Irish man's first grow.

Cloudiology

Well-Known Member
HORRIBLE NEWS! One of my 125w bulbs, over the autos, took a hit.. one of the tubes cracked... it is now 100% fucked! SHIT!!!!

IMG_20130521_175412.jpg

I'm Actually now.. fucked... no way of replacing it.. aaaaaaaaaaaaah!
 

ae86 grower

Well-Known Member
not to worry cloudy, if you can get few quid together hit up an electrical wholesalers and you`ll get some cheap enough, or likewise get some cheap small wattages until you manage a new 125w...

pity your so far down i have some spare here...
 

waynebebay

Well-Known Member
Dude this sucks. You're being tested my friend! Don't let this discourage you! There has to be an alternative for now.
 

Cloudiology

Well-Known Member
thinks i'm gonna have to starve this week and fork out the €40 for another.. can't wait for a delivery and nowhere sells just easy cfl holders + low wattagers for cheap around here... boooooooo...urns
 

ae86 grower

Well-Known Member
no homebase or woodies? even a regular hardware should stock both low watters and holders, if you get a few holders for the bulb you can wire yourself a string up to say 250 actual watts, on a 13a fuse, the draw across the fuse will be about 3 actual watts so safe and won`t ruin timers as some cheap segmet ones can go funny when on cfl`s....

never had that problem but have heard of it happening... but you can get a good few bulbs going with only one wire running in the room, its alot tidier....
 

Cloudiology

Well-Known Member
no homebase but there is a woodies and b&q.. gonna have a looky on thursday.. if that fails i'll just buy the replacement 125 watter...
 

Bilbo Baggins

Well-Known Member
That's a bummer cloudy,like folk say, get other light in there desk lamps, table lamps fit them with cfl's, your fortunes are being sorely tested.
 

Cloudiology

Well-Known Member
well until thursday, i have set up my top dawg lights for the autos while the top dawg sleep . got em surrounded by random lights.. and during the day they'll have to deal with getting just sunlight through the window.. lol.. crisis averted! ish... ingtonshireville...
 

Cloudiology

Well-Known Member
My autos were looking mighty healthy this morning. and they love getting a bit of real sunlight during the day. my top dawg are starting to frost up nicely.. i'll throw up some pics sure!
 

Cloudiology

Well-Known Member
right! today i'm going getting my lights sorted! i'll either come home with another 125w red cfl... ooooor! a tone of crap to make my own cfl structure!! which Is what I really wanna do!
 

kushhound187

Active Member
:-( bummer cloudys bilb broke.

i just got some 24w t5hos for seedlings and cloneer im making. i didnt go with that cfl system cause it would have cost me the same and the t5hos are better lightspread. and the 125 w bulb is way mere expensive to replace.

i didnt know someone could actually grow weed properly with that shit. good work cloudy
 

Cloudiology

Well-Known Member
You havent been growing long. it should still be under warentee...
Unfortunately it's the bulb I bought second hand (I know that's a ridiculously bad idea) but it cost me 40 and it came with an e40 cable and reflector to mount it too which cost 35 alone over here so it was a sweet deal.. but i'm hopefully ordering some light fixings and some y splitters and making my own. found a place that sells 24w 1500lumen bulbs for €2 each. which is incredible compared to other cfls around the same wattage (€9.99)
 

Cloudiology

Well-Known Member
Quick shot of the trichomes.. gonna hafta borrow a better camera soon. hopefully with a macro setting. get some decent pics!frosty1.jpg
 
Top