Home made cfl fixture

okay so i finnally got down to home depot and spent some time and left with some parts cost $40.81 , 2 68w-4200 lumen-2700k cfls at $14.97 each, 1 living room fixture (only for the dual light fixture part) $4.87, 2'Lx 4"id ac ducting(it comes un rolled jus bend it out a lil bit) $2.81, and $3.11 TAX every thing besides the cord and i had that but it should only be a few bucks
i kno i shouldnt of spent 40 bucks on this but hell it was fun to make and works too

EDIT: get a nut that fits the light fixture the plastic one is a piece of shit lol

the pic is finished product i hung it up as my top light and moved the other 6 26w-1750lumen cfls aroun the sides of the plants

so total i add up thats 292w-18,900 lumens for a 6sqft area (3150 lumens per sq ft)

so a 136w-8400 lumen cfl light
hell this lil can be adapted to any size bulbs so go wild

oh and i saw someone with one like this and adapted it to my needs thats where the idea came from

Very Nice . I will be giving this a try this week

damn, those are some serious bulbs, 136w a piece?

oh i guess i should say how to make it too lol well

step one: get supplies

step two: bend out the air duct a little bit

step three: measure and mark 1' in the center i eyeballed it

step four: drill holes for fixture and hanging

step five: mount the fixture in the hood and wire up safely

step six: screw in bulbs and plug in

step seven: hang in grow area

step eight: GRROOOWWWWW!!!

KaleoXxX said:

damn, those are some serious bulbs, 136w a piece?

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lol i wish but no thats total for the light thier 68w 42oo lumen lights

nice light setup man, i wanna try doin somethin like that i think.

thanks true yeah its working fine i think im gonna convert it to fit in to a pc case so i can down size my grow for a while

Those lights are kinda disappointing. You'd think they'd be brighter... just bigger. But nice thingy there.

lol the camera did that in the pic they do look dim but believe me they light up the room pretty damn good lol

very cool man, mad props

frenchtomytoast said:

very cool man, mad props

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thanks man

yea thats pretty damn nice. I need me a reflector like that. You should check out my banana og thread. whats the name of that reflector you got? I wanna go to home depot and get it. Where is it at? What is it under??

din'e medicine said:

yea thats pretty damn nice. I need me a reflector like that. You should check out my banana og thread. whats the name of that reflector you got? I wanna go to home depot and get it. Where is it at? What is it under??

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its an ac duct go to the ac section and its usually on the bottom shelf unrolled it was like 2 bucks

lol jus a view from my bed lmao

Ghost in the closet eh?

hehe lol its not bad to be haunted by this ghost

sweet...been looking for something along this design for my top light in a stealth cab...

yep this ones gettin modified to fit in a pc case in september im ganna try my luck at that haha

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lol theres the video ive been lookin for the link to it so i could post it haha yes this is where i got the idea from