Lighting

Meethrip said:

hmmm......when you say "the 26 watters" do you mean the output or the input?
.....I am confused to whether these "26 watters" take 26w as input or output 26w?....

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Meethrip said:

hmmm......when you say "the 26 watters" do you mean the output or the input?

Those energy savers that shops sell are like in the pennies in price and they output a lot more than they take for input, in my house we have some energy savers that take 11w as input and the wattage that they output is 75w, would these not be better?

can someone please elaborate?

I am confused to whether these "26 watters" take 26w as input or output 26w?

If they output 26w then I don't see why I shouldn't use energy savers as some of them can output up to 6 times their input, and if there is a reason why people don't use energy savers can someone please explain why?

I know I seem like a cheapo but just trying to be as cost efficient as possible here, thanks.

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Meethrip said:

hmmm......when you say "the 26 watters" do you mean the output or the input?

Those energy savers that shops sell are like in the pennies in price and they output a lot more than they take for input, in my house we have some energy savers that take 11w as input and the wattage that they output is 75w, would these not be better?

can someone please elaborate?

I am confused to whether these "26 watters" take 26w as input or output 26w?

If they output 26w then I don't see why I shouldn't use energy savers as some of them can output up to 6 times their input, and if there is a reason why people don't use energy savers can someone please explain why?

I know I seem like a cheapo but just trying to be as cost efficient as possible here, thanks.

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brainwarp said:

"WE CANNOT MAKE IT ANY CLEARER THAN THIS."

Find the highest wattage cfl you can find. When you compare wattage, use actual wattage (input) not equivalent wattage. The larger ones have more intense light.

As for how many, as many as will reasonably fit. If your fixtures have reflectors, that will limit how many will fit, but you will not need as many. That will be up to YOU to figure out how many will fit.

Good luck, and I hope your crop will blow your mind.

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cowboylogic said:

Larger is not always better when it comes to cfls. The 26 watters have the best lumen to watt ratio. And since the light from them has very little penetration power (cfls in general). You can run more lower watt bulbs and get a more complete coverage all around the plant vs. Just one or two large ones hung overhead. Just my opinion though. Growing with cfls is an art form. Read and study all you want. The real learning begins when you actually start to grow with them and experiment.

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darkdestruction420 said:

is it self-ballasted or do you need a ballast and mogul socket for it?

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