Sunbiz1
Well-Known Member
Hi all!
I need to make a lighting decision fairly soon. Currently I am using 1,000 or so actual watts of mixed CFL's...spread out over 24 bulbs. For 9 months out of the year, plants are also supplemented with actual sunlight(yes, I am married to plants and move them daily)through NON-UV/UVB block glass. However, during the months of Nov-Jan my neighbors house blocks my south facing windows...plus sunlight is weak anyways during winter solstice period.
For these 3 months, I am going to either:
A. Replace 600 watts of 2700K CFL's with an equivalent 600 HPS.
B. Add 2 of these instead, which would only run 6 hours daily for these 3 months:
http://www.thatpetplace.com/exo-terra-solar-glo-self-ballasted-mercury-vapor-lamp-160w?gdftrk=gdfV2226_a_7c268_a_7c6967_a_7c260597&ne_ppc_id=1463&ne_key_id=26469023&gclid=CIeClJLxnbkCFdAWMgodmHMAgA
Thoughts?.
I need to make a lighting decision fairly soon. Currently I am using 1,000 or so actual watts of mixed CFL's...spread out over 24 bulbs. For 9 months out of the year, plants are also supplemented with actual sunlight(yes, I am married to plants and move them daily)through NON-UV/UVB block glass. However, during the months of Nov-Jan my neighbors house blocks my south facing windows...plus sunlight is weak anyways during winter solstice period.
For these 3 months, I am going to either:
A. Replace 600 watts of 2700K CFL's with an equivalent 600 HPS.
B. Add 2 of these instead, which would only run 6 hours daily for these 3 months:
http://www.thatpetplace.com/exo-terra-solar-glo-self-ballasted-mercury-vapor-lamp-160w?gdftrk=gdfV2226_a_7c268_a_7c6967_a_7c260597&ne_ppc_id=1463&ne_key_id=26469023&gclid=CIeClJLxnbkCFdAWMgodmHMAgA
Thoughts?.