colored cfls

granitestate

granitestate

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i noticed, that this christmas season, and all the colored lighting that it produces. They now have cfl's, colored, in blue and red is what caught my eye. Does anyone think that this would enhance spectrum? maybe toss a few red in when flowering, or a few blue for vegging. any ideas or experiance?
 
Yeah I saw those too, and thought the same thing you did, but I’m reasonably sure it's not what we are looking for in lights. I am guessing it’s just a painted florescent and doesn’t affect spectrum at all and reduces the intensity of the light. I could be wrong but that’s the conclusion I came to. I am interested to hear some more comments on this.
 
i thought that they may have been painted, but it must jus be a powdered coat of some sort. i dunno. The other thing iw as wondering is if anyone knows a formula to find out how many amps im pulling. i know im running 110, and i know the wattage of the lights. I know the ohms will tell me but i forget how it goes, i looked it up and it just pissed me off more. If anyone would care to enlighten me, i will..be....thankful...? yes, i will be thankful haha
 
granitestate said:
i thought that they may have been painted, but it must jus be a powdered coat of some sort. i dunno. The other thing iw as wondering is if anyone knows a formula to find out how many amps im pulling. i know im running 110, and i know the wattage of the lights. I know the ohms will tell me but i forget how it goes, i looked it up and it just pissed me off more. If anyone would care to enlighten me, i will..be....thankful...? yes, i will be thankful haha
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You divide your wattage by your voltage. So a 400 watt light divided by 120v gives you a 3.3 amp draw. You can figure out wattage or "power used" by multiplying your known voltage by your known current or amperage draw to help with light cost figures.
 
how come they called it 110 when its really 120? Cuz at work, when the electrician asks someone waht they're running, he says "Are you runnin 110 or 220?". Ive seen that the appliances(water heaters, ranges etc.) are usually marked 120 or 240, but commonly referred to as 110 and 220. This confuses me, they are the same thing right?
 
I wouldn't get colored CFL's. I played with some, nothing notably different.


Stick with the T5's, cool white, daylight white and blue cool for the ultimate plant:hump:
 
Well with all fluorescent lights, CFLs included, they have a white powdery coating on the inside. Manipulating these coatings are what give us different color temperatures. So changing the color of these coatings is the same thing as changing the color of the glass, right?
 
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