Were grow lights at one time referred to as a "spider"?

ClaytonNewbilFontaine said:

I was listening to this podcast the other day and this older guy who's been growing forever used this slang term "spider" to refer to a light. He said something like "I could get X amount of grams per spider" I thought surely he's not talking about spider farmer, they've not been around that long, and this is an old guy who's been growing for a long time and used hps for all that time. Then I remembered seeing pics of hps lights with the umbrella looking hood and thought I bet that's the spider hereferring too. Have any of you older growers ever heard of this.

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hotrodharley said:

I’m mos def old. Never heard the term anywhere. If he’s as old as me he could have dementia and using the first word that comes to mind.

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Kgrim said:

I believe what he is referring to as a "spider" was a fixture that you could put 5 HPS bulbs in. It hung by a center post, and had 5 arms coming out that the bulbs went into. Larger grow ops used them because they would throw out a ton of light to a larger area.

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bubba73 said:

Late 30s , lol….. some one trying to make them selfs feel important….back in my day we had to use sunshine , and climb hills both ways …lmao….

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bubba73 said:

Late 30s , lol….. some one trying to make them selfs feel important….back in my day we had to use sunshine , and climb hills both ways …lmao….

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Hipposcottamus1 said:

SPYDR Series

Fluence SPYDR Series was designed for single or multi-tier growers who want to optimize their grow space for the maximum crop and cannabis yield.

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Maybe these?

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