cfl wont light up

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kane420x

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I got a 65 watt cfl with the large base from home depot and i bought a mogul from an eletrical store. i wired up the mogul with a power cord vut the end off and connected the two wires. i screwed in the cfl but it wont light. do i need some kind of ballast to make the large cfl's light up?

thanks

chris
 
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BlazedMonkey

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Ewwww bad way to do this. Go back to Home depot and get one of the converters from normal A/C power to light bulb (similar to mogul but it plugs into a socket vs having wires) that way we arent splicing wires together without knowing volts and amps and such.

Thats what im using in my grow and i simply get little extension cords and hang the lights over the plants. (link below)
 
fabfun

fabfun

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if u dont have a built in ballast then yes u have to buy a fixture and if u got it at home depot it doesnt have one
and is there a reason u r hanging your bulbs vert instead of horizontal with reflectors
 
fabfun

fabfun

New Member
oh it is for vertical only if u later bought a universal bulb then u can put it horizontal
did u get your cfl sorted out
 
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kane420x

Member
No After looking closely at it I noticed it doesnt say self ballasting on it so i pretty much think it wont light without one. Probally going to set it aside for awhile. I found a set up at lowes that includes everything including bulb for 30 bucks. if any one has a ballast for it 15 bucks for bulb and mogul with a cord.
 
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