Is UV light energy efficient?

GrowinTheDank

GrowinTheDank

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I'm planning on using some black lights I have laying around during the flowering period (for increased trichrome production). I have like 6 of these bad boys though and I want to know the following:

1. How many should I hang up? I'm thinking 2
2. Are they known to be energy efficient (title lol)
3. When running for an extended period of time, do you think I will experience any heat issues?

Thanks in advance :leaf:
 
guod

guod

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no Answers, but more questions

1. How many should I hang up? I'm thinking 2
? Roomsize, Nr. of Plants; what Light ...
 
DO3SHA

DO3SHA

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Reptile bulbs, some people do the peak 4 hours of the 12 hours with lights on some run them the full 12 hours personal preference and preference on strain I noticed one of my plants loves it the other could care less
 
GrowinTheDank

GrowinTheDank

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420God said:
It's not black lights for trich production, you want to use UVB lighting like for reptile cages.

~~~> http://www.amazon.com/Repti-Glo-Compact-Fluorescent-Terrarium-26-Watt/dp/B00101GDIG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346511780&sr=8-1&keywords=uvb
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Ok, thank you for the link.

guod said:
no Answers, but more questions

1. How many should I hang up? I'm thinking 2
? Roomsize, Nr. of Plants; what Light ...
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Roomsize = 9x2x8.5
Nr. of Plants = 4
what Light = 4ft 8 bulb Sun Blaze T5 Light and Black Lights (or I guess UVB lights)

DO3SHA said:
Reptile bulbs, some people do the peak 4 hours of the 12 hours with lights on some run them the full 12 hours personal preference and preference on strain I noticed one of my plants loves it the other could care less
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I guess I'll play with it and see what my plants like. Thanks for the post.
 
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