Will These Bulbs Work???

nubee420 · Apr 7, 2008

Hello,

I'm about to order 4 of these bulbs and I wanted to make sure they were the correct type for growing. They will be going in a grow box that I built specifically for vegging but I wanted to know if they would work for flowering also. The bulbs are cfl's and they are 105watts each, they are 5000k (full spectrum). I'm attaching a link so you can see exactly what I'm talking about. Thanks for any help...

link to bulb website: Compact Fluorescent - 105 Watt - Full Spectrum 5000k - Energy Miser FE-IIIB-105W5-50 Light Bulb.

shnkrmn · Apr 7, 2008

Oh yea, they will definitely work. Nice price too.

nubee420 · Apr 7, 2008

shnkrmn said:
Oh yea, they will definitely work. Nice price too.

wow..I wasn't expecting a response that quick, thanks alot. So they will work for flowering also if I decided to flower something in the box?

Conoclast · Apr 7, 2008

Jesus christ that's one HUGE bulb. Looks it'll work very good

shnkrmn · Apr 7, 2008

well, they will work for flowering but an HPS light would work better. Lots of people veg with what you've got, but then switch for flowering to something that emits a warmer, redder spectrum. Read everything here: GROWFAQ and good luck. :blsmoke:

nubee420 · Apr 7, 2008

Conoclast said:
Jesus christ that's one HUGE bulb. Looks it'll work very good

lol..yeah i just read the dimensions...13 inches long

nubee420 · Apr 7, 2008

shnkrmn said:
well, they will work for flowering but an HPS light would work better. Lots of people veg with what you've got, but then switch for flowering to something that emits a warmer, redder spectrum. Read everything here: GROWFAQ and good luck.

thanks alot for your help bro...peace

Mighty_boosh · Apr 7, 2008

im growing with one of them Check it out https://www.rollitup.org/cfl-growing/60035-cfl-kc-33-beginning-end-2.html im growing a lowryder 2 and Kc33

ILLESS · Apr 7, 2008

Will this bulb work for flowering?

Compact Fluorescent - 200 Watt - Full Spectrum 5000K - Mogul Base - Energy Miser FE-IIIB-200W Light Bulb

nubee420 · Apr 7, 2008

Mighty_boosh said:
im growing with one of them Check it out https://www.rollitup.org/cfl-growing/60035-cfl-kc-33-beginning-end-2.html im growing a lowryder 2 and Kc33

I'm sure you'll get something out of it, but you might want to consider using more than just 1 cfl bulb from start to finish. I'm using 4 of the 105watt bulbs, but that's just for vegging. I'm using a 400watt HPS for flowering. This post was just to find out if these bulbs would work if I decided to use my vegg box for flowering.

Mighty_boosh · Apr 7, 2008

im using 1 of them eco lights for veg coz thats all you need and then im going to add a few cfls for flowering plus scrog should work out good

nubee420 · Apr 7, 2008

Mighty_boosh said:
im using 1 of them eco lights for veg coz thats all you need and then im going to add a few cfls for flowering plus scrog should work out good

right on...best of luck with your grow...peace

dankshit1092 · Apr 7, 2008

should work fine...you may have already said but how many plants is this for? :joint:

Mighty_boosh · Apr 7, 2008

well im just growing a lowryder and kc33 to test if works good im going to do a 5 plant scrog

LemonHerb · Apr 7, 2008

I am no expert, but I got these from that site.

Compact Fluorescent - 30 Watt - Full Spectrum 6400K - Energy Miser FE-IIS-30W-64 Light Bulb

I realize you would have to buy three of these bulbs to get the same lumen output. But they are 6400k and i found a coupon online and got them at like $2.90 each. So for the same price as 4 of those large ones you could have 40 of these and be putting out 80k lumens. Bt then, not sure what you are looking at space wise.

shnkrmn · Apr 8, 2008

ILLESS said:
Will this bulb work for flowering?

Compact Fluorescent - 200 Watt - Full Spectrum 5000K - Mogul Base - Energy Miser FE-IIIB-200W Light Bulb

This bulb will work but it requires a mogul socket (not a standard household socket), so you would have to supply that as well to use it. Probably better to stick with the lower wattage CFLs that fit regular sockets.

xweedxgrowx · Apr 8, 2008

For that price you can purchase a 400 watt . HPS w/ reflectors.
The shipping and handling is an additional 30bux though but who cares.
The total price for a 400watt. HPS with ballast and Reflectors (everything you need) including shipping and handling will be around 150.00-170.00
Which isnt much more than you will be paying for the CFL's you are about to purchase..If you have already purchased. Than cancel your order, and i will give you links to some website's.
Cheers!

shnkrmn · Apr 8, 2008

I heartily endorse this!!!

xweedxgrowx said:
For that price you can purchase a 400 watt . HPS w/ reflectors.
The shipping and handling is an additional 30bux though but who cares.
The total price for a 400watt. HPS with ballast and Reflectors (everything you need) including shipping and handling will be around 150.00-170.00
Which isnt much more than you will be paying for the CFL's you are about to purchase..If you have already purchased. Than cancel your order, and i will give you links to some website's.
Cheers!

cheetah2007 · Apr 8, 2008

sure, why not

ILLESS · Apr 8, 2008

shnkrmn said:
This bulb will work but it requires a mogul socket (not a standard household socket), so you would have to supply that as well to use it. Probably better to stick with the lower wattage CFLs that fit regular sockets.

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With that would it rival an HPS? Or is it still falling short? CFL's are cooler and can be place closer to the plant and are more energy efficient, so I'm also curious about using a really high powered CFL for flowering...a 200W CFL is suppose to be equivelent to a 600W HPS...is it true?

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