title explains it all. ive done pondering and it will be initially better just to run a 400 watt hps and call it good on light instead of a 6 or 8 light t5 wihich cant do as good as hid so. cfm to keep it cool?
idk if its ever over kill if you have adequate air flow. t5s get hot. but let them babies soak they will love it. you could have a fat scrog or sog with that.
i got really high today and was thinking about new light idead and i maybe have figured out one.
i havent decided if i want it to be 2 ft or 4ft but the frame would be made from pvc pipe and either ill zip tie power strips or i will put actual sockets drilled into the pvc. and im planning on...
i could just get a few 2 ft 2 bulb fixtures and mount them on there sides that way i can turn the ones off that arent being used. that seems like itd be alot cheaper. But i would use alot more electricity in the long run. a 2 bulb t5 its about 108 watts if i got 6 of them 3 on each side id be...
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so im thinking about adding about 10 of these spread out all over for the plants probably make a pvc pipe type stand and mount them. total...
yea they did realllllllllllly good with them. grass now moves when walking through it, day and night cycles. most of all creatures got model updates as well.