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    wiring tanning bed lights for growing

    The HID lamps tend to be almost all UVA. The fluorescent lamps have varying mixes of UVA and UVB. The more UVB, the more you get red instead of brown because the UVB is the burning ray. So that would make sense that a plant could get burned. So a low UVB / high UVA fluorescent lamp would be...
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    wiring tanning bed lights for growing

    They give off the same UV as the sun. The plants don't like them??
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    wiring tanning bed lights for growing

    I wasn't asking for information in this forum nor did I mean to suggest that anyone do anything dangerous; merely just offering the source of information. These are small electronic ballasts. They can operate on either 110 or 220 volts; your choice. They will run (2) 100-watt fluorescent...
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    wiring tanning bed lights for growing

    I have the UV fluorescent lamps, lamp sockets, small electronic ballasts to power the lamps, and extremely simple wiring diagrams if anyone wants to learn to use them. I don't know much about their affect on different plants' growing mechanisms but I know the electrical end.
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