I just got an aerogarden 7, and I think the lights that come with it do not look very good.
Each bulb (2) in the aeogarden is rated for 26 Watts and outputs 1560 lumens, and the total output is 78 watts and 4680 lumens over an area of approximately 16x9 inches or 1 square foot.
I wanted to Mod this aerogarden a bit (from a aerogarden light socket mod kit off of eBay to replace the lights that came with the aerogarden), and not sure if the lights I want to replace with would be better or worse for my 3 plants that I have in it now.
The lights I was going to put in instead of what came with the aerogarden are;
Any infor, or am I totally wrong?...
Just setting this up while waiting to purchase a250 W HPS SUPER HPS HYDROPONICS SODIUM GROW LIGHTS BULB
1 more question... if i do get the HPS light....do i need a special socket to avoid a fire, or can it just go into a "work light ballast)?
Right now I have the 2 reg aerogarden lights on (that came with it) as well as the 2 6500k on the sides...is this overkill?..or should i just leave it the way i have set up now and NOT mod the aerogarden?
Each bulb (2) in the aeogarden is rated for 26 Watts and outputs 1560 lumens, and the total output is 78 watts and 4680 lumens over an area of approximately 16x9 inches or 1 square foot.
I wanted to Mod this aerogarden a bit (from a aerogarden light socket mod kit off of eBay to replace the lights that came with the aerogarden), and not sure if the lights I want to replace with would be better or worse for my 3 plants that I have in it now.
The lights I was going to put in instead of what came with the aerogarden are;
2-6500K 75W CFL
COLOR TEMP-6500K
ENERGY USED-18W=75W
AVERAGE LIFE-8000HRS PER CFL
LIGHT OUTPUT-1170 LUMENS
I know the Lumens are lower, do think they are better or worse than what came with the aerogarden?
I was going to also use 2 side lights;
I know the Lumens are lower, do think they are better or worse than what came with the aerogarden?
I was going to also use 2 side lights;
2-5000K 60W CFL
COLOR TEMP 5000K
ENERGY USED 14W=60W
AVERAGE LIFE 10000 HRS PER CFL
LIGHT OUTPUT-800 LUMENS
COLOR TEMP 5000K
ENERGY USED 14W=60W
AVERAGE LIFE 10000 HRS PER CFL
LIGHT OUTPUT-800 LUMENS
Any infor, or am I totally wrong?...
Just setting this up while waiting to purchase a250 W HPS SUPER HPS HYDROPONICS SODIUM GROW LIGHTS BULB
1 more question... if i do get the HPS light....do i need a special socket to avoid a fire, or can it just go into a "work light ballast)?
Right now I have the 2 reg aerogarden lights on (that came with it) as well as the 2 6500k on the sides...is this overkill?..or should i just leave it the way i have set up now and NOT mod the aerogarden?