lighting help pleasseee

[Trev]

i need to light a 32 inch tall by 20 inch wide by 10 inch deep cab for 50 bucks or cheaper, and suggestions?!

ive thought about maybe buying 12-14watt CFLs?
any help welcome.

 

[Sleepy]

damn, another 6 inches and you could do 2 foot shoplights...

CFL's might be the best for that size cab...

maybe some of the micro growers would have a better solution.

are you in a hurry to get started?

the more planning you do now, the easier things will be down the road.

 

[pontiac]

Sleepys right about the 2' shoplights, theyre the best way to go, IMHO. I reccomend you go to HomeDepot and get the MillsPride U2 30" Base cabinet.

 

[Trev]

im think 12-14 watters will suit me nicely, im gunna do a U bow type scrog with 2 plants. will be cramped definetly but im sure its possible. what is that 168 watts? sorry if my math sucks haha.

 

[pontiac]

Yea thats 168 watts, but you should consider getting larger wattage bulbs. I'm saying this because fluoros (or any bulb) of smaller wattage has a smaller lumens to watt ratio than a larger wattage bulb, meaning they arent as efficent. So you should get 6-28 watt bulbs for better efficiency.

 

[Trev]

haha but the smaller ones are real real cheap. compared to the 55 watters or 28 watters even, i can get 20-13 watters for the price of 4 30 watters

 

[Trev]

i might attempt the retarded and buy 20-13 watters and try and stuff them all in a box, wouldnt that be a sight? i saw some 105 watters on ebay for 28 a peice i think ill go with those?

 

[R00KIE]

Here's an idea.... Why not go to the hardware store and buy a 150 metal halide...
I am sure it would produce more buds than cfl's at the same price but i have no comparison. Never tried the mh.....
Cfl's do produce nice buds and if you do it right you can get quite a bit but light penetration is not all that great....
I see those metal halides round here for like 30-40 bucks. Mecury vapor actually now that I think about it but the mh bulbs work too.

 

[bostrom155]

Trev, get a 150HPS it would be perfect. 18 bucks for the ballast and 7 for the bulb. Go to ballist kits.
http://www.e-conolight.com/Product/EProductDetail.asp?ProductFamilyID=14&FGNumber=E-BLH151