would this work for flowering? it seems good

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Showtec-Par-56...QQcmdZViewItem

• Wattage: 500W
• Voltage: 230V
• Lamp Base: GX16d
• Beam: Medium Flood (23 x 11 Degrees)
• Colour Temperature: 2700K
• Lamp Life: 1000 Hrs
• Lumen: 28000
  
  sounds good to me, but is it?

that would work great,even more better if you know if its a sodium vapor bulb

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I don't know what kind of light that is! But it only puts out 28,000 lumens for 500 watts - it sould be putting out about twice that much at 400 watts. Not very efficient!

The bulb life on that was listed at only 1000 hours. That's not very much time, considering most HID bulbs have a rated life of 10 times that. Granted, you have an exponential drop in light intensity as the bulb ages but nonetheless, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that one of those bulbs you are attempting to buy won't even last an entire grow. Why not make a little extra investment now and get yourself a 400 watt HPS, which will last you 3+ grows?

Just my $.02 though.

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