bulb identification needed

hello ganja smokers of the world!

i bought a lamp from a friend. beeing a newbie grower i have no idea what kind of light it is. But i have learned that there are a lot of different lights/lightbulbs etc..

so, can you, by looking my crappy pics identify for me the type of light that shines for the bulb?

grateful for any help

pint sized beer can uesd for measure..

that looks like a 250 High pressure sodium bulb.

i bought sylvania spot-gro 120w lights from lowes..are they any good? it says there made for indoor plants

onebyte said:

thank you!

wil research sodium bulbs

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They are meant for flowering but you can veg with them too, you can also get a Hortilux bulb which has an improved spectrum...

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i bought sylvania spot-gro 120w lights from lowes..are they any good? it says there made for indoor plants

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You want cfl's not "grow lights" which are really incandescent bulbs with some blue painted on the end. Daylight for vag and soft white for flowering

i know i just found out that their incadescent..but thanks for your help

It's an old ass HPS light

NewGrowth said:

It's an old ass HPS light

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actually some of the newer ballast enclosed lights are more expensive than the remote ballast that comes with the bulb on cables.

I said that because the bulb is an old school first generation GE

kochab said:

actually some of the newer ballast enclosed lights are more expensive than the remote ballast that comes with the bulb on cables.

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Why would they do that? a ballast in the hood would just add heat that would otherwise be transfered outside the grow room, Via a remote ballast....

420inmyapt said:

Why would they do that? a ballast in the hood would just add heat that would otherwise be transfered outside the grow room, Via a remote ballast....

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its a stupid idea to me as well but they have em man.