Cooler..250 mh or 12 26 watt cfls?

[AllforMe]

what would run cooler? A 250 watt mh with remoted ballast out of cab, or, my current setup of 12 26 watt cfls. If the mh is cooler, then I don't need to aircool it! Those cfls run pretty hot!

[psteve]

+/- the same.
The point of 'you'd be better off with HID' comes right around 200 watts.

[texas grass]

it will be cheaper and more effective and more lumens to have the hid lighting. it is always better to aircool/ cool any setup so you can have good happy plants close to the lights. go with the hid and use the cfl for clone and maybe some supplemental

[AllforMe]

Never mind! I can get an air cooled digital 600 watt hps AND a mh conversion bulb for my current 400watt aircooled hood for 50$ more than the 250 watt mh. looks like I'm gonna go that way! Thanks tho!