im just tryin to get an idea on how to make mine so im wondering if some of you guys can post up some pics of your home made cfl light fixture.

im just tryin to think what to use and then a design ..

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here's a pic, just the bottom of a cardboard box lined with mylar, lights placed accordingly..

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thanks thats a easy basic one but i might go with it ....... anyone else got any pic's

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Don't have a pic, but I can describe my setup.

I took two 1x3 boards and drilled holes along their length. I pulled approx 6' of 12ga wire through each of the holes and wired standard light sockets to the end. Attach wires with wire-nuts and tape to relieve stress. Parallel wire the other ends and connect to a 12 ga lamp cord in the same fashion. Now, I hang these fixtures (I have 2 fixtures, each holding 8 lights) from the ceiling and plug into timer. Here's the nifty part. I can pull the wires through the holes in the boards to raise the lights and then place a paper binder clip on the wire to hold in place. My 42watt cfls are suspended over the plant tops and my 23watt cfls are dropped lower, between the plants, to shine on the lower growth.

It's not the most ideal setup as it can get frustrating adjusting so many lights so frequently but it gets the job done and it's cheap. The sockets cost less than $1 ea, the wire is $10 for 50', a bucket of wire nuts are about $5. The whole setup, with the exception of bulbs, cost less than $40 and holds 16 lights. This is suspended in a room thats 4' x 3' x 7', and with all the mylar looks like a small sun when you open the hatch

its kind of hard to understand for me with out a pic but thanks...

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Hope this helps... Very simple. Add reflectors if desired.

here's mine


pretty much the exact same thing russ0r has above..

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They also sell "Y" shaped splitter plugs at hardware stores for like $2.50 .... allowing you to run 2 lights per every outlet. For those like me who choose to try to keep extra wiring down to a minimum.

Here was mine. CFLs all over the place + 2 heat flood lamps.

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Here's mine, made it today





Basically deconstructed a cheap desk lamp and attached it to a bent pannel of steel linew with mylar using coat-hangers! It's pretty ghetto but it seems to work damn well!

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