Wal * Mart Florescent

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Just bought 2 @ $11.84 USD ea.
6825 Lumens 65 watt consumption...

[UMrocksmysocks]

nice find,.. those will work.. might go out and buy some for myself :D

[BukDatAss]

yeah but where will you be installing those into(sockets) cause you cant just stick those into any ol home socket? I want to know cause I want to get some CFLs but I dont want to spent to much money on those lights so i was going to get 42w but if you know of cheap sockets for those 65w share the info?

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yeah but where will you be installing those into(sockets) cause you cant just stick those into any ol home socket? I want to know cause I want to get some CFLs but I dont want to spent to much money on those lights so i was going to get 42w but if you know of cheap sockets for those 65w share the info?
They have one black and one white wire... you just go to the electric isle and get a lamp plug then plug it into any outlet...

you can also cut the end off of a extension cord attach the 2 wires to the 2 wires on the light with wire nuts tape it up with electrical black tape and just plug it in to an outlet...

They take the same current as any light or lamp,it's only 65 watts...

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I will post pics of a demo tomorrow if you like...

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I just need to mention that all walmarts are different and may not have the light... this wasn't on a isle shelf,it was one of those center isle displays...

[J DOG 6000]

Nice, those will work well for my Mom closet.
Off to Walmart.
I found the 150 watt cfl bulb for 9.99 at Home Depot, but that one has the ballast and everything, nice.

[MaryjaneMenehune]

please let me know how those work for ya...

[justaseed]

that hood doesn't have the ballast in it? i used a similar 1 and had to remove the ballast from the reflector and wire it up remotely on the back of the grow cab. most cfls will work in a regular socket. that's because the ballast is in the base. you must be careful though home depot and walmart do sell some higher wattage cfls that do not have the ballast included and must be used with the appropriate reflector/hood with inclosed ballast. i made that mistake when i first built my stealth cab. i have not been able to find a cfl with ballast over 45watts except at the hydro store so that 65watter is a great find!

[jettazz]

I use those lights! You do have to wire them up and figure out a way to mount them. They say 6825 lumens but those are brightness lumens,it's actually 4550 phototropic lumens which is the actual number you are after. They work best for seedlings/early veg or would be great for a mother. I used them for flowering and got quite poor results compared to what an HPS will do. Try to keep them very close to the tops of plants and have a fan blowing across as they do get hot. Also I dont use the clear cover that comes with the light cause you can get the bulb closer to the plants without them. I've actually had the tips of the leaves touching the bulb without burning which is why I suggest a fan. You will get tight internodes if you use this light and keep it as close as you can. Below is a pic of a lower section of a plant grown with that exact light.

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the ballast is in the fixture,the screw part of the bulb is larger then a regular bulb... I am going to buy one more fixture as the bulbs are not for sale by themself... Maybe the Home Depot bulbs fit this fixture,I have to check into this...

I think I found a 1000watt HPS fixture online for $119.00,I'll post the link as soon as I am sure the fixture comes with the bulb...

I still have to build my gro cab and get seeds so it will be a while before i test the wally world light...

[J DOG 6000]

Home Depot has those 150 watt cfl's that run of 40 watt fixtures that you can also buy at Home Depot for next to nothing.Thats what I'm getting for my Mom closet.

[BukDatAss]

So you do need a ballast for that 65w bulb from Walmart right?

[sheist]

jettaz, how did u find out the information about "phototropic lumens"?

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jettaz, how did u find out the information about "phototropic lumens"?See pic,I just read and noticed it was on the bottom of the box...

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So you do need a ballast for that 65w bulb from Walmart right? See Pic...

One other thing I noticed is that the fixture has a wired in photocell that would prevent it from lighting up in the day time,Just tape that with black tape to fool it...

[jettazz]

I never noticed that on the bottom of the box, I just read that on the internet lol.