Quote Originally Posted by M.B.A.
you can get this light at Home Depot for $42 and is very easy to vire up and hang(less than 20mins total). I have 2 of these lights and they are great, the plants love em
Glad you're having success, man. But what I'm saying is that there are easier, cheaper ways of getting as much light. I looked into this a little and found out that the lumen output isn't 100% accurate. The 8000+ lumens are brightness lumens, which aren't what you use for checking/grow lights. In terms of "real" lumens, the 65 watt light has 4550 lumens

Lights of America Fluorex Fluorescent Flood Light

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That's still pretty good...but, again, I want to make clear that a $10 socket/reflector, a $1.50 Y adaptor, and 2 26w bulbs for $7 will put out 3500+ lumens, be pre-wired, cost half as much, and be easily switchable to warm bulbs for flowering (which are even cheaper than the 6500k bulbs). There's a guy selling this exact setup on ebay

ADD COMPACT FLUORESCENT GROW LIGHT to 400 w HPS MH - (eBay item 260183816382 end time Dec-05-07 21:00:00 PST)

for around $45, delivered...which is more than twice as much as you need to spend. If you want to go with the Fluorex light and it works for you, great...but be aware of what its actual lumen rating is and what other types of lights that produce nearly as much output cost.