Compact Fluorescent Light Discussion

[JEFFAR420]

I got a fixture with 3 lights all wired up to 2 wires, then i had to buy a cord (which belonged to a halogen light) I had to cut off that connector and stip the the rubber casing around the wires so i could actually see some wire. Then i took the 2 wires from the fixture, and the 2 wires from my modified cord and twisted left with left and right with right, covered it up with electical tape and it works fine

[scottw225]

ok, I have a hypothetical question for you guys.. Lets say we have a grow box, 4'Lx 34"wx5.2'H. Lets say they used a 400w hid, but couldn't afford a vented hood, and due to privacy issues, they tried to enclose my box and the heat got too high, so they had to keep the front open. The garden, would be a sat strain, that requires many lumens, with the 400w hid was very successful and very very nice fruit. But due to privacy and secuity issues, we would use a pure Flouro Envoirment.

Lets say, there are 4 4' shop fixtures on each side of the box, 1 40w warm, and 1 40w cool in each fixture. So, 16 tubes, producing 3000+ lumens each. On the top, 3 150w cfl in clamped sockets producing 1700+ lumens each. Here is the question. In your experienced opinions, do you think it would be a successful endevor to grow a Sat strain, in the following envoirement?

If both 4' walls were covered with 7 4' shop lights each side with 1 ea warm/cool 40w, in a fixture. At one end there would 4 maybe 5 more shop lights, and that would add 8-10 more bulbs. The plant would be lst'd, so it would be bend toward the back, ---> Now, the top would be a Bat Wing reflector attached to a 2x4, Homedepot, sells little clamped light sockets that would be clamped on and the lights would be under it and adjusted to use the bat wing as the reflector. It would be adjustable, to be lowered and raised. Each side would be 3 socket with adaptors to hold 2 warm 150w cfls, for a total of 12. So lets do the math...
Each 4' side would have a totol of 14 bulbs @ 3000 lumens = 42000 lumens. so Both sides would be a total of 82000 lumens. The back side would add a minimum of 8 lights, producing 24000 lumens. So the plant would be surrounded with a total of 106000 lumens. Add the top, 12 lights producing 1700 lumens= 20000+ lumens. So there would over 120000 lumens of light,
Lets say the garden will be done in a DWC, instead of Soil. Do you think this would be enough to grow a Sativa Dom strain?

[MrMR]

hey what does CTT? mean

[doco]

That's plenty of light Scott but sativa can be quite tall.....youre gonna be busy trying to keep the plants tied down or topped...if your space is 5'2" and you have a 400w light that needs to be 15" or so from the tops...

[Pezzo]

i havent reli read the forum but your plants look very nice!

[Pezzo]

on the first page i mean lol

[MrMR]

So what does CTT? waht does it mean or stand for?

[JEFFAR420]

If you mean CCT, it stands for correlated color temperature and is mesured in kelvin (K)

[scottw225]

That's plenty of light Scott but sativa can be quite tall.....youre gonna be busy trying to keep the plants tied down or topped...if your space is 5'2" and you have a 400w light that needs to be 15" or so from the tops...

Yeah, i agree, i was wondering if the situation were only fluro's.. and the 400w hps wasn't going to used. instead use 10 150 warm cfl's under a bat wing for the top. that would be aprox 27000 lumens.. along with 100,000 lumens of the shop lights surrounding the plants..

[Horsefeathers]

ok, I have a hypothetical question for you guys.. Lets say we have a grow box, 4'Lx 34"wx5.2'H. Lets say they used a 400w hid, but couldn't afford a vented hood, and due to privacy issues, they tried to enclose my box and the heat got too high, so they had to keep the front open. The garden, would be a sat strain, that requires many lumens, with the 400w hid was very successful and very very nice fruit. But due to privacy and secuity issues, we would use a pure Flouro Envoirment.

Lets say, there are 4 4' shop fixtures on each side of the box, 1 40w warm, and 1 40w cool in each fixture. So, 16 tubes, producing 3000+ lumens each. On the top, 3 150w cfl in clamped sockets producing 1700+ lumens each. Here is the question. In your experienced opinions, do you think it would be a successful endevor to grow a Sat strain, in the following envoirement?

If both 4' walls were covered with 7 4' shop lights each side with 1 ea warm/cool 40w, in a fixture. At one end there would 4 maybe 5 more shop lights, and that would add 8-10 more bulbs. The plant would be lst'd, so it would be bend toward the back, ---> Now, the top would be a Bat Wing reflector attached to a 2x4, Homedepot, sells little clamped light sockets that would be clamped on and the lights would be under it and adjusted to use the bat wing as the reflector. It would be adjustable, to be lowered and raised. Each side would be 3 socket with adaptors to hold 2 warm 150w cfls, for a total of 12. So lets do the math...
Each 4' side would have a totol of 14 bulbs @ 3000 lumens = 42000 lumens. so Both sides would be a total of 82000 lumens. The back side would add a minimum of 8 lights, producing 24000 lumens. So the plant would be surrounded with a total of 106000 lumens. Add the top, 12 lights producing 1700 lumens= 20000+ lumens. So there would over 120000 lumens of light,
Lets say the garden will be done in a DWC, instead of Soil. Do you think this would be enough to grow a Sativa Dom strain?

Naw, that stuff won't get you anywhere. What you need to do is call NASA and have them bring you a star to put into your grow box. I suggest the most powerful one you could afford. In a grow box the size you're using you'll also have to get a black hole to suck up all the excess heat but the results will be worth it until you can afford to get something better.