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GimpDoctor420

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ok so im no electrician. i have these cfl's just from tescos and im looking to find out its spectrum. will it or wont it say this on the box?
i pretty much have no idea what most of it is saying - because i love mj, not complications.
so heres everything on the box except the legal stuff.

PHILIPS
tornado
WW 827
220-240V
E27 ES 8000h
950 lumen

the rest is just saying that it has a lifetime of 8 years of 3 hours a day, saves over 80% of energy and its not suitable for dimmers - in about 60 languages :D

another question, why do they say for example, "15watt-85watt equivilant"?
equivilant to what???? incandescents?

is there a symbol for kelvans apart from k that i should be looking for?

any input is appreciated...:D
 
dojaguy

dojaguy

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GimpDoctor420 said:
ok so im no electrician. i have these cfl's just from tescos and im looking to find out its spectrum. will it or wont it say this on the box?
i pretty much have no idea what most of it is saying - because i love mj, not complications.
so heres everything on the box except the legal stuff.

PHILIPS
tornado
WW 827
220-240V
E27 ES 8000h
950 lumen

the rest is just saying that it has a lifetime of 8 years of 3 hours a day, saves over 80% of energy and its not suitable for dimmers - in about 60 languages :D

another question, why do they say for example, "15watt-85watt equivilant"?
equivilant to what???? incandescents?

is there a symbol for kelvans apart from k that i should be looking for?

any input is appreciated...:D
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look at the actual buld.. on that white part (base) it will have all the writing on it... it should have a number followed by a letter K. thats your spec
 
newworldicon

newworldicon

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827 is the colour range. Its leaning towards the reddish spectrum somewhere at daylight or orange I would say.....
 
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GimpDoctor420

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as i said i got it out of tesco, if i asked the dude if its a flowering bulb he'd be stamping wildly on an "emergency help needed" button.:D
haha jk but yeah no ill check the bulb now for it i understand about kelvins, i just wasnt sure which sorta bulb this was.
and if it was btween flower and veg sorta bulb, it'd be great cos its the only bulb ill be using for this grow. :(
 
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GimpDoctor420

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the only extra info on the bulb was that its 50-60hz. that have anything to do with it?

and if it were to be 827, why would WW have anything to do with kelvins?
 
dojaguy

dojaguy

Active Member
GimpDoctor420 said:
as i said i got it out of tesco, if i asked the dude if its a flowering bulb he'd be stamping wildly on an "emergency help needed" button.:D
haha jk but yeah no ill check the bulb now for it i understand about kelvins, i just wasnt sure which sorta bulb this was.
and if it was btween flower and veg sorta bulb, it'd be great cos its the only bulb ill be using for this grow. :(
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it is most likely a flower bulb. you can use it during veg tho just to give your plants a wider spectrum. just use more daylight bulbs than you use of that one there
 
dojaguy

dojaguy

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newworldicon said:
WW may have more to do with other coding rather than reference to the kelvin rating.
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PREtty much... some bulbs dont have a k rating on them but they have a phone number you can call and ask i think.... i never had to tho cuz all my shit has everything clearly written on it
 
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GimpDoctor420

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ohok i think i understand now.
i wish they made these things a little more dumbed down so even idiots can know what they're buying :P
open up to the stoner market :D
 
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Brick Top

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Philips Tornado 15W WW E27 ESaver T3 (211855-10)


Energy Label (EEL): A - Socket: E27 - Rated Power: 15W - Voltage: 220-240V - Lamp Current 110 mA - Luminous Flux: 950lm - Light Color: Warm White (2700K) - Form: Spiral​
Energy Label (EEL): A - Socket: E27 - Rated power: 15W - Voltage: 220-240V - Luminous flux: 950lm - Light color: warm white (2700K) - Light Output 950 lm - Light Lamp Output 63 lm / per watt. - Shape: Spiral - 50% Failure Rate 8,000 hrs.

Can you use a E27 socket?
 
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GimpDoctor420

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could you please read the very first line of this thread? :D
seriously no idea man :P
i didnt want to change anything with my set up,its been working fine and its all ive got (newb here and im only growing for experimentation) i just was interested in at least knowing what ive got :D
 
dojaguy

dojaguy

Active Member
GimpDoctor420 said:
ohok i think i understand now.
i wish they made these things a little more dumbed down so even idiots can know what they're buying :P
open up to the stoner market :D
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NAH MAN YOU NEVER WANNA DUMB SHIT DOWN, YOU SHOULD ALWAYS be learning and educating yourself so you know what your talkin about... and so you can help other riu members one day....
 
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Brick Top

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ok so im no electrician. i have these cfl's just from tescos and im looking to find out its spectrum.
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GimpDoctor420 said:
could you please read the very first line of this thread? :D
seriously no idea man :P
i didnt want to change anything with my set up,its been working fine and its all ive got (newb here and im only growing for experimentation) i just was interested in at least knowing what ive got :D
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Above is your first line. If your most recent message was directed towards me, the message I posted was a translation of the information found in German when someone Googles your CFLs.

It says the lights you have are "Warm White (2700K)" lights, which are flowering light spectrum bulbs. If you need a vegetative light spectrum you would want something that is 6500K if possible, or at least ones that would be fairly close to it.
 
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jordanian

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hey dude, i tried simialar cheap flrou strip lights and although they do work for veg i found buying a few VERY cheap CFL's in k6500 gave me noticeable results in 2 days! a company called Bridge do them well cheap. about £3 for 30watt bulbs. 2 of them will be much better than the strip lights. you can get them in loads of wee shops, i got mine in a 24hour corner shop :D
 
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