Good or Bad way to hang CFL?

This is a 300 watt CFL thats very heavy. Keeping that in mind and the fact that it will probably get very hot, i tied it around its own treads with a steel wire. Good idea, bad idea? will this break the bulb, will it spark or something crazy im not thinking of? thanks for any imput

yeah if the steel get to hot it could melt the bulb y not hang a extistion cord up wit the bulb connect it to it

b/c im trying to get it to hang horizontal

you could use pasts like these (from home depot) but mout on a board turned 90 deg.

oldmandroman said:

yeah if the steel get to hot it could melt the bulb y not hang a extistion cord up wit the bulb connect it to it

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Man, that is laughable.
I do it with a real 200W CFL, by real I mean it draws 200W, not the equivilent, and it's about 14" by 6" and very heavy so I have to support it to keep it horizontal. No problems.

Do You gain more benefit from hanging a CFL horizontally?

bam bam said:

Do You gain more benefit from hanging a CFL horizontally?

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Yes............

Hey Spiked, Is that plant in your avatar one you did with the 200 watt CFL?

newb19547 said:

Yes............

Hey Spiked, Is that plant in your avatar one you did with the 200 watt CFL?

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It was vegged with 100W CFL's and flouro's, then I added a 400W HPS for the last few weeks of veg, but flowering was with 1 400W HPS.