my diy lighting

[Bk718]

yee no one is ragging.. Just giving advice that will improve your diy. The tape will give way eventually, considering the entire bulb and gets hot, hot enough to melt and weaken the tape. I would try and find some other way of holding the sockets in place. Get some brackets at homedepot, they are pennies. Would be way better than just tape.

 

[a&j_tanks]

yep, and i understand this

the tape wont give away because its wrapped around the light fixture and housing

 

[Bk718]

the part of the bulb you wrapped gets 2 hot and im sure the tape will be keeping the heat in and will also play a role on the life of the bulb.. (just touched the part that holds the starter on my desk lamps cfl bulb and its very very hot)

Give it a day or 2 and see how the tape holds up against the heat.

 

[SchizotypalVamp]

I like it! But I agree, electric tape shouldn't be part of the permanent fixture. Not cause I want to rag on the fixture, but because it just doesn't seem like a good idea.

 

[sgriffin760]

you can line the insidewith tin foil if money is tight or cut a peice of 10 inch plastic tube in half then line it with some dimpled aluminum from home depot its sick running my 400 wts MH lights like that same as the 1200 dollar one

 

[BoredAgain]

Painting it white would be more efficient than the aluminum foil. $5 would hardly set anyone back.

 

[a&j_tanks]

im sorry for saying that, but i kinda through this together without thought

i plan on better bulbs, and mounting brackets
i want to do two 30watt lights

that should give me 1wpg

 

[Bk718]

looks great. The better bulbs would really improve the brightness.

 

[a&j_tanks]

what kind should i go with?
i was thinking these
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=44433-3-29392&lpage=none

 

[Bk718]

Thats a bad bulb to use.
1- its soft white which is like 4000K rating
2- its diameter is 2 big so the bulb will be resting on the plastic part of the hood (melting it)

What you can do is check out homedepot. They have N:vision bulbs (Blue pack is Daylight) They have 9w-14w-23w