Quote Originally Posted by Joefarmer
... Anyway I'm psyched for the LED thing and definately see myself throwing in some cfls for flowering. Any tips on the addition of cfls? Any tips on LED growing in general? Last question I promise....I can only vent the closet into the attic which obviously gets hot on its own. So can this extra heat have any adverse effects on the house/attic itself?

Thanks. HOpe to see yall around.
Howdy? J. F.

Aloha, and welcome aboard.

In reverse order;

Li'l extra heat in da attic?
It's a drop in the bucket.
But, as long as you are cutting holes, why not instal a solar powered attic fan? It's chimp easy!
You can amortize the cost from air conditioner savings.

Hope you plan to use an odor sock.
Venting into an attic can stink up da whole house.

And go easy on the nutes n water.
Led growing is kinda "laid-back"
Slow, and gentle with a very "happy ending"

For CFL's? They are not your main source of light when you are using leds, so, a little dab'l do ya.
1. 23W. 2700K. per bloomer is probably too much.
In veg.? I don't bother. I'm very pleased with leds for vegging.
And, don't have final results yet, but I am testing a little "nightcap" of 730nm, ar red.
I'll keep everybody posted.

Regards,
Weezard.