cfl's !!!

[redeye]

All i want no is wer can get sum cfl's ive looked on ebay and they only sell hydrophonics wich are well out of my price range.ive heard u can get cfl's from wal mart but i liv in england and we dont hav walmart here!! please i need help my plant is not guna be worth smoking !! do garden shops sell cfl's and do i just ask for cfl's or are they caleed something else?? thanks :)

[ganjamania]

I live in the UK too and have seen CFL's in Homebase, but think u can get em in Wickes, B&Q and all places like that - don't think garden centres sell em though, and if they do they're prob well overpriced. Hope that's helped

[HARDDON]

http://www.fullspectrumsolutions.com/compact_fluorescent_32_ctg.htm


PCFU659155
65watt = 300W bulb

Size: 4" x 8 1/2"
Lumens: 4100
Life Hours: 8,000
Price: $29.00ea
Price 6 - 11: $26.00ea
Price 12+: $24.00ea & *Free shipping
Temp: 5500K


Best low cost True Full Spectrum CFL you can buy.

No mogul socket required....low heat output...can be mounted base up.

Very very good lights...

A HARD ON "BEST BUY"

Two of these for each sq. ft. of grow space for veg will produce thick, full, dense, short internodal foilage and completly prep for flower time.

During flower, lights are moved to lower sections to create intense flower action on low portions of plants.

[latewood]

I found 45watt at walmart for 8 bucks each...they are spiral bulbs, soft white, maybe not the best, but better than nothing...I put mine among the lower vegitation as side lighting help for 400mh/250hps uptop...these bulbs with builtin ballast are about a foot long

[marijuanavillebilly]

ive found a 300w CFL for $18.95 at home depot and lowes they are huge you cant miss them. they use a standard socket just twits it in and flip the switch and wham! bright freaking light get 2 or more more watts = more bud!

[SunnySativa]

Yea most bigger hardware stores will have them, just cruise through the Lamp and Bulb section, you should find a couple different ranges of wattage

[klondike_bar]

haha that site has a 55watter to replace 250w incandescents. thats freaking enormous!

[TheRooster]

So can you just plop these massive bulbs in a light socket or a lamp base or what have you? Or do these lamps or sockets needed to be rated up to 200W? Or just the 42 that these say they draw?

[Orzy]

If they say they draw 42 watts then make sure whatever you're screwing them into can handle 42 watts.


That other number doesn't really mean anything.

[klondike_bar]

how can it NOT handle 45watts? a regular lightbulb is 60-100watts

[marijuanavillebilly]

the 300 watters are self balasted so the only thing you gotta do is screw it in plug the wire in and flip a switch.

[Opie Yutts]

Please remember that it is best if you buy cool bulbs (bluer, harder to find, and more expensive) for vegging. Look for 5500 or 6000K in color. If it doesn't say something on the package about it being something other than your ordinary CFL, then it's probably not. For budding you want a more reddish light, like the more common CFLs (2700K).

I snagged a bunch of 23 W blue ones at Bi-mart for $3 each.