ok, so 8 26watt lights is about 208watts...add the flourescent tubes at about 20watts a bulb x4 is 80watts...u could get a 250watt hps that would work much better than all those cfl's and flourescents and use about the same wattage...i use cfl's for the first two weeks of growth and i use 6-43watt cfl's during those two weeks...then i use a 400w hps with a metal halide conversion bulb...the growth is amazing...cfl's are cool but u gotta go for the hps for flowering and mh for vegging if you're gonna use that many cfl's...in my humble opinion...htgsupply.com sells the whole light system for under a 100$...close to the price of all the flouros and cfl's