been working on it today. its 8- 19 watt 6500k spiral compact flourescents. just wired up 2 and fired them up. pretty bright. should be able to grow stuff with 8 of them.
the reason it hasn't caught on probably is cost. paid $7.50 per bulb and $8 each for 4 2-bulb weather proof mounting boxes. another $3 for the cords. the best deal was the timers - kmart in town went out of business and i got those for $2.50 a piece. for simulated sunrise, i was going to turn on 2 bulbs then 1/2 hour later 3 more, and 30 minutes later, the last 3. reversing the process at night.
wont know till tomorrow if my arrangement of light bulbs will create a few dark spots. was going to temporarily tape some aluminum foil in as a reflector. would have sprayed the inside with chrome paint but i already shot a coat of allweather polyeurathane (sp?) and i dont know if the paint would stick to it.
will try to get pics of it before i put it in and after with it turned on.
the reason it hasn't caught on probably is cost. paid $7.50 per bulb and $8 each for 4 2-bulb weather proof mounting boxes. another $3 for the cords. the best deal was the timers - kmart in town went out of business and i got those for $2.50 a piece. for simulated sunrise, i was going to turn on 2 bulbs then 1/2 hour later 3 more, and 30 minutes later, the last 3. reversing the process at night.
wont know till tomorrow if my arrangement of light bulbs will create a few dark spots. was going to temporarily tape some aluminum foil in as a reflector. would have sprayed the inside with chrome paint but i already shot a coat of allweather polyeurathane (sp?) and i dont know if the paint would stick to it.
will try to get pics of it before i put it in and after with it turned on.
