contraptionated
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Roflmao!! You and me both.
How many CFLs do i need?
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Sand4x105
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I am glad to bring you the most 'ridiculous' thing, you have ever heard...
Brush up on the math.... 1200 Watts + of CFL, and it is ridiculous....
Too many CFL's = Oxymoron....
legallyflying
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I think you have it wrong, that many CFL = moron.
I was in the grow store the other day and this guy was soooo excited to show us his mega grow chamber. 4 banks of 8 t5' bulbs set vertically around the plant. We were saying, yeah, looks pretty sweet...I mean he had upwards of 1600 watts going on. Then when we left we started laughing our asses off. "Shouldn't you tell him he could get more production out of a single 1k HPS?" "I tried to when he ordered the extra 3 lights, he just wouldn't listen and kept going on about spectrum and temperature".
For the record though..how many CFL are too much? One.
I was in the grow store the other day and this guy was soooo excited to show us his mega grow chamber. 4 banks of 8 t5' bulbs set vertically around the plant. We were saying, yeah, looks pretty sweet...I mean he had upwards of 1600 watts going on. Then when we left we started laughing our asses off. "Shouldn't you tell him he could get more production out of a single 1k HPS?" "I tried to when he ordered the extra 3 lights, he just wouldn't listen and kept going on about spectrum and temperature".
For the record though..how many CFL are too much? One.
justugh
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the hps are nice but it cost more.........u have alot more heat t5 only increase maybe 10 15 with the right air path and just simple intake and exhust
no need for ac and all that if the outside is decent or if in a basement/well controlled house/apartment (centeral air set for low mid 70s ) basement u get lucky with the downflow of the air so cooler then that 65 63
and the final part t5 u can change and or mix the bulbs in anyset up u want ...uv-a,10000k,6500,5400,3000..................then u have corals and tube shades to change the light
2foot gets 2000 lumens each
4 foot 5000....sometimes more depends on bulbs
no need for ac and all that if the outside is decent or if in a basement/well controlled house/apartment (centeral air set for low mid 70s ) basement u get lucky with the downflow of the air so cooler then that 65 63
and the final part t5 u can change and or mix the bulbs in anyset up u want ...uv-a,10000k,6500,5400,3000..................then u have corals and tube shades to change the light
2foot gets 2000 lumens each
4 foot 5000....sometimes more depends on bulbs
legallyflying
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THhe guy in question, lets call him Captain T5, spent $300 a piece on 4 units. SO that is a total of $1200 or so dollars to produce 1200 watts of light, with less penetrating power and PAR than a single 1k watt setup. Sooooo many people get all hung up on color spectrum and lumens. While color is important, I can tell you that concentrating on lumens is a complete waste of time. From doing some vertical grows I can tell you that lumens and PAR travel differently. Never thought I would see such large and dense buds in areas that where getting very low lumens (lux).
Another important consideration is that watt for watt... CFLs, T5, and incandescent are virtually the same in terms of temperature. Its a simple matter of the conversion of energy. Yes and individual cfl would be cooler than its equivelant incandescent, but only because the CFL is using about 1/3 of the power. CFL, LED, etc are coming along rapidly in terms of their ability to grow plants but at the end of the day, the best production per watt used still goes to HPS bulbs.
Another important consideration is that watt for watt... CFLs, T5, and incandescent are virtually the same in terms of temperature. Its a simple matter of the conversion of energy. Yes and individual cfl would be cooler than its equivelant incandescent, but only because the CFL is using about 1/3 of the power. CFL, LED, etc are coming along rapidly in terms of their ability to grow plants but at the end of the day, the best production per watt used still goes to HPS bulbs.