Is this CFL good to start?

[SyKo]

cool thanks for the info,your right n i didnt expect much when i bought them i just seen full spectrum n the cheap price .i am just tryin to go cheap for veg lights,cuz i spent all my cash on flowering lights .and im going 12/12 at 30 days plus im not planning on havin mine as big as yours at 30 days due to the fact im gonna put 1 plant in flowering side every week without running outa room ,so i can (hopfully) harvest one a week.friend of my dads has a set up like that n hooked me up with some good lookin clones with preflowers already on it .not sure what strain exactly,its real skunky every one calls it B weed in our area .he's been growin it for 15 years now.all i know is i can only take 2 hits of it before work or ill be fuckin everything up all night.

[HARDDON]

Hey I saw at Home Depot tonight the 65 CFL I think you saw. $13.00 I think.

But that didnt include the mogul socket they needed. Im sure it the same light too.

The need a ballast....lights didnt look bad actually....but i guess you get what you pay for. WHo knows, might be a good bulb....jsut dont know how long they might last...

[harmonicminor]

I bought one of the outside lights from home depot thats a 65w lights of america 6500k light. It has its own reflector and mogul socket. All I had to do was install a power cord. Another thing this bulb puts out like 8000 lumens. it was around $35
I also have a teklight t5 4 bulb unit that puts out 20,000 lumens and seems a hell of a lot brighter. I also bought a couple $12 2 bulb shoplights with the t8 bulbs and I bought a ballst that runs 4 bulbs and took the one ballast out of one light and installed the new one and bammm more light output. So then I took the other ballast and doubled up ballasts on the remaining light. before I overdrove the other light I did a picture comarison of outputs and the overdriven one was better. You can even overdrive the bulbs to 4x.

[harmonicminor]

heres is a pic on the left is a normal t8 fixture and the middle is my teklight t5 and on the right is the 2x overdriven t8 fixture

[harmonicminor]

http://members.iglou.com/rons0z/lamps/ovdr.htm and heres how its done

[SyKo]

yeah thats the one i seen ,n they got a fixture for it with a reflector like harmon said for 35$,in the outside lights section.id prolly buy it n try it out if the bulb came with it, not sure if it did or not .ill get up there these weekend n check it out.

[harmonicminor]

yup it comes with it but all you need is a two conductor power cord for it

[SyKo]

yeah just went n bought it lol,comes with a 65w=500w 6500k bulb $39 plus tax
its this one here http://www.lightsofamerica.com/floods.htm.u just gotta cover
up the night/day sensor with some black tape.i really dont see how it could = 500W
but thats what they say.plus says on the box its more = to sunlight than a hps,n
i dont see that either.hell it it does the job i say its worth it.if the bulb dont last as long ill just buy a few for 13$ a piece n keep them around.well i gotta go find a spot n dig some holes ,peace

[HARDDON]

You will need at least 3 of those to grow 2 plants with any real density.

Keep it to two plants.

[harmonicminor]

yeah they arent quite as bright as it seems they should be. the T8 overdriven seems to put out more light for me and you can just go buy 2 shoplight t8 fixtures for $12 a piece and make them into 1 you can also mix spectrums.