hi just got myself 2 20w=100w cfl's which is only 1200Lm each, but the thing is the box the bulb came in says i am not alowed to use timers with it ... :S
why?
I have a timer and i prefer to use it because i want to do the 16/8 cycle, so my setup is: the lights are pluged into a four hole extension and that plugged into a timer that is plugged into the mains...
(well acutally the timer is plugged up into another extension to which my pc, ps2, tv, arial, monitor, modem, printer, lol are plugged into which i find to be a fire hazzard so ill need more longer extensions just for the setup lol but that will be sorted out by the end of the week too.)
but i was wondering because the timer just turned the lights off a second ago to test and nothing went wrong, why could it not work? it also says no dimmer swiches and not for 'photo cell circuits' whatever they are...

Anyway the bulb replaced the halogen which was really hot and even more of a fire hazard lol. also is the cfl meant to make a smell when i leave the door closed than open it?(like burny, hoty, sort of smell) I mean it oculd be due to bad ventilation...
Now i just need either one of those Y adapters or another socket to hang my second cfl bulb, (proabbly another socket, than y adapters, as sockets are 1pound each lol and i havnt yet found any adapters but a while later ill get the adapters too to hang 4 )
than i need a fan (i found a nice computer fan which can take 240v so ill be able to conenct that to the mains) plan to sort that out by end of week,
and than one more job left to sort out he gaps in the door before flowering... that i havnt thout out fully yet but i got some ideas going (like carpet bending inwards around the door edges lol)

Thanks all here is some pics!
the first one is the packaging that says no timer ,the second is the cfl, the third is the timer, the fourth is how i plan to do the cfls and the last one is how the right seedling looks (left one is fine too i guess middle one has been moved to the left bu is still called mildde one as i think i gave it light too soon after sporuting or something (maybe too much water) cos his just shriveled up and staying that way... the right one i hope isnt too tall its currently about 3 inches and only has 4 leaves (including those round ones... :S)