Regular t-5 fixtures from HD or Lowe's

tom__420

tom__420

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Does anyone have any experience growing with t5 lights from Home Depot or Lowe's? I am looking into regular t5's for my cloning/ early veg box. If anyone has any links, pics, or information please feel free to post it up. Thanks a lot everyone 8)
 
Corwin

Corwin

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tom__420 said:
Does anyone have any experience growing with t5 lights from Home Depot or Lowe's? I am looking into regular t5's for my cloning/ early veg box. If anyone has any links, pics, or information please feel free to post it up. Thanks a lot everyone 8)
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Here is the clone tent I made from Home Depot stuff a couple days ago. It uses T-5 twin bulb 2' fixtures which cost $20 each.

https://www.rollitup.org/do-yourself/232101-diy-clone-tent.html

Enjoy
Corwin
 
tom__420

tom__420

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Lol your thread is what gave me the idea of adding t-5's to my box. The only thing is that the lights you used are only sold online. If I was going to order t-5s offline I would get a high output type with a real nice reflector
 
Corwin

Corwin

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tom__420 said:
Lol your thread is what gave me the idea of adding t-5's to my box. The only thing is that the lights you used are only sold online. If I was going to order t-5s offline I would get a high output type with a real nice reflector
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Actually I bought mine in the store. They had piles at my HD.
 
Corwin

Corwin

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Jerry Garcia said:
How many lumens do those not-high-output t5's put out? My t5 HO's are 24watts and produce 2000 lumens.
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1220 lumens per 14watt bulb or 2440 for the fixture.
It was kind of a cost thing for me.
I put in 2 fixtures or 4 bulbs for a total of 4880 lumen at a cost of $40 and 56 watts of power used.
the T5 HO x 2 22" bulbs 4000 lumen at around $59 and 48 watts of power used.

Not a lot of difference unless you need the light penetration then the HO's win at slightly more cost.
But I am guessing for clones the standard output and lower cost with more spread works out better.

Anyone who has tried both care to give us your experience?
 
TechnoMage

TechnoMage

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Well I'm a big fan of the 55w 2G11 base bulbs but that hardware you have to get online. Another thing you can do is buy one of the 14w bulb fixtures and switch the ballast out for a 24w bulb ballast. Aren't both bulbs 22" long?
 
Corwin

Corwin

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TechnoMage said:
Well I'm a big fan of the 55w 2G11 base bulbs but that hardware you have to get online. Another thing you can do is buy one of the 14w bulb fixtures and switch the ballast out for a 24w bulb ballast. Aren't both bulbs 22" long?
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Yes they are. That might be a cheap way to get to HO bulbs.
 
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