CFL help

[HansBud]

Hey everyone so today I received what I thought was a pretty good deal I got a 200 watt CFL grow bulb 6400k with this hood socket for $30 now the problem I have is the socket for the bulb has no way of staying secure in the hood wondering if any one would know a possible solution or what the fitting piece is called

 

[GrowinDad]

I would find some sort of rubber washer that works. If not, the metal kind of duct tape...

 

[thenewman187]

I would just wedge some card board PCs in the sides and use some Pl premium it will never move.

 

[HansBud]

Thanks guys I'm gonna try the rubber washer idea, guarantee you it's gonna be a plumbing part haha, and if worst comes to worst it'll have to.be a vertical light

 

[420BongRips]

This is kind of irrelevant but put some mylar on that

 

[HansBud]

Over the metal that's already there?

 

[420BongRips]

Yeah lol I guess. I would try anyway, but that's just me

 

[HansBud]

I hear ya definitely give it a shot!

 

[whitebb2727]

Over the metal that's already there?

Don't put mylar. That is dimpled or hammer tone aluminium. You won't gain much from mylar.

I would just get a new socket for the light to screw into. Go to Lowes and look in the lighting section. I'm sure you could find a base that you could.make work.

 

[HansBud]

Don't put mylar. That is dimpled or hammer tone aluminium. You won't gain much from mylar.

I would just get a new socket for the light to screw into. Go to Lowes and look in the lighting section. I'm sure you could find a base that you could.make work.

Ahh ok didn't put that into consideration so are you saying what's on there is already crap? I was thinking I could also remove it and leave it white

And yes I'll definitely scan some.home improvement stores

 

[whitebb2727]

Ahh ok didn't put that into consideration so are you saying what's on there is already crap? I was thinking I could also remove it and leave it white

And yes I'll definitely scan some.home improvement stores

I mean leave it like it is. It will reflect just fine. Better than white and what you would gain with mylar is not enough to justify the work.

 

[SPLFreak808]

Sometimes you gotta customize some shit to make it work. Heres a little example, find a sleeve that fits over the mogul mount (like a pvc pipe) and make sure it fits in the hood's mounting hole, slip it all in and jb weld that sucker from both ends.

 

[HansBud]

Well for now I decided to go with the cheapest and easiest solution (don't judge haha) this seems to be working for my set up