Home | Community | Message Board

MushroomMan Mycology
This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.


Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Shop: PhytoExtractum Kratom Powder for Sale, Maeng Da Thai Kratom Leaf Powder   Left Coast Kratom Buy Kratom Capsules

Jump to first unread post Pages: 1
Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
Invisiblecpw1971
Mr
Male User Gallery
Registered: 10/07/06
Posts: 5,611
my flouro setup
    #7511023 - 10/11/07 10:06 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

I just got done building a new wooden frame for my flouro setup. it is a little over 8 feet wide. the bottom is running 4 2 bulb t8 shoplight fixturesand the top is a 4 bulb t5 Teklight with 2x overdriven t8 shoplight fixtures hanging from each side.
the bottom is good for seedlings and the top is good for plants that can take more light.


I can even hang 4 more shoplights on the bottom bottom if I want to.
.......


and in the back is my HPS room


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Invisiblecpw1971
Mr
Male User Gallery
Registered: 10/07/06
Posts: 5,611
Re: my flouro setup [Re: cpw1971]
    #7511048 - 10/11/07 10:15 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

oh yeah and the 2" x 8" wood I got from my form boards from when I poured my concrete driveway and the plywood was in my box truck when I bought it. :cool:


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineTurntableJunky
Ethno Grower
Male


Registered: 04/26/07
Posts: 4,742
Loc: Sydney
Last seen: 15 years, 9 months
Re: my flouro setup [Re: cpw1971]
    #7511388 - 10/12/07 12:12 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

Nice:yesnod:


--------------------


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineNalim
OTD Kelly Girl
Female User Gallery


Registered: 01/13/06
Posts: 15,033
Last seen: 1 year, 3 months
Re: my flouro setup [Re: cpw1971]
    #7512544 - 10/13/07 04:21 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

Nice setup! I need to get some good flouros too.


--------------------

Rodney Brooks on Robots
Nalim said: "Quoting yourself is retarded."


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Invisiblecpw1971
Mr
Male User Gallery
Registered: 10/07/06
Posts: 5,611
Re: my flouro setup [Re: Nalim]
    #7512769 - 10/13/07 05:13 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

I think the T8's running at 2x are putting out as much light as the T5's. 
  you figure a 4 bulb 2x T8 setup costs $80
  a 4 bulb T5  costs $300 :shocked:
  anyone got a light meter to donate me??  lol
  I should make a pictorial on how to convert them.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Invisiblecpw1971
Mr
Male User Gallery
Registered: 10/07/06
Posts: 5,611
Re: my flouro setup [Re: cpw1971]
    #7512836 - 10/13/07 05:32 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

heres an example of when I hung a standard T8 from my T5 setup and hung a 2x overdriven one on the left.
the only thing I did was turn the brightness for the image way way down after uploading it to my computer.
as you can see the T5's are totally white while the standard T8's are not the color you would think they should be. The 2x ones are close.
I would say 4x and they would be true 6500k spectrum.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineDelta9Hippie
Traveler
Male


Registered: 04/27/06
Posts: 363
Loc: Spaceship Earth
Last seen: 2 years, 1 month
Re: my flouro setup [Re: cpw1971]
    #7513262 - 10/13/07 07:35 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

2 questions sir, how are you overdriving them, and how safe is that?


--------------------
"During evolutionary time, the avenues of possible progress have become progressively restricted, until today only one remains...Man...has been suddenly appointed managing director of the biggest business of all, the business of evolution."

Life begins the day you start a garden.

Check out my trade list in My Journal...


