connorbrown
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Hellbelly: yours looks dangerous.
the best designed CFL fixture!
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hellbelly
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Yes it does.
Looks can be deceiving. It's been running nonstop 18 hrs a day for 16 months. Believe me I was scared to plug it in at first. I didn't leave it turned on alone for the first week or so. It can crank out almost 400w over an area less than 3 sq ft.
Don't try this at home.
smokedupnburnedout
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homedepot hasem it took me awhile to findem but they do
can i see a pic of your set-up?homedepot hasem it took me awhile to findem but they do
StangFreak69
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here is a pic of my set up. its 3x3x5. i have 4 48" 40 watt sunshine cfls, and 6 short cfl's from lowe's. i bought a $13 bathroom fan also and mounted it on the inside, at the top where the air is hottest and 1 90 degree elbow to vent it out. i havent made a carbon filter yet but so far i'm not too worried about the odor b/c it sits inside my shop.
let me know what you guys think
let me know what you guys think
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StangFreak69
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oh, and one thing, the 48" cfls do not last very long when mounted vertical. i have some in my shop for overhead lighting and they are probably 6 years old and still going. but when mounted vertically they may last a couple months or a couple weeks. but they are 6.98 for a pack of two so no big loss. its worth it to me b/c i didnt want to take up even more space and have to build it over 4' wide.
and thats pineapple express from the tude growing in there. in week 7 of flower.
and thats pineapple express from the tude growing in there. in week 7 of flower.
Medical User
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8-10 65 watt CFLsthis is an 8 bulb set up, but can hold up to 10, it is made to hang and it is very light weight
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indyman
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that is with 10 650 watts burnin 1 400 watt mh/hps cost less to run and is cooler than that set up.I use hps for flower and it is alot less on my elec bill and only 1 cord not 8-10 what a mess that is and alot more drag.
indyman i am currently in my 6th week flowering and am now trying to build my 3rd fucking growbox. this is my first grow so i underestimated the size of these suckers. my plant is doing alright but has been through a lot of stress lately with me moving. can anyone tell me why the leaves are twisting and flipping down on the sides? sorry the pic is sideways dont know how to fix it
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indyman
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nice bro that looks great.here is a pic of my set up. its 3x3x5. i have 4 48" 40 watt sunshine cfls, and 6 short cfl's from lowe's. i bought a $13 bathroom fan also and mounted it on the inside, at the top where the air is hottest and 1 90 degree elbow to vent it out. i havent made a carbon filter yet but so far i'm not too worried about the odor b/c it sits inside my shop.
let me know what you guys think
indyman
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Yeh they do that shit 6 weeks in that looks close to norm depends on strain some flower early some flower later.if u can get tiger bloom fox farm's about $20 a bottle or bat gauno for $7 what ever u can afford they both work great .jamacian bat g is best for flowering high in pk nutes,feed up till 1 week before u finish and yellowing of leaf is a natural thing, they do this at latter part of flowering.what nutes if any are u using now.
i have ff TB and BB at half strength of what the websits feeding schedule is and they still get minor nute burn when i feed. i did not give this plant any nutes until 1 week into flowering and thats when i started to see this plant doing weird shit. unless i see any deffencies im not using it any more on this plant. i think the twist might be from the ph in the water. is bottled water ok? or does that have a bad ph? i dont have a ph kit so i cant tell.
and this plant has only started showing signs of budding for three weeks now but it is 6 weeks flowering. is it just a late bloomer and will it get a lot bigger? as you can see the top cola is not very big at all. will time do its thing? or should i expect a very small yield?
Medical User
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I respect that you use MH (my closet has a 50 watt MH too) and HPS (i switch balasts come flowering time to a 75watt HPS)
However I still only have 1 cord, all my lights (the CFLs) are tied in series to one plug, no overheats, and if a chandelier can hold 8 65 watt CFLs mine can hold 6 42 watt and 2 65 watt.
My set up is light weight, the bulbs weigh more than the holder and was cheap as all heck to make one piece of thin plywood 8 sockets , some nails and a lamp cord took me a whole 20 minutes to wire the thing and plug it in. It hangs from lightweight chain tht allows for height adjustment and the top reflector can be split to allow for the MH or HPS to shine down and penetrate deep to the 4 feet of plant.
Again Props for the 400 watt set up, but the purpose of the thread was to reate the best CFL set up. with 8-10 bulbs and be light weight and height adjustable.
Medical User
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newgrowboxgrower
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ha ha, it probably works good, looks dangerous tho
