cue

anyone know the spectrum on these lights?theyre like halogen floods only fluro..65watter kicks 6825lumens. & cheaper than 70 hps..$34 @ Menards

fun_merlin

This light has definite possibilities!
We were discussing this light over in this thread:
(http://www.hempcultivation.com/420/showthread.php?threadid=4221&pagenumber=2). Here's what I've found out so far...:

As cue said, this may be a cheap and effective alternative to HID lights for small gardens. Put three of these things together and you'd have about 20,000 lumens for a little over $90 bucks! They'll prolly save on power bills too..and prolly be cooler (temperature wise).

Here's lights of america's Flourex page.
(http://www.lightsofamerica.com/fluorex.htm)

They do not sell the 65 watt ones (part #9266) on the web as far as I can tell. They do not even list the 65 watt one on the page at all, except for over on the navigation bar...the link is broken and looks like it may be added soon. For now, check Home Depot type stores. (they've been spotted at Costco and Menards stores).

Here is the 27 watt version (part #9027). Only 1800 lumens...not worth it, but it'll give you an idea of what the 65 watt one is like...
(http://www.lightsofamerica.com/9027.htm)

As for the color index, I'm not sure, but here is a quote from the flourex page: "Fluorex Fluorescent white light has a color rendering index (CRI) of 84 compared to 20 for Mercury Vapor and High Pressure Sodium lighting. With sunlight providing a CRI of nearly 100, Fluorex brings out the true colors and makes it easier to focus on objects at night."

Ok so maybe this light would rock....if its got lots of light in the full spectrum...

Here's a link from a previous thread where we were discussing the light. (http://www.fulton-net.com/~sgraber/reef/images/lightcanopy.jpg). It shows two of these 65 watt ones side by side.

Oh and p.s., cue, you spelled "flourex" wrong in the thread topic man

cue

can someone in the know pls let us know where this falls in for growing weed? Im not hip to the kelvin temp,CRI thing (color rating index).I know about the blue/veg...red/bud thing,just cant...man,I just dont know what the numbers r. wtf is a kelvin temp anyway?......ps..anyone check Home Deeps for these things,if so how much?And this Costco,is it like Sams Club where one pays a yearly dues,kinda like a co-op.because droogie said he got one @ $19.95 & at Menards =$33.9?.thats quite a difference.Any Sams Club members out there.No Costco here.

fun_merlin

Ok, I've looked some of this stuff up.
The Color Temperature is a way to tell what color ranges the light has...something about if you were to heat up a perfect electromagnetic radiator blah blah blah...it would emit this light at this Temperature...don't worry about the details, but basically higher color temperature means bluer color, lower temperature, redder color. Its measured in Kelvin because its all scientific and stuff

If you care, the Kelvin scale is just like the Celcius scale, only add 273 from it...something like that...so 0 degrees Celcius is 273 Kelvin...The scale between them is the same, they just start at a different place. But to continue..

The CRI, Color Rendering Index, refers to how much the light resembles natural sunlight TO US HUMANS.

Both of these measures are for Human Perception and are not a good indicator of measuring how well a plant will benifit from a light source...

But from what I can tell, these Flourex lights seem to be more in the blue range... the Flourex Color Temperature is 5000 Kelvin, which is pretty high compared to the Color Temperature Lights of American gives to their one HPS light (1900 Kelvin). And we all know that HPS lights are closer to the red spectrum.

Also, the Flourex page refers to these as "blue RICH lights" so...there ya go

So... Blue is good, but I think that basically means you'd need something else for flowering. Maybe just add some red flourescent bulbs...you can get those in the 2 foot version really cheap at Wal-mart and stuff...

Also, this means that these lights could be very good VEGETATIVE supplemental light if you already have a HPS light that isn't Sun Agro corrected to be full spectrum...and want to add some blue to your spectrum...

But I think the only real way to know is to try one out

cue

so then, they stand up pretty good to HID.what I mean to say is theyre a cheap alternative to such, and a whole grow better than that 4' $hit from the 1900s,right.lol only kidding

droogie

Yeah, I was thinking this is a great veg light, and let me tell you: my seedlings love it! I am planing on buying another one for my flower room, and as mentioned above, may add a red-rich supplement to the chamber.

Highbear

I just bought this light last night for 28.99 at Home Depot. According to the package it is more efficient than a 70w HPS. I have a supplemental 37w, 2150 lumen compact fluorescent adding light to the bottom of 4 plants. It is a soft white type so it looks red under the intense blue light or the 65W This is 8,975 lumens for only $40 and 102 watts!!! I plan on adding more compact fluorescents as the plants grow taller. I read somewhere that they are good.
Peace
Highbear

cue

to the 21st century.

cue

is it me or do LoA seem burn alittle hotter than normal flos?

gmt420

Hey how big are these lights? do they come with electrical cords so that I can plug it into a wall. Is one of these lights above 2 plants enough?

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