I'm new here.Hello all.Got a question.Does anybody know where i can get a 5 0r 6 multi head lamp that is strong enough to hold my 10 or 12 cfl?I've seen grow boxes using muti head bath room vanity strip, but are too expensive?Can I use targets $20 5 head dorm lamp? It's only supposed to support 5 40 watt bulbs total. If I use that and 5 y slpitters, would it overload if I use 10 65watt and 105 watt bulbs? And could this start a fire in a 3X3X3 plywood grow box?Please help I want to make cannibutter to cook with.
i'm a new girl,please help...light issue.Thanx
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I'm new here.Hello all.Got a question.Does anybody know where i can get a 5 0r 6 multi head lamp that is strong enough to hold my 10 or 12 cfl?I've seen grow boxes using muti head bath room vanity strip, but are too expensive?Can I use targets $20 5 head dorm lamp? It's only supposed to support 5 40 watt bulbs total. If I use that and 5 y slpitters, would it overload if I use 10 65watt and 105 watt bulbs? And could this start a fire in a 3X3X3 plywood grow box?Please help I want to make cannibutter to cook with.
Natures Cure
Active Member
What are you working with, closet, grow box, grow room, etc.
Your prolly better off buying Fluorescent tubes, what is your budget?
darkdestruction420
Well-Known Member
how much did your cfls cost altogether?
Natures Cure
Active Member
Check out this supply house:
http://www.htcsupply.com
or
http://www.stealthhydro.com
Your better off spending your money on a real growing light and not trying to overload a fixture which may cause a fire.
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darkdestruction420
Well-Known Member
50 bucks aint nowhere near enough, those 65ws are 18 a piece.....plus alot of them are not self ballasted so you need to buy that too, which is another 15-20 each.
ImTheFireMan
Well-Known Member
i think IKEA has a good deal on the lighting strips you might be interested in.
Natures Cure
Active Member
this deal shipped to you would prolly be under $100. Dont screw around with piece-mealing a light in a wooden grow box. ur gonna burn down ur place or worse.
Add $50 buck to the $50 you already got and you got a real horticultural light delivered in less than a week. Don't be in such a hurry.
hope this helps . . . (here is the link to the below product - http://htgsupply.com/viewproduct.asp?productID=53025
HTGSupply 150 watt High Pressure Sodium Grow Light
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Thanks guys, I've done like a week of searching and know that hps is the way to go for the most part,I was going to go with cfls because I thought hps was more dangerous because of the heat. A fire is my biggest concern I really would rather not go too much over using 400 total watts including lights and fans anyway. Should I have some sort of anti flamable material between hps and top of grow box, my light has to be real close to the top when the plants get bigger? remember its 3x3x3.
ImTheFireMan
Well-Known Member
the floro tubes would be good for vegging. plus there is very little heat compared to hps.
i think it will be hard to squeeze a 400w hps into a 3x3x3 space.
i think it will be hard to squeeze a 400w hps into a 3x3x3 space.
thank you.everyone here is so helpful. at least i have some options now. I'm a perfectionist so once i have a near perfect plan and materials, etc.,i'd like to pay it forward and start another thread that shows step by step what i've done. Also getting in person advice from a hydro shop owner i grew up with, gonna give him a call.hahahah--zeeeee perfect plaaaan hahaha
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.sleazyb420
Member
I picked up 4ft 4lamp t5 HO setup for 150 even at my local shop. You're looking at what, half the light? Dunno bout the prices on a 2ft 4lamp but id imagine it be at least 50 less. This is my 2nd grow though, first was done with MH then HPS and had great results. Just cant afford the light bill now, seeing the quanity has went up 3x. I'm happy with t5 so far though, specially happy with the reduced price of my electric bill.
dew-b
Well-Known Member
if i am not mistaked the 65w &105w both need large sockets. the mogel sockets. you can't use standard light sockets to screw those bulbs in. if your using the standard size cfls you could build a milti socket bulb holder with old lamps from good will. get those ulgy lamps for a buck or two. keep the socket toss the rest.
rookie504
Member
I got a question, I am fairly new here and I posted sum pics earlier not from my profile page but sumwere else and now I cant find um. Not only that but how come I cant post a new thread, like when go to new post. IDK this whole rollitup site is confusing the crap outta me. Maybe Im making it more difficult but I like to look at pics and learn sumthing but when I post sumthing sumwere else and go to my page to check on it and theres nothing there, how am I gonna know the feedback Im givin on them pics when I dont even know were they are or how to get to them......sum 1 plz help me simplify this process!!!!! Thx much appreciation
When ur in 1 of the forums there's a tab on the top left of the page that says " new thread". U simply click that and the rest is self explanitory! I'm not computer literate and I'm doin all tthis from my cell phone. I don't think its a hard site to navigate at all. Think u may be too high!! Lol. Stop thinkin too hard! And hav u started an acct with rollitup yet? If u have then after u sign in u go to my rollitup and it shows u your threads and your posts. And the status on them
weedyweedy
Active Member
What are you growing, kelbree?
rookie504
Member
Yeah I'll work on that and maybe Im thinking to hard cuz I damn sure aint high.....maybe thats the problem. Lol I put up pics and cant find them anywere, idk, I am computer literate but sumthings r confusing. Anyway for Kelbree if shes talking to me Im growing sum bagseeds and just got sum mailed from my cousin of sum mid he named Phillies (his name is Phillip) but he never messes with garbage. I germinated 3 and all 3 sprouted and the bagseeds did not all sprout. I got a kickass closet setup, bout to put sum pics up.....wait can I put sum here? LOL Imma try....Ok I have my pics saved to my computer, but when I click insert image its asking for a URL....hmmm Idk Imma put um in my profile pics ;0) If interested check um out!