why did you tear the bulb up on the end.....just to get to the wires?? I paid $1.37 ea for light receptacles at Lowes and wired them up in series and screwed the bulbs in. so easy to mount to a reflecter sheild.

Just to be a cheap bastard. That saved me another $9 per light or $27 for the project.

Wow that thing is blinding!!!! Lots of reflection off the aluminum too. Hot damn those clones are gonna be sexy little bitches with all this light surrounding them.

Still seeing spots, LOL The picture DOES NOT do it justice.



Now I gotta get the second one to set up and wired in tomorrow after the adhesive cures. A few 2x4's out of the woodpile for a frame and hot damn got my own light system for less than $30.



Yeah, I could have spent a lot more money and done it differently but the whole point was to build what I needed with what I had on hand. The bulbs set me back $12.48 so I came in under my $15 budget. To each his own, thanks for looking. slabhead

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Looks good and cheep too. Keep up the good work.

show us the wiring job and how ya did it?

Sure fender and thanks for checking it out. I just soldered them in series, and shrink wrapped the connection, my bulbs were red wire for power and black wire for nuetral.


I just soldered them to a power cord (be sure to get the polarity right, which is the narrow blade is power and the wide blade is nuetral). Here's what it looks like <my nuetral wire is the yellow, power red> The color doesn't matter as long as the right wire goes to the right wire. After I finish the second one and have the frame built I'll hang them up and seal the holes with silicone. Turned out very lightweight probably only a couple lbs. to hang.

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pretty cool dude. it'd be a a lot better if they were bigger bulbs but if your on a budget that should work.

Yeah, 12 of those 200 Watt CFL Grow Lights would have blown my budget. And if I had more powerful bulbs laying around I would have used them. This little project is just to show what can be done with a minimal outlay of cash, using my own resources to meet my needs. Since I have a whole pile of that aluminum, lots of spare wire and cords I can make many more of them if needed, stack 2 or 3 on each side and still have the center fixture adjustable. Keep in mind this is only for starting clones and wintering a mother or two. I don't doubt that I could produce some smokable herb with them but I prefer the great outdoors for that.
Thanks for checking it out and come back to see how it all turns out.
slabhead

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that looks good. i want to build something like that. Right now i just have my cfls hangin from a light socket and wire wrapped around my closet clothes pole.

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so... i just decided how im wiring my cfls haha. you are a genuis i cant believe i didnt think of this