Hey folks,

For Christmas, I received a new cabinet. Its a utility cabinet that fits in the garage without standing out. It 72" high, 48" wide, and 22" deep and all white inside and out.

Today I bought some additional CFLs and a fixture to put in it along with some T8's with fixtures. The idea is to mount the T8's vertically on each side with the CFL's mounting on a hanging platform from up above.

The T8's are Phillips high color rendering, 48 inches long, 32 watts, 6500K bulbs X 4

The CFL's are 100 watt, 26 actual, 1600 lumens each, 6500K X 16

I'm hoping this will provide a lighting system that supports vegetation form the sides and underneath as well as above without the higher heat temps from an HPS system. Bear in mind I will not be growing more than four to six floor plants at a time. I'm still going to mod it to use an high (100 0r higher) CFM inline fan and a passive outlet and thinking about lining the inside with mylar just because...

Thoughts, Input, Guidance? I'm very excited about the new cab and assembling it all tomorrow!!! A Pothead with a new toy!!! WoooHooo!!!
Phunnyman Reviewed by Phunnyman on . New Cab and Lighting Question...Redtails, DutchPimp, Bones and others chime in please Hey folks, For Christmas, I received a new cabinet. Its a utility cabinet that fits in the garage without standing out. It 72" high, 48" wide, and 22" deep and all white inside and out. Today I bought some additional CFLs and a fixture to put in it along with some T8's with fixtures. The idea is to mount the T8's vertically on each side with the CFL's mounting on a hanging platform from up above. The T8's are Phillips high color rendering, 48 inches long, 32 watts, 6500K bulbs X 4 Rating: 5