?categoryID=1&subcategoryID=155&typeID=55
 
darkdestruction420

darkdestruction420

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that means you need to get a ballast for it, their are 105w self ballasted cfls out there for about the same price, how big is your pc case? those bulbs alone are a foot long each and 4 inches wide, are u gonna have enough space to grow a decent plant in there while keeping the temps in check?
 
darkdestruction420

darkdestruction420

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friendlyperson92 said:
the pc is 17" long 20 tall 8 wide
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you'll only be able to use 1 of those 200w's then. in this situation i think your best move would be to follow my earlier suggestion and get the lightbar + y splitters+
things and do it like i said. its much cheaper and youll do just as well with more smaller lights for a grow area so small. plan on lsting and topping it, height isnt much to work with for your grow area, you'll have to make wide bushy plants if you want to get a good yeild from it.
 
KlosetKing

KlosetKing

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darkdestruction420 said:
you'll only be able to use 1 of those 200w's then. in this situation i think your best move would be to follow my earlier suggestion and get the lightbar + y splitters+
things and do it like i said. its much cheaper and youll do just as well with more smaller lights for a grow area so small. plan on lsting and topping it, height isnt much to work with for your grow area, you'll have to make wide bushy plants if you want to get a good yeild from it.
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agreed this is your best route. as for y splitters, what do those look like? looking to do this very same thing, except with a cupboard, wantin to pack as many cfl's in there as i can.
 
friendlyperson92

friendlyperson92

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i was gonna run one over the top and then 1 on each side. or something like that. and as far as hps lights go. they just produce too much heat. i actually have 3 y splitters laying around from an earlier attempt. heh. i just don't wanna be doing bare minimum i wanna have more light than would be required using cfls but then also they need to fit in the pc case. heh. but ill most likely do your suggestion with like 6ish 23 watt 100 watt equivilent bulbs.
 
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