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Old 06-15-2008, 09:58 AM
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Wow, I need more lights in my Veg setup and this is fucking PERFECT!
+rep man, that's such a badass design.
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nice one wish i knew about this when i started out ... could of saved $$$ and cut back on cooling
 
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me too, but i will be happy wit my 400 watt hps/mh light in the end, and when i build my own grow box!
 
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Wow,great job!
 
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Great enginuity, very clean and well planned, I like it... maybe some day i will build one for a veg light.
 
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Old 06-17-2008, 03:51 PM
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That is one sick setup, i need something like this for when i start growing soon. +rep man, very helpful post.
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Thanks guys! I really never thought my little homemade grow light would be this popular, I'm really glad I can help inspire some new ideas. Keep Growin'

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why bother with a light like that when you can buy the real deal like a 250W HPS or MH that will be good for veg AND flowering. CFL's just don't have the LUMENS you need to get big buds.
Not true, there is a bomb ass grow somewhere on these forums using solely cfls, one of the nicest i've seen.

Nice looking light set up man, I'm having some light issues myself, I need to work something out like that.
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Nice custom design, can't find any of those double connectors anywhere in the UK though, which is a shame.
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Scrog it low next time
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Awesome light. I'm gonna build that this weekend. Thanks for posting this. +rep
 
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I was thinking about SCROGing it but this plant was honestly an experiment until my auto blueberry kush seeds showed up, there's no point is trying to do it with these.
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Im kinda horrible at wiring and this might seem like a really stupid question, but...

How do you connect the Y sockets and everything to that one power chord? I see that you hae the 2 lines from each bulb, but what are those 2 lines?
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Im kinda horrible at wiring and this might seem like a really stupid question, but...

How do you connect the Y sockets and everything to that one power chord? I see that you hae the 2 lines from each bulb, but what are those 2 lines?
they are positive and negative wires. if you dont have any experience with wiring u may have some trouble but its not really that hard. the hardest is connecting them all to the power chord. i believe he spliced them in, meaning cut the power chord, spread out the positive/neg wires inside and wrapped the CFL's wires around them. then get some heat shrink stuff to seal it (i forgot what its called).

IM GETTING THE SAME AUTO BLUEBERRY KUSH SEEDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im growing for seeds the first time, gonna leave the best male livin with the females. $85 for 10 is too much!
 
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i use CFL bulbs just like that, and i have been trying to find a good way to flower. what do u mean u traded your BLUE lights for RED lights to flower?
I use cfl's as well and 2700K Soft White Bulbs are Red Spectrum like HPS and Daylight 6500K are Blue Spectrum and if you want a really cool set up for cheap check this thread out

Compact - Floro + No Contact with a Grow store=3/4oz or more per week!!! ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page)
 
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