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    Veteran Smoker Mr. Ganja
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    Anybody ever use halogen lights....tractor supply has a 500 Watt halogen work light for 15$....is there a reason nobody uses these?.....also Lowes has hps bulbs but no ballasts...is it difficult to find and set up HPS??.....where can I get ballast?

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    no not good for growing they give off more heat than anything and you would have to have them set up properly or there is a high risk of fire

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    look on ebay you can get a 400 watt for a lil over 100 bucks well worth it
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    Halogen is incandescent. It's got almost no blue output and is just a huge waste of power. cn
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