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Re: Please Ease my Mind About Lights [Re: PussyFart]
    #22235890 - 09/14/15 10:17 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

mark it 8 dude.


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Re: Please Ease my Mind About Lights [Re: PussyFart]
    #22235920 - 09/14/15 10:23 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

I am not the the Dude, the Dude is out there taking it easy for all us sinners. I am but a follower of Dudeism.


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Re: Please Ease my Mind About Lights [Re: NDStepp84]
    #22235922 - 09/14/15 10:23 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

the dude abides


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Re: Please Ease my Mind About Lights [Re: blindingleaf]
    #22235926 - 09/14/15 10:24 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

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the dude abides



Amen brother


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Re: Please Ease my Mind About Lights [Re: NDStepp84]
    #22236152 - 09/14/15 11:22 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Lol. Right. Oooooonn. Now ask me about ro di and distilled water. I'm not a reef keeper or anything. Lol or direct current cause Im not a certifired mobile electronics install tech. Or ironwork or pipe or even chemical processing cause I'm certainly not an operator for Dow. Lol c Mon. I got all day. Oh yeah I power wash too.
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Re: Please Ease my Mind About Lights [Re: NDStepp84]
    #22236224 - 09/14/15 11:39 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

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wowimflabbergasted said:
You would wig out growing weed man lol having powerful grow lights on when I'm not home sketches me out a bit too but a few CFL's is nothing.




i wouldn't wig out, i would do the math. :P

and like i said before it is a matter of bulb lifespan and potentially
burning yourself on a hot fixture. i agree that 1 cfl will not make much of a difference.

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the fixture is rated for heat not consumption.

if it is mushrooms you are growing though, i would say 50-100 lumens should be enough light
to keep them vertical. change the bulb to a 8 = 40 watt cfl bulb.
it will provide some 800 lumens. more then enough light and should be cool enough
that the fixture will never become uncomfortable to touch.



watt
wät/
noun
the SI unit of power, equivalent to one joule per second, corresponding to the power in an electric circuit in which the potential difference is one volt and the current one ampere. It is an amount of energy used in an a out of time, not a measure of heat. But what do I know? :shrug:I'm only an electrician.




i'm not saying watt is a measurement of heat, i am saying that a light fixtures ability to handle and dissipate heat is the prime
consideration in providing it with a watt rating.
a unit chosen for the simple reasons that it is the unit we use for the bulbs, and that makes it easy to know which bulb to chose.


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Re: Please Ease my Mind About Lights [Re: DaveyJones6911]
    #22236247 - 09/14/15 11:43 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Walmart does have 48" t8 two bulb fixtures for 15 buck.ballasts included. Just saying. Way more than enough light for any grow.


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Re: Please Ease my Mind About Lights [Re: DaveyJones6911]
    #22236621 - 09/14/15 01:21 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

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i'm not saying watt is a measurement of heat, i am saying that a light fixtures ability to handle and dissipate heat is the prime
consideration in providing it with a watt rating.
a unit chosen for the simple reasons that it is the unit we use for the bulbs, and that makes it easy to know which bulb to chose.



Ok, I see what you mean now, my bad, I thought you meant wattage meant heat. Lol.
The socket's wattage is based on the size of the wiring within the lamp, the thickness of the conductors that pass the current to the bulb, and the temperature that the socket can withstand based on this and materials used for the socket. The main point here is any UL listed E26 socket lamp should have no problem running a petty 20 watt cfl. Watts/lumens are not that important to mushrooms as much as the correct spectrum. BTW if I come off like an ass hole that is not my intent, I just enjoy a good debate:thumbup:


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Re: Please Ease my Mind About Lights [Re: NDStepp84]
    #22236661 - 09/14/15 01:31 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

So long story short look for continuous amperage consumption of the device.(anything.plugged into a wall socket). If its under 15 amps its good. Over is bad.


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Re: Please Ease my Mind About Lights [Re: megatacular]
    #22237288 - 09/14/15 03:50 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

You should be okay if using a CFL.... However, it is generally smart not to use a bulb rated higher than recommened for it's fixture. This is because of possible overheating issues. After it's own for 12 hours feel the fixture and see if it's overly warm... if you are concerned get a new fixture. I use 30watt CFL's (Equivalent to 60watt incandescents)

I also gave some big as 300watt (600w uquiv)2700K CFLS for flowering plants. I use those round, clip on shoplights for fixtures. They get a little warm but not enough to worry me.

Another thing, I have used anywhere from 5000K - 8000K both CFLS and tubes for fruiting fungi and the work great. 6500 is suppose to be ideal. 12/12.............:thumbup:


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