Quote Originally Posted by ShastaCoMan
actually, i can do one better. i went by and got the exact same light at our local hardware store about 1/2 hour ago so i can try it myself. heres a picture of the light hes using ( and i got). it was really cheap, $37.99, its self contained with its own reflector, and puts out 500w of light ( the box says it will cover a 40ft by 40ft area without any issues with sun bright light). the color rendering index on the light is about 80 (out of 100, which is pure sunlight) and it is BRIGHT AS F**K. you cant look at it directly when its plugged in, plus, no heat. it comes with its own swivel base for mounting too. with the light output and as cheap as they are, a person could get several and mount them aove, below, on all the walls all the way around your grow ect and really throw the light out. plus, it says it only uses 10 cents of electricity per kilowatt hour, which is pretty damn cheap. you could put up literally 10,000 watts of light with these things and it wouldnt be shit. youd have to wear some kick ass sunglasses though when you went in your growroom.


my grow room is about 12ft wide ( i think, cant remeber exactly right now, damn romulan) but what im gonna do is im gonna get a couple of more of these (they only had one, so i ordered 2 more) and mount one on 3 sides of my grow and wire them into my timers so when my overheads come on those will to. i can see it now. so much ice clean light on your grow ya gotta turn them off to see your plants!...WoOHOO!

once i can get into my growroom ( after 3pm, its on 12/12) ill plug it up and take a couple of pix and post them

anyway, the one picture is of the lights box, and the other i tried to take a pik of the light with it on, but its just to damn bright.
Very interesting shasta man.....thanks for the info....let us know how it goes! :jointsmile:
moody420 Reviewed by moody420 on . Lighting Grow From Underneath? i went by a buddies place this morning to check out his grow for him and see how things were going. hes growing in a space about the same size as mine. hes got 8 plants (4ft tall) on flower right now with 1 1000w MH above them (he never uses HPS and always grows nice tight crystallized potent firebud) , but he has a 500w output florescent on the ground shining up into his plants. in the middle of his grow. ive been growing for years and never saw such a thing (side lighting?...yea, Rating: 5