DoubleBubbler
Active Member
Hi all, I have a question for all you CFL growers... How hot do your CFL's get? I keep seeing everyone say how they DON'T get hot, but I can barely touch mine. Literally cannot put my finger on it for more than a split second. The temp inside my growbox is over 96F and I'm looking for ways to take the temp down about 15 degrees. I'm running 8 CFL's (Mixed daylight and soft white) on a 4 socket bathroom vanity light bar with a Y splitter in each socket. Can it be my wiring or the amount of bulbs on one plug? The light fixture said it was made for "G" type globe bulbs, but the home depot woman said any bulbs would work in it. I have an extra large PC fan blowing around inside, an intake towards the top of the box, which is really just a standard cpu fan. No dedicated exaust, just some unfinished holes for now. The box size is 2' high x 2' wide by 1'5" deep, not much I know but it's gonna be a 12/12 from seed grow, and a possible box upgrade in the near future. If anyone has any other recommendations I would appreciate some advice. I have researched for months and now I'm ready to do this.
The girls are resting on top of random things to raise them closer to the CFL's... Both fan's are 12v capable, but only had a 6v plug for the small fan and a 9v plug for the large. To be honest I didn't think of it til typing this out, but still any other opinions would be appreciated.
Could this be reading the temperature inaccurately since this was made for aquariums? Any specific thermometers I should be looking at?
It's been through some a longer than expected germination since I didn't have the grow box ready in time, it had all screwy hours since I've been modding the box constantly, it went through heat and is still going through it... Not sure if I wanna give up on em yet, still may wanna see how they start growin, if they look weak I'll germ a few more, their just bagseed, it's only my first grow.
YOU GUYS ROCK!
The girls are resting on top of random things to raise them closer to the CFL's... Both fan's are 12v capable, but only had a 6v plug for the small fan and a 9v plug for the large. To be honest I didn't think of it til typing this out, but still any other opinions would be appreciated.
Could this be reading the temperature inaccurately since this was made for aquariums? Any specific thermometers I should be looking at?
It's been through some a longer than expected germination since I didn't have the grow box ready in time, it had all screwy hours since I've been modding the box constantly, it went through heat and is still going through it... Not sure if I wanna give up on em yet, still may wanna see how they start growin, if they look weak I'll germ a few more, their just bagseed, it's only my first grow.
YOU GUYS ROCK!