Lighting - Help

panhead

panhead

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are you aware that you can buy a real 400 watt hps system that is plug & play for 100$ & will crush cfl growing,
my choice would be none from that link,your going to be running cfl lighting which is off the shelf home depot lighting & the slowest possible lighting choice you could make,instead of waiting on shipping if i was going to use cfl i'd pick up a bunch of clamp work lights that come with the polished aluminum hoods allready on the light for 5 bucks each at home depot,then i'd install a y splitter in each socket so each hood would have 2 bulbs in each reflector & skip all the mail order cfl gear.
 
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thelegend

Member
yes,but im not talkin about HPS my choice is CFL, can someone say if any socket is the best from that site. which 1 you would choose
 
Snickelfrits

Snickelfrits

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panhead said:
are you aware that you can buy a real 400 watt hps system that is plug & play for 100$ & will crush cfl growing,
my choice would be none from that link,your going to be running cfl lighting which is off the shelf home depot lighting & the slowest possible lighting choice you could make,instead of waiting on shipping if i was going to use cfl i'd pick up a bunch of clamp work lights that come with the polished aluminum hoods allready on the light for 5 bucks each at home depot,then i'd install a y splitter in each socket so each hood would have 2 bulbs in each reflector & skip all the mail order cfl gear.
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go with the clamp lights with reflectors like he said, ull get more out of the cfls that way b/c no light escapes from the top, my grow journal has pics of them. i have the 10 1/2 in ones which were like 8 bucks but they have 8.5in for like 6.

btw those sockets ur lookin at look like they could be a fire hazard
 
wonderblunder

wonderblunder

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Man o' the green said:
Check out this one :

http://www.surplussales.com/Electrical/LampSockets/LampSockets-3.html

(LMP) 557UV-719D
660w / 250v Plastic socket with AC Plug. High temperature composite material. 8" wires with 2 blade plug. Side mounting bracket with #10 threadable. Great for temporary lighting. Made by Triboro / Challenger. CSA / UL Listed.
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If I were you I would go to your local thrift store and start tearing apart lamps or whatever. I never paid for what you are looking for. Build them. The ones he suggested have holes for mounting which means no clamps. Also, You could run them in a line , have less AC plugs. WIring is cheap... .
 
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thelegend

Member
wonderblunder said:
If I were you I would go to your local thrift store and start tearing apart lamps or whatever. I never paid for what you are looking for. Build them. The ones he suggested have holes for mounting which means no clamps. Also, You could run them in a line , have less AC plugs. WIring is cheap... .
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There cheap as hell though! And they will be useful for not more then just one grow, but several!
 
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