962 watts of CFLs

[redsunknight]

I went to Ace yesterday and they had a sale that I just couldn't pass up! They had a shelf ranging from 13 watt to 26 watt CFLs for only 99 cents each! Plus They had the 20% off of whatever you can fit in their bag, so I ended up paying around 80 cents per CFL. I bought 37 :smokin:

So for those growers out there who are on a tight budget, go checkout Ace Hardware, the sale still might be going on.

Heres a pic of what they look like, and then a pic of one of my little girls;

redsunknight Reviewed by redsunknight on 11-11-2007. 962 watts of CFLs I went to Ace yesterday and they had a sale that I just couldn't pass up! They had a shelf ranging from 13 watt to 26 watt CFLs for only 99 cents each! Plus They had the 20% off of whatever you can fit in their bag, so I ended up paying around 80 cents per CFL. I bought 37 :smokin: So for those growers out there who are on a tight budget, go checkout Ace Hardware, the sale still might be going on. Heres a pic of what they look like, and then a pic of one of my little girls; Rating: 5

[KL4D4]

wow thats crazy

[NorCal Grown]

wow, 1000w for around $30. what are the plans for mounting them? would be pricey to buy 37 sockets, maybe mount the lights to a board and solder wires to the contacts......?? good luck

[Opie Yutts]

That's a lot of bulbs. I couldn't read a color temperature on the packages. Are these for veg or bud? Remember you want the 2700K for bud, which is what those are I am assuming. For vegging you'll want the 5500K bulbs.

[redsunknight]

They are for budding.

I'm still trying to figure out how to mount them... I was able to solder 16 of the bulbs so that they hang individually and connected them to one heavy duty 660 watt plug in, but it took a long time to do that.

I want to make some kind of box to hold 5 bulbs at a time, any ideas?

Im too cheap to buy ceramic sockets, but it would make it much more simple...

[Paht_Hed]

Buy some weatherproof sockets and some y splitter to stretch your cash. Nice pickup on those bulbs even though you only have flowering spectrums. You can grow at least 10 plants with that many bulbs.

[Tendril.traY]

so your going to wire them all for flower room?

Im kinda doing this, but on a smaller level.

To start, Invest in the ceramic! save your lunch money. its worth it, if you do it do it right ya dig!

I've got 4, (1-2') pvc lengths, 3 L-bows pvc, 1 T pvc 6-8 ceramic sockets with mounts
length of cord with ground but the sockets can have either. and extra wire.
fit the sockets any way you fancy to the pvc wire up b-b,w-w, cap off wires fit a switch if you may.
mount a chain to support.

test :stoned:
and if it works it works if not somethings wrong.

~T.T.~

[klondike_bar]

dear-sweet-lordy......i get 26watters for about 4$ each.... damn u canadian tire!!!!

id suggest using only 1/2 at a time or so. 900watts of that shit is like 2000-3000watts of any other lights, if not more (it says 26w = 100w, buts thats a bit exagerated)

PS: expect about 5 of those bulbs to stop working within the first month. spiral CFLs are notorious for havin bad batches of low-life bulbs

[Jerry Garcia 2007]

You say your soldering them together, I hope you have an electrical background and Know what you are doing.

Remember: Going cheap on wiring is a recipie for disaster, I don't see a big fire hazard with your plan but I do see a big electricution hazard with your plan.

I would buy some boards and mount electrical boxes to them and use standard white plastic socket plates and wire it properly. Plastic blue box less than $1.00 each, white plastic socket around a $1.00 each.

JMO
Better to be safe than dead!

[Opie Yutts]

Great snag. You're probably aware, but you can get a Y adapter that is one regular screw in socket, but has 2 spots for bulbs. Anyway, might help in your design.