More cfl help needed. DIY

iToke

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Lol there has been a few times round hear when its been easier to get hold of some bashed up coke than some potent weed!

Well i got another 3 20w CFL's, there only 1050 lumen, so pretty shit, butthey have the ballast built in! The only problem is they dont state if there cool white daylight or warm white!

I also got a 24w cool white flood bulb, 1800 lumen. Im not sure if this has a ballast built in or not tho :(

Good news is i smashed one of the 20w ones by accident (hold on thatst the bad news lol the good news is..) and found out that i can infact connect the built in ballast of a 20w bulb to my 42w bulb with no ballast!
However im thinking surley a 20w bulbs ballast is only going to allow the 42w bulb to produse 20w? Any ideas?
i now have 15000+ lumens but only 2400 connected right now!

Any ideas on what i should do, i cant find a ballast anywhere!


EDIT: main question: is it the ballast that is in control of the lumens, spectrum & watts or the actual tubes? And will this be the same for built in ballasts?
 
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