went to get lights only to come home empty handed

maryjanelover

Well-Known Member

• Jul 21, 2008

• #1

so i just got back from walmart. went to get some lights but couldnt figure which ones to get. when i bought my flourescent tubes a while back, on the package it has where on the the kelvin scale the light are, and wether they are daytime , cool white,ect....every thing i needed to know to choose

but 2day when i was gonna pick up some cfl's it didnt say shit but "reveal" on them, no kalvin scale, no coolwhite, daylight, ect

i must of spent 25 minutes in the same isle for nothing, i went from the highest watt i could find to the lowest, all they said was lumens, and wattage. i was just like cmon u gotta be fuckin kiddin me

how am i supposed to know what to get if the package doesnt say anything?

thanks

 

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erbium

Well-Known Member

• Jul 21, 2008

• #2

If you have a Home Depot near you go there.

The blue package is blue light, the red package is red and the green is balanced.

You can get splitters there and you have a better choice in sizes for each color spectrum.

 

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budsandtits

Active Member

• Jul 21, 2008

• #3

it says it on the package sometimes its really small though

 

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KillerWeed420

Well-Known Member

• Jul 21, 2008

• #4

The 6500k's were in blue boxes when I bought a bunch at walmart. And they said daylight on them.

 

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poutineeh

Well-Known Member

• Jul 21, 2008

• #5

look at the ballast of the bulb, it should have more details

 

maryjanelover

Well-Known Member

• Jul 21, 2008

• #6

me and my friend looked at every box and couldnt find anything. i was gonna go to home depot but i just went to walmart cuz its alot closer. i didnt even think off the color of the box, im bout to go to home depot 2morrow, probably have a way better selection anyways.

 

jojaxx

Well-Known Member

• Jul 21, 2008

• #7

home depot will deffinitely cost you more....walmart has 26w daylight bulbs...3 pack for $6 & change..thay are in plastic so you can see the bulb with daylight written down the side..i never found the 2700, never thought of box color either.

home depot wants $8 & change for 1 42w bulb, hell, i saw a 65w at lowe's for $16 bucks.

 

moonbeam

Well-Known Member

• Jul 21, 2008

• #8

dont always trust the color of the box....I bought some in a green box once that was like 3000k. I was thinking green should be more like 5000K or 4100k

sometimes you REALLY got to look for it....I know i've spent 15 min at a time trying to find the light color of bulbs....I almost just opened up the box and stuck it in a light socket to guess what range it was

 

Purp Farmer

Active Member

• Jul 22, 2008

• #9

cfls only have 2 range's, for the normal ones,
"cool white" is 6500k-emit's a bright white light.
"warm white" is 2700k-emit's a bright orange light.

the red,green etc... cft bulbs all have differnt kelvins based on different brands.

 

Twistyman

Well-Known Member

• Jul 22, 2008

• #10

If you can, T5's (better then cfls) are about $50 for blue spectrum , reflector and hanger...plus the red bulb is about $19..so that covers both needs...plus you can use cfl's for side light... So for $70.00 you've got a cheap set-up..obviously HID (MH & HPS) is better, but I know that all of us can't spend $ or don't have location to use these....
any hydro shop has them, plus you can get them online at HTG supplies.com...

 

Budda_Luva

Well-Known Member

• Jul 22, 2008

• #11

well u gotta look on the ballast of the CFL dont be lazy and juss look on the name and under the name really look and if its not on the ballast of the CFL than look on the package it may be in smalle print

 

Wolfman Zen

Well-Known Member

• Jul 22, 2008

• #12

Bought these at walmart....

Daylight 6500k right on the label.... with blue packaging