Will this ok for lighting????

Got a new grow box 4ft x 2ft x4ft one half for vegging other flowering.this is what I came up with for lights

vegging side 10- 75watt cfls 6500K

flowering side 6- 100watts cfl 2700k
4- 60watt cfl 2700K

ur reaaly gonna run 750w of cfls, would have been way cheaper to buy a preowned 600w MH/Hps...and cheaper to run.

Are we talking actual watts, or "equivalent" watts?

Regardless of weather its 'equivilent watts,' u've got the color temps right on the bulbs for flowering and veg, if anything u can always add more lights if they're needed, especially during flowering, don't skimp on the lights come flowering time. I say go for it, u got plenty of light to get u goin at the very least. Good luck!

I would go with the HIDs but then I need to buy bulbs & ballasts don't I? so its cheeper for me to use cfls.

Check out htgsupply.com, they got complete kits to get u goin. HID's don't really cost that much to run, but it depends on what they charge per kw in ur area. My 400w hps costs like 15bucks a month to run, which problyisn't far off from what it would cost to run all those cfls.

Have you run all those for a while to see if you can keep the temperatures in line? I know it's all cfl's but that heat adds up.

NoobRyder said:

ur reaaly gonna run 750w of cfls, would have been way cheaper to buy a preowned 600w MH/Hps...and cheaper to run.

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EarthElf420 said:

I would go with the HIDs but then I need to buy bulbs & ballasts don't I? so its cheeper for me to use cfls.

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you can get a 400w hps for under 300

Hell you can get a 400 hid for under $100 shipped. Look at this PSMH, it's as good as a halide for veg and as good as a HPS for flower, you'd just have to make a reflector or remote ballast or whatever you want to make it look cooler.

OPEN THIS LINK TWICE TO GET TO THE RIGHT PAGE:
http://www.e-conolight.com/Product/EProductDetail.asp?ProductFamilyID=8&FGNumber=E-HB5P40Q

I just got a new 400HPS, Digital remote ballast, air-cooled hood, $260incl. shipping. If u look around u can find some sweet deals.

richjames said:

I just got a new 400HPS, Digital remote ballast, air-cooled hood, $260incl. shipping. If u look around u can find some sweet deals.

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If I were to run a 400 hps how much do you think it would cost me monthly for electricity?

Vitus.Syndrome said:

If I were to run a 400 hps how much do you think it would cost me monthly for electricity?

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It depends on how much ur being charged for kw/h. My bill went up like $15 or $20, nothin major. There's a chart that'll get u an idea of how much power HID's use but I don't have a link. Maybe someone else'll know where to find it, would like to know myself.

The thing is Im not working right now so Im lucky to have 5.00 at end of the week have to pay other bills 1st.But thanks for every1s in put.

Just keep it in mind. Down the road, it may prove to come in handy