Show off your homemade cfl lighting system

this is mine. dont know if itll work or not but ill let you know.

what are you using ?

23w cfl 5000k 1600 lumens if that even works beats me i don't know crap.

Not sure if this qualifies a "system" but I picked up two of these floor lamps which have 5 sockets on adjustable goosenecks. All I did to them was remove the globes they came with, and take out one section of the pipe to shorten it down to my table height. I primarily use a 600W HID, but want to add some different spectrum CFL bulbs as side lighting and to to balance out the MH or HPS that I have under the 600 at the time.

Past grows I've used some clamp-ons and splitters etc. but broke a few bulbs and burned a few plants in the process due to slippage. And it was a pain in the ass juggling them around and cords running everywhere. These are going to suit my purpose perfectly. Pictures show the lamp. Easy to adjust them within a couple inches of the plant. Right now I'm running four 2700Ks, along with the 600W MH.



Not sure why the first picture wont expand, I've got it on my current grow page and it works fine ? ?

ive been wondering about peoples custom cfl setups but im no electrician and not that good of a builder. Was just going to switch to t5s, but subbed to this thread hoping i find something good! i dont have any light contraptions just use hanging cfls with the reflector on it from hd

Gary Ganja said:

ive been wondering about peoples custom cfl setups but im no electrician and not that good of a builder. Was just going to switch to t5s, but subbed to this thread hoping i find something good! i dont have any light contraptions just use hanging cfls with the reflector on it from hd

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my understanding is CFL's are T5's in a spiral ...the price of some higher end 4x54W T5's is dropping fast, you can get good lumens out of a $100 Hydrofarm unit and even more from a $200 TEK