Single CFL with both warm and daylight tubes, your thoughts?

I found this CFL on the net and thought it was pretty interesting, its a 250watt half 2700k and half 6400k. I never seen this before so I wanted to check one out. I wasnt sure if the tubes would be alternating, turns out its half and half.

Before this bulb i used a single 125watt 6400k bulb, so technically this new bulb has a 125watt 6400k and a 125watt 2700k. Im still in veg stage so i have the 6400k side pointed down, but i wonder if the hood is reflecting more of the 2700k now. So im not sure wich side i should have facing down? This any better then just switching bulbs between veg and flower? I see alot of grows use both types of bulbs durring both stages so figured this would work for me for both stages.

First pic is my 125watt 6400k bulb, its a 6u cfl. The next couple are the half/half 250watt 8u bulb. I rotated one so you could see its half/half.

Just curious to see what other people think. =)

dude if you wouldnt mind could you let me know where you got that. thats hot!

Dzyde said:

dude if you wouldnt mind could you let me know where you got that. thats hot!

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I got it off ebay, herewegrow2 was his username. I looked ALL OVER the net and I cant find another place selling these. There are a ton of chinese sites selling CFL that could be these types but I cant be for sure. i paid $60 + 17 ship so it was pretty reasonable. I was looking to get a higher watt CFL for my hood and just stumbled apon this by mistake.

Ive had it on for about 5hours now and its pretty warm, i raised the hood 2inches after i installed it so its about 5inches total away from the bulb. But the leaves are already drooping. Too warm or maybe shock? therm shows 79c, it was low 70s 5hrs ago so it went up atleast 5dregres. Gonna raise it another 2inches and see what it looks like in an hour before the lights shutoff.

http://heartlandhydrogardens.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3_21&products_id=125

http://cgi.ebay.com/250w-250-Fluorescent-Grow-Bloom-Light-2700K-CFL-Floro_W0QQitemZ260400859772QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3ca119ca7c&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262&_trkparms=|301:0|293:1|294:30


buy the 250 watt bubs of ebay here is where i got mine hella cheap compared to everyone else and yes this fixture works with 250 watts i checked before i picked up 2 of each myself..

$77 dollars for a cfl?

johnny961 said:

$77 dollars for a cfl?

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yeah you can find a 250watt for less, but it will be either a 2700k or 6400k not both.

if you get lucky you can win one for 50$ free shipping

cfl`s to damn expensive wish i had room for hps but i don`t=<

damn ventilation