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	09-29-2013, 05:34 AM #23 Senior Member Senior Member
 NEED INTRUCTION FOR LAMP!yea as I suspected!! very nice, prob the best paper box setup ive ever seen. 
 
 ok if this is the case here is what I would do. your using almost the same amount of space I am.
 
 the trick to cfl growing is getting a nice good even spread of a light array over your plants.
 
 so to remedy this, I did about 8 months of research before I dove into a cfl setup. and what I came up with has worked.
 1. cfl lights emit more light on the sides
 2. the more lights the better
 3. a couple fans in various spots to create a wind tunnel of air flow ( as jbone77 mentioned )
 4. I find that 24w bulbs work fine (and keep the heat very low) 1600-1750 lumen each
 5. for flowering I use 8-14bulbs depending on how many plants (which the results are in my user profile photo album you can look)
 6. total watts for my 8 bulbs is 192w which is around 15,000 lumen
 7. with 14 bulbs its around 25,000 lumen
 
 now you could use stronger bulbs & fewer of them, but they will get hotter much much hotter, 2 125-150w cfl grow bulbs puts out as much heat as 20 24w bulbs. now the 24w bulbs are spaced out far enuph apart so it allows the air flow tunnel to dissipate the heat much faster.
 
 here is what you should look into getting for a decent cfl setup with a proper light spread
 goto your local hardware store, get
 1. 4-8 socket vanity mirror fixture $9-15.00 (im using- Hampton Bay Brushed Nickel 4-Light Bath Bar from home depot)
 2. power cable to wire it $5.00
 3. four Y bulb splitters ( the splitter are very important because it will angle the cfl bulb so more usable light is seen and consumed by the plant)
 4. 4-8 bulbs you can expand as your plants grow
 5. 1 fan blowing on the bulbs or near them to dissipate the little heat they do emit
 5b. 1 fan to blow slow wind on your plants to strengthen the stalk so it can hold BIG BUDS!
 6. roll of thin metal to make a reflector if you need
 7. chain to hoist it
 8. something to hold everything, Im using a pvc pipe hanging rig that I made
 
 also if you want taller plants you need to move your lights farther away from the plant, I just harvest three 4.5 ft plants grown under cfl's. So tall plants can be done its just the lower portions don't get enuph light. so what. I added more light on the lower sides, and anything that grows scraggly I use them as a seed farm to create my own seeds/strain, works like a charm.
 
 here some pics of the various stages of my light setup
 
 :thumbsup:
 
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