Looking for advice with CFL's!

Today I just bought three 23watt cfl's each spitting out 6500k and 1640 lumens. Then I purchased a small circular metal fixture with about the perimeter of a foot. I also bought 10 feet of lamp cord, and a timer. All of this came up to $60 here in Canada.

Each the three parts of the fixture where a bulb can screw into there is a hot and a neutral wire totaling three neutrals and three hot's.

Can I just cap the three hot's to one half of the lamp cord, and cap the other three neutrals to the other half of the lamp cord? After that can I just bend the other side of the lamp cord clockwise and screw them down onto the male end of a socket which would be plugged into a timer, which would be plugged into the wall socket?

I'm planning on having two plants with this light setup during the vegetative growth cycle at 20/4 until it is the size I would like, at which time I will add two more 42 watt cfl's and change to a 12/12 lighting schedule. Is this okay? Does it matter how big the grow space is? If the plants are just on the ground and if I keep a constant one inch above them will it be fine?

I don't want to plug in the fixture until I am sure it will not cause a fire, and is wired correctly for I am just a NINETEEN year old kid with basic electricity skills.

If you could answer those questions it would be an amazing help, Thanks !

better read this quick man,
1. eletricity is not my strong point, i'm going to skip that ?.
2. using those 3 to veg and then adding a few 42ws at flower time sounds ok, but i'd try to get much more than that.
3. the grow area determines how big you can let your plants go, of course it matters. a plant usually double-triples in size from the time you start flowering at.
4. kepping them on the ground should be ok if you can do it w/o blocking the drainage holes completely.
5. an inch is about right, but you need to make sure its not too hot, place the back of your hand under the light at the same level as your plants canopy, if its really hot to your hand raise it up till you find it no longer does.

hope i helped. as soon as a moderator see's this thread you are going to be banned, you've got to be 18+ to visit the site. I'm not gonna report you or nothing but im sure someone will pretty soon. sorry

Alright thanks man, didn't see that I accidentally wrote that... must have been a typo.

Any help would be appreciated !