the best designed CFL fixture!

smellzlikeskunkyum

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its easy to make one.... go read the book big buds for less. it had great advice. i set one up so easy. i got a 2x6 wood board from menards, less than $1. 3 plain lamp sockets(the type that just mounts with two screws and has a single plain screw type socket) they are super basic and easy to understand, they're about $4 bux each tops, usually less. 3 plain old 6 ft extension cords, the cheaper the better, about $1 each. you cut the female end(google it if you don't understand) off of the extension cord exposing the two wires. then you connect them to the backs of the light sockets using a screwdriver, electrical tape and some wire strippers if u need them. then get some self-tapping screw to save some hassle. you need those to attach the sockets to the wood. also some self tapping "O" hooks or "closed hooks", and rope or chain to hang the final fixture with. but you have to drill holes in the wood if you want the cords to fit good. once u figure that out, its easy... just insert some cfl's (my local menards has 85w warm white and daylight CFL bulbs{250w replacement, 85w actual}) 3 of those has been more than enought to grow some excellent bud in my experience. you can also experiment and make a relfector, i need to do that still.
 

SpaaaceCowboy

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here's mine in it's small space...right now i got five 23 watters in there....But plant is getting bigger...I am going to make two of these on one 2x4...I'll post pics when I make the new light....Also those two pics of the orange home depot bucket are from my failed first grow...guess i've learned a few things since i have been here....

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smellzlikeskunkyum

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DAMN DUDE!!! THATS AWESOME!! i hope people know flouros can enourage resin production when the perfect color balance is made from mixing types. (as near perfect as possible of course, cant be perfect.) i use a mix of daylight 4fts and 85w warm white cfls. helped a ton in resin production when i made the switch to that combo. its important to mix colors. theres an article in my cannabis culture about it, and one in a high times i also have. they comment on the flourescent growers ability to obtain heads richer in thc and more abundant in general as long as it is done correctly.
 
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