Ok- Need the real story on cfl's!!!

awsome. thanks for all of the replies. im deff gonna get one of those 150 watt setups. sounds like itll work well. i have a limited space so im not shure that will work too well if its one of the evirolites that are pretty big but ill deff go look at them and see what i can do. id deff like to see pictures of that set up and thanks for all of your help. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by J DOG 6000

HPS = high pressure sodium

You can buy a 150 watt cfl that runs of 40 watt fixture for 9.99 at Home DEpot.
The socket is 4 bucks and the cord is another 4. dollars.So for
20 bucks...you can put your own 150 watt cfl light together.
I'm about to buy 2 of those set ups and put them together.So I'll post a how too when I get everything together in a couple dayz.
Also I will be making a reflective cover that will be mounted over the lights, so any light that go's up will bounce back down.I'll make this with cardboard and mylar...But it has to be mounted far enough away to not catch fire.Infact cardbored isn't the best thing to use.Maybe a sheet of aluminum painted white or covered in mylar(havn't desided yet):thumbsup:

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Hello J DOG, What I did is got some aluminum flashing(from home supply) that is 14" wide and 26" long and cut and bent to make a rectangle shaped hood that measures 14"long x 5" wide(a little wider at bottom) x 5" high. Then I put a hole in the middle for a light socket, put it in, Then I got a fitting that screwws into socket and has 2 light socket that kind of looks like an upside down Y. Now I have a hood with 2-150 watt cfl's. I made 3 of these and they are working great. I will try to get a pic on here soon.

My local walmart has the 150's for $8.96ea.

Here is a break down per hood:
flashing $1.00
socket $2.95
Y socket$1.95
wire and plugs $2.00
150 watt cfl's(2x) $17.95
Total approx. $25.00 per hood(including bulbs)

is the 150w the actual wattage?? or is it a lower number lyk 55w?

42 watt cfl = 150 watt light. Each 150 watt cfl has 2700 lumens.

the lower number is the one to go by!

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Originally Posted by justaseed

the lower number is the one to go by!

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thats pretty much the best cfls to but for the price and the lumens.there are 45w but only 2800 lumen and the bulb are huge compare to the 42w:thumbsup:

i use the 45's in my stealth cab with excellent results

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Originally Posted by J DOG 6000

So for
20 bucks...you can put your own 150 watt cfl light together.

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No, you can't. You can put together a 42 watt light. Marijuana growers need to completely ignore the second number, as it is useless to us. Please don't use that inflated number when referring to your lights, it only confuses people.

The 42 is what it uses, It puts out the same light as a 150. So what's your problem?? The output is what you want, And that is 150!!!

I'm new at this, But I was not born yesterday!