CFL Lighting

MyPhilosophy · Nov 10, 2007

Hello, I need some CFL's for veg stage where can I buy these lights at I cant use anything longer than 18" and wider than 10" My veg room is small just like the stealth cabinet OG'S. Anyone have anylinks on what to use or any helpful hins would be great.

smokealotablunts · Nov 10, 2007

pending where you buy them they are easy to get look for highest possible wattage, with 2700k (warm light) look for these two things.

paddy510 · Nov 10, 2007

2 to 200 Watt Compact Fluorescent Bulbs : 1000Bulbs.com The Light Bulb Superstore.
a few 30w or 42w should do the job pretty well.
im using a single 125w on two plants in my box.

Ribbet29 · Nov 10, 2007

smokealotablunts said:
pending where you buy them they are easy to get look for highest possible wattage, with 2700k (warm light) look for these two things.

This info is wrong, you can get CFL's at any hardware store like lowes, homedepot or walmart. The lights that you need for veg should say daylight on them and they should have 6500k, the above mentioned lights (warm white 2700k) are for flowering

DOT5262 · Nov 10, 2007

yea.... try to get the most possible wattage... larger cfls are around 8-10 inches in length (100+ watts) but you need less of them... you can get them online 1000bulbs.com like the dude erlier mentioned.. these do get somewhat hot but with some space or ventalation they should be fine.. i have an 100watt cfl about 1-2 inches from my seedlings and they are fine.. then again it is cold as fuck were i am. post pics of your setup and you will get better information and advice for your situation

MyPhilosophy · Nov 10, 2007

Ok great now I know where to get light bulbs from. Now I need a fixture to hold the light bulb I plan on buying two of the 42watt bulbs so what can I use to to power those puppies up? Can I use a regular light fixture? I also went to a hardware store and I think I can make a light socket on my own but do I need anything special like a ballast or somehting to power the 42watt light?

DOT5262 · Nov 10, 2007

no ballast needed.... all you need is the bulb... then a thing to screw it in ( 2 bucks at home depot or lowes) then some wire ( 5 bucks at HD or lowes) then a plug to get it into the wall ( 2-3 bucks at HD or lowes) then rig it all together.... i take it you know how to make a circut... there will be 2 wires you need... 1 warm 1 cold/nuteral... 2 wires should be already attached to the thing you screw the light bulb into... take the two wires
1 will be black(hot) 1 will be white(cold) take them one at a time and splice them onto longer wires then put the longer wires into a plug... woll spliceing use something to cover the open areas of wire.... either a cap or electrical tape.... make sure the exposed wires ( hot and cold) do not touch each other woll the light is pluged in... or it will short out that part of your house ( i know from experience)

MyPhilosophy · Nov 10, 2007

DOT5262 said:
no ballast needed.... all you need is the bulb... then a thing to screw it in ( 2 bucks at home depot or lowes) then some wire ( 5 bucks at HD or lowes) then a plug to get it into the wall ( 2-3 bucks at HD or lowes) then rig it all together.... i take it you know how to make a circut... there will be 2 wires you need... 1 warm 1 cold/nuteral... 2 wires should be already attached to the thing you screw the light bulb into... take the two wires
1 will be black(hot) 1 will be white(cold) take them one at a time and splice them onto longer wires then put the longer wires into a plug... woll spliceing use something to cover the open areas of wire.... either a cap or electrical tape.... make sure the exposed wires ( hot and cold) do not touch each other woll the light is pluged in... or it will short out that part of your house ( i know from experience)

Hey great thank you. I should be up and runnning soon tomorrow I go to home depot again. thanks for taking time and answering this post. :mrgreen:

DOT5262 · Nov 10, 2007

all good... i am horribly inexperienced but ive looked up alot of info and i just recently started a grow. if you get started quickly we can have a comparison as our plants grow. i have 2 seedlings now and i just germed 4 more seeds i'd love to have something to compare my plants to link and pics in profile

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