Quote Originally Posted by Bodom Children Of
Next, you need the light fixtures. For the 22gal tubs the 18in, 3light fixture from Lowe's is ideal. You need two fixtures one for each side of the box.
Both fixtures cost me $19.74 before tax.
First things first,

Bodom: I'm new here, and I've been reading lots of your posts. EVERYTHING you build kicks ASS. That said, I don't want you to think I'm stealing your thunder here.

Everyone else: If you're cheap like me, you're probably trying to hack this thing together with enough left over to buy a blunt while you wait for your shit to sprout. If you've got some spare materials laying around like a peanut butter jar full of machine screws etc, check out the light fixture I built myself. http://boards.cannabis.com/indoor-gr...t-fixture.html If you have some of the smaller materials required, you can build this for about half the cost of ready made stuff at home depot. If you don't have some material lying around, you'll probably save less. I like my design because of the versatility...

Quote Originally Posted by Sunnyvale420
Bodom, You have been inspiring to me and others on this forum I'm sure. I've been lurking for a while... getting ideas, formulating plans, growing eyes in the back of my head...

My Question(s):
I bought a similar bathroom fixture but promptly returned it because of the safety warning of MAX 60W Globe Light per socket. #1 Do I disregard the bulb type they call for on the packaging (Globe PAR whatever)? #2 Do you think it would be safe to exceed the MAX Wattage warning if only by a bit? I wanted to run two 43W cfl's from each socket on the fixture. #3 Do Ijust bite the bullet and grab two fixtures? I also picked up from the Depot a "Tool Replacement Cord" rated 16 gauge - 13 Amp - 125V. #4 Are standard light sockets wired with 16 guage?

Thanks for any help Bodom... OR anyone else that might chime in. Cheers!
Sunnyvale420: Remember, when you buy one of these compact fluorescent bulbs from walmart or wherever, the wattage is not the actual wattage. For example the "100 watt" compact fluorescent bulbs I bought from walmart (made by GE) only take 26 watts apiece. The "100 watts" is an incandescent equivalent. Or, in other words, they only use 26 watts of electricity apiece, but because they use fluorescent technology, and not a fillament, they put out the same ammount of light as a 100 watt (traditional, fillament, incandescent, hot ass burn your fingers) light bulb. They usually print the actual wattage in smaller print somewhere else on the box. They want you to see the equivalent wattage so that when you buy one, you have a reference to a technology you are familiar with to guess how bright it will be. That said, you SHOULD (I'm not an electrician) be safe using these bulbs in that fixture, because the maximum wattage per socket is 60, and you would be only using 26watts per socket.