cfl wattage/lumens

how many cfls do i need for 6 plants in a 4x4x5 room...im only using them for veg i have a hps for flower..idk whats more important watts or lumens...and if cfls are supposed to go by the actual or rated watts....26w=100w incadescent

Your gonna want at least 4-5 26w a plant.

Or you xan grab a couple 150w cfl

Just remember to keep em as close to the plant with burning them i was able to get my cfls like 1/2" away without burn

does the 150 take a special socket and ballast or jus a regular kind

That im not sure of. But i do think its a regular socket. Dont hold me to that though.

S.O.G. said:

how many cfls do i need for 6 plants in a 4x4x5 room...im only using them for veg i have a hps for flower..idk whats more important watts or lumens...and if cfls are supposed to go by the actual or rated watts....26w=100w incadescent

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first, compact florescent produce 60 lumens per actual watt; what is written on the bulb itself. as well, the sun produces 10,080 lumens at the surface of the earth; roughly.

so with those two numbers in mind develop your lighting. you will need anywhere between 168 to 400 actual watts--which is quite a few light bulbs; and large ones--depending on the positioning of each girl; whether they are close together, and how far from the light source.

but to be honest you may be better off just using your high pressure sodium and just drop a few--2 to 4, 42w cfls--in between all the girls allowing maximum light penetration.

fuk it ima jus get a switchable 400 watt mh/hps..that would work ryte..by the time i get all the bulbs and socket i could of bought 1

Good job. Hid lighting roolz dood

ill jus be worried about heat but fans fans and fans lol

hahaha yeah that's what i'm sayin'. like if you don't want to waste more money--since you apparently already have an hps--you could just do what i suggested and use the hps for vegging AND drop like 2 or 4 42wattcfls next to the girls. but that's just my two cent.

My 2 cents is buy a mh conversion bulb.

Keep the ac running if ya got one

id do the conversion deal but i found a 400 watt switchable mh/hps brand new with reflector yo-yos and ballast and both bulbs mh isnt a conversion for 120..its a shitty reflector but ima build or buy a cool tube then...i appreciate the help tho guys..i luv RIU for this reason lol

Hell yeah! Pass a blunt havnt smoked for awhile!