Originally Posted by Waynes

Any help with this issue would be appreciated. Does anyone know if the higher wattage CFLs put out proportionately more heat than their smaller counterparts? For example, would one 43 watt cfl put out nearly 2x heat as say a 23 watt?

Originally Posted by Shackleford.R

why don't you pick up some bulbs and find out! haha i'd like to know as well, never really considered heat output in that regard. i have a 125W (actual wattage) CFL and it doesn't run nearly as hot as 8 23W go figure!?


Shack

Originally Posted by NEEDforWEED

i have a 42 watt that u can touch. and i have 27 and 13watters that will burn the shit out of you.......lol....lmao. if i did a tub grow, id consider two or three 42 watters, its hit and miss tho.....just buy one, and see how hot it gets, in comparison, if u like it, ditch the others.......

Originally Posted by lastfrontier

you see it seem to me that people feel that if you give it the most intense light you can find and the best hydro setup that it equils dank fat buds and that is simpley not true.


CFL's do not have the danger or heat problems that HPS and MH have also it cost more all around to dissapate the heat and the smell with it also CFL's are self ballest in most cases and there are so many that if one goes out you dont have to shell up 150.00 or 250.00 or what if the ballast goes out what if either of them fail while you are out of town and you loose the crop if one or two fail then i loose a few lumens and keep on rockin again consider the fire danger while you are gone a fan can fail of trip the braker also they use less wattage and you are able to spread the light as you see fit in most cases instead of coming from a central location high above i will say in defence of the production grower large intense lights are a good and usefull thing because it cuts down on the doliers per OZ of production that in my opinion is the onley time you would need the extra lumens i my self will never grow more then 14 plants at a time i get around 3-5 OZ per plant with that light at 14 plants only geting 3 OZ per is still 42 OZ every 4 months what the hell will i do with all that and i am only using about 420-680 watts when you have MH and HPS you are stuck with on or two kelvin ratings and that is it with CFL's i can swap the kelvin rating as i see fit mabey i want to flower at 2100 kelvin mabey i like 6500 kelvin for veg or mabey i want to try 4500 kelvin for veg and see if i get a better sun leaf with CFL's there is room for discovery and creativity we know that all strands are not the same and come from diffrent parts of the world mabey you would like to plant all dark purple indiga and the next crop you want to plant a virgin sativa they have diffrent requirments for light and with CFL's you can provide that with half the cost just remember people that the higher you go in watts when buyin a single CFL bulb the lower you go in lumens per watt stay at 26-55 watts and that is the best spot to stay...................... here are the periods that belong up there disperse them as you please

Originally Posted by shamegame

Someone needs a hug.