Quote Originally Posted by intheclouds
42 watt= 2700 lumens:::150 watt(incand)= 2700 lumens
That is what I said.
No, that is not what you said. You said, repeatedly, that you had a 150 watt CFL when you do not. Nobody cares that a 42 watt CFL has the same output as a 150 watt incandescent. NOBODY USES INCANDESCENTS FOR GROWING! When you say something like "my 150 watt works well for growing this" or "I got a 150 watt CFL for $10" or "my 150 watt CFLs make x amount of heat" anybody with half a clue about lighting automatically assumes you are talking about the actual output, and it only makes you look like you have absolutely no clue what you're talking about. This has nothing to do with common sense, if you had any we wouldn't be having this arguement. Maybe you'll find some common sense by the time you get out of high school.

You have a LOT to learn about lighting, and you said yourself you are on your first grow. Instead of pretending like you're an expert when it's obvious you're not, you need to listen to what the real experts are telling you and learn from them.