Alright, I'm gonna have to change some plans. B&Hphoto shipped me the wrong bulbs. On the other hand the ones the sent are much more expensive than what I ordered. Actually, Desmar B&H's supplier sent German made Osram L58W60 five red and one blue. Very hard to get in the US if you actually try. Us equivalent that I've found are from Wildfire, Inc. - F60T8/B - Lamp, FL T8, Blue, 60W At $80 each. I'm thinking Osram might be the actual manufacturer. I paid for Desisti brand tubes $18 each. Problem is these are 60" long. Therefore, I must modify everything. You must always pay for good fortune. Specs: red 3800Lm 658nm peak blue 1600lm 421nm peak. Not a ton of actual lumens, I know but they should all be usable. I still have 2 4' HO 625nm red. 2 4' HO 420nm blue & 2 4' HO 450nm blue all Kinoflo brand unsure of lumen output but they be bright. All together 810watts Flouropower. Guessing about 40,000 lumens at the abusolute minimum (Assuming the KinoFlowBLues are comparable to the Osram). I think they are much brighter that 1600lm though. Adding all this up I might have been better off with LED's.lol. I got the gearbox, gear motor and bearings to turn the tables which all has to change now.
scott9116 Reviewed by scott9116 on . HID Time factor manipulation I've been following the UV-B thread for a while. Cool stuff. Makes me want to get back into growing. But, what really gets me going is the Martian stuff and the light time factors for increasing tric production. I seems to me that, unless you've got a ton of cash for LED's or have alot invested in HPS setups already, it's really hard to get down to the magic 1.8 and decent yield. However, I have some ideas to get closer: Fluorescent Supplemental Lighting: http://kinoflow.com has HO Rating: 5