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  1. 12-16-2009 11:33 PM #1
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    Default DIY CFL light hoods

    I have made 2 of these now, the big one is my old 125watt CFL from my grow, I got a 400W HPS and a cool tube so I made this hood and started using the 125CFL on my aeroponic lettuce. The other one is a single 65 Watt one I made for my little sister for christmas, I talked her into a single plant soil grow to see if she wante to try a larger grow next time. I'm going to give her a clone just in soon as its finished rooting so I went over and setup up her grow area in her closet today.
    WTF is up with how its impossible to find a 65 watt 6500K CFL locally, the lighting store only stock the 2700 and 4100 and lowes only stocks the 2700, I had to special order it. I think when it gets here I will just make another one and have both on it at all times.
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  2. 12-17-2009 10:30 AM #2
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    Cool shit man! I dig! I just finished my own DIY CFL light hood and NEW grow room build. I wish I could get my sister into this..... She would NEVER tho! lol
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  3. 12-17-2009 02:59 PM #3
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    where can i get the reflective material on the inside of the hood? whats it called? can all tihs stuff be bought at lowes or homedepot?
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  4. 12-17-2009 03:54 PM #4
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    No you'll need a metal supply place for the sheet metal, lowes doesnt sell flat sheets that big. Can you weld, you realize thats welded together right? The reflectice stuff is just insulation, should be with the rest if it, like the pink fiberglass insulation isle. At lowes' and home depot's around here its $15 a roll for 18"X25' or $30 for 36"X25' rolls. Also if you want to use a mogul base bulb you'll have to get the base / medium base adapter off the internet or an electrical supply store. I kid you not, when I asked for a mogul base seperate from a ballast at home depot she said they didnt sell them cause the only people that needed them were people that wanted to grow weed. I told them I needed it for a mercury light on my barn.
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  5. 12-18-2009 10:23 AM #5
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    I love the D.I.Y. spirit! thats genious man good job. looks good too
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  6. 12-18-2009 10:26 AM #6
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    Thats an awsome hood congrats on your diy skills
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  7. 12-23-2009 12:56 PM #7
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    FYI....Lowes does sell the 65w CFL in 6500K. At both Lowe's near me they are kept near the worklights while the 2700K bulbs are kept with all the other light bulbs. The brand is Utilitech. They are $17 each. Just so that you know though, the base is mogul so you'll either need a mogul socket or an adapter to fit in a regular light socket.

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  8. 12-31-2009 03:38 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by StickyFingerDude View Post
    FYI....Lowes does sell the 65w CFL in 6500K. At both Lowe's near me they are kept near the worklights while the 2700K bulbs are kept with all the other light bulbs. The brand is Utilitech. They are $17 each. Just so that you know though, the base is mogul so you'll either need a mogul socket or an adapter to fit in a regular light socket.

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    I'd just like to point out to avert people from going and buying this bulb thinking it will work. I thought it was a good deal cause its actually only $10 but I found out that unlike ALL other CFL's this bulb is Un-ballasted, just plugging it into a regular "medium" base with an adapter, or even a mogul base WILL NOT work, it requires a ballast like the kind you find in shop lights.
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    Nice im planing on making a 6 x 85 watt { 3 x 2700k 3 x 6500k}clf hood im going to have in a 2x2x3 grow cabinet.this helped a lot.
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    +rep. Thanks for this
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