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Invisiblecpw1971
Mr
Male User Gallery
Registered: 10/07/06
Posts: 5,611
Re: my flouro setup [Re: Delta9Hippie]
    #7513949 - 10/13/07 10:43 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

perfectly safe as long as you know what you are doing when it comes to wiring.
and I am overdriving them to 2x by running a 2 bulb ballast for just one bulb. If I used a 4 bulb ballast for one bulb it would be 4x.
here check it out......

http://www.geocities.com/teeley2/overdrv1.html


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinekadakuda
The Great"Green".......East
 User Gallery

Registered: 05/21/04
Posts: 7,048
Loc: Asia
Last seen: 6 years, 1 month
Re: my flouro setup [Re: cpw1971]
    #7515101 - 10/14/07 09:17 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

looking great! what kind f T5 bulbs you using? they are jsut as cheap as t8s...its jsut a size thing...unless you are getting into teh reptile or coral type bulbs.

i buy a 4' t5 at 6500k and 91 lumens/watt for $3 cdn....

the same price for similar t8 but i think they are only 65 l/w


--------------------
The seeds you won't sow are the plants you dont grow.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinekadakuda
The Great"Green".......East
 User Gallery

Registered: 05/21/04
Posts: 7,048
Loc: Asia
Last seen: 6 years, 1 month
Re: my flouro setup [Re: kadakuda]
    #7515611 - 10/14/07 12:25 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

BAh, i got totally messed up. my tubes are a little old (numbers wore off), and they are t25...not t5 LOL! similar diameter though. come to think of it i don't even know what a t25 means.


--------------------
The seeds you won't sow are the plants you dont grow.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Invisiblecpw1971
Mr
Male User Gallery
Registered: 10/07/06
Posts: 5,611
Re: my flouro setup [Re: kadakuda]
    #7516939 - 10/14/07 06:20 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

yeah the tubes are cheap but the Teklight fixture was expensive.
  right up there in price with my 1000w hps setup :crazy2:


Edited by cpw1971 (10/14/07 06:21 PM)


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinekadakuda
The Great"Green".......East
 User Gallery

Registered: 05/21/04
Posts: 7,048
Loc: Asia
Last seen: 6 years, 1 month
Re: my flouro setup [Re: cpw1971]
    #7517668 - 10/14/07 09:59 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

ahh gotcha...why so special?


--------------------
The seeds you won't sow are the plants you dont grow.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Invisiblecpw1971
Mr
Male User Gallery
Registered: 10/07/06
Posts: 5,611
Re: my flouro setup [Re: kadakuda]
    #7517990 - 10/14/07 11:12 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

heres a link to one of the listed vendors....
  http://www.rvfgardensupply.com/cgi/display.cgi?item_num=960095
  the 4 lamp version is $269 plus $15 a piece for the bulbs.
  so thats over $300 before tax and shipping :eek:
  oh and also....
    this is T5 HO  "high output" :cool:


Edited by cpw1971 (10/14/07 11:19 PM)


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: 1

Shop: PhytoExtractum Kratom Powder for Sale, Maeng Da Thai Kratom Leaf Powder   Left Coast Kratom Buy Kratom Capsules


Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* Exo-Terra Solar Glo mercury vapour bulb (reptile lighting for cannabis) highdroponics 4,068 10 02/06/09 02:56 PM
by jds
* flouro grown marijuana, DAY 31 UPDATE!
( 1 2 all )
CptnGarden 5,084 32 10/04/05 01:14 PM
by Shlewm
* my modest setup NiamhNyx 946 9 10/03/07 04:54 AM
by royer
* My new stealth grow box setup (pics) Cubieman420 3,408 18 07/19/03 05:34 AM
by Psilocybeingzz
* best closet setup for 4 plants hazey 1,104 7 11/08/08 10:22 PM
by TsalagiSpirit
* decent pot setup? (pics) Cubieman420 833 6 06/09/03 10:48 PM
by Cubieman420
* indoor pepper grow - - setup and questions AgingHippy 1,009 13 10/14/07 01:30 PM
by AgingHippy
* Friend's Bud setup look ok? NewbieS 496 5 09/01/05 04:44 AM
by Newbie

Extra information
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: Mostly_Harmless, A.k.a
1,007 topic views. 0 members, 5 guests and 9 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:

Copyright 1997-2024 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.026 seconds spending 0.007 seconds on 14 queries.