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By Ae9803
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Joined:  Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:55 am
#90199
I was thinking about this last night, would it be more worth it to have 4 42 watt cfls or 3 65 watt cfls?

42 watt CFL pushes 2800 lumens x 4 = 11200 lumens @ 168 watts
4 42 watts @ 11.75 x 4 =$ 50.84

65watt cfl pushes 3200 lumens x 3 = 9600 lumens @ 195 watts
3 65 watts @ $18.56 x 3 = 55.68

The reason why I ask is currently I have on 105 watt cfl pushing 5000 lumens and another 42 watt pushing 2800. Im trying to find out if it would be worth it to have smaller bulbs and more of them versus a bigger bulb with less of them. What do you guys think?
By Aging_Bourbon
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#90284
Hmm. From what I've read on some Cannabis Forums, all the plant needs is the right wave length, putting to much Lumens is like over doing it? I'm not really sure about this. I usually grow mines in natural sunlight but lets hear what others have to say
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By Jaws
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#90300
Good wattage is beneficial but you need the Kelvin right for good growth (6500K area for veg , 3200K Flowering)
Is unfortunate but a lot of searches i do (apart from this site :P) tend to lead me to cannabis growing sites :/
By Ae9803
Posts:  532
Joined:  Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:55 am
#90307
Yea but the question is more lower watage light bulbs but more of them better than higher watage less light bulbs?
By Ae9803
Posts:  532
Joined:  Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:55 am
#90934
I know I find alot of sites for cannabis, its not illegal to order from them of course
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