1st time setup please look and "peer edit"

[loaduponguns711]

I made this out of a cardboard box that my computer came in and covered it in tin foil and put two computer fans blowing air in and one ventilating out. The seed is just from some merch but I want to just try to grow for the fun of it before i invest money. That is a desk lamp with a 100 watt bulb in it.

Please leave any comments that would be great just help a fellow out.

loaduponguns711 Reviewed by loaduponguns711 on 01-25-2008. 1st time setup please look and "peer edit" I made this out of a cardboard box that my computer came in and covered it in tin foil and put two computer fans blowing air in and one ventilating out. The seed is just from some merch but I want to just try to grow for the fun of it before i invest money. That is a desk lamp with a 100 watt bulb in it. Please leave any comments that would be great just help a fellow out. http://inlinethumb61.webshots.com/42620/2855806470067748783S600x600Q85.jpg Rating: 5

[midlifecrisis]

Reminds me a bit of my first.......

Is that tin foil? if so ditch it for mylar or my first I used white poster board I had laying around.

I hope you at least have a cfl in that lamp, if not do so, incandescent light is no good.

Lastly get the light closer, she is stretching, search the growing section and you will find most all your questions answered.

Good luck to ya!

[twitch]

get a couple more lights
get 5 more seedlings going.. because what if that is a male then the 1 to 2 months u spent getting it there is a waste

[sarah louise]

You have a 100W bulb in that desk lamp?

Please tell me it is a 23W CFL (equiv to 100W incandescent), because otherwise you are risking an overload.

Most desk lamps are only supposed to run between a 40W and 60W incandescent bulb, so a 100W bulb burning in a desk lamp, inside a big cardboard box, is a house fire waiting to happen.

Also, that sort of hooded desk lamp is designed for an incandescent bulb that loses heat from the front of the bulb. The CFL bulb produces most of its heat in the ballast and in that sort of lamp there is very little air space around the ballast. Even a 23W CFL will overheat without some sort of extra cooling.

I use a similar sort of lamp for seedlings (in the bathroom rather than a box) and have to keep a fan running to cool the bulbs. Twenty minutes without the fan and the lamp shade is too hot to touch, an hour will trip the circuit breaker. I should note it is summer here and that may be influencing the speed of overheating.

Is it possible to remove the metal shade and just run the bulb bare? that way the lamp will at least have the space inside the box to discharge some of the heat.

Be careful :hippy:

[loaduponguns711]

yeah i kinda figured that was a fire hazard hahah i need to buy some lights for plants. what type would be good for this?

[sarah louise]

sounds like time for some reading ~ Cannabis FAQs / FAQ , Recipes, Medical Marijuana