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P. gypsicola

  • #41
norns: before I built the shelves I used to just lay the fluorescent lights on the trays, the trays would be the support for the lamps. This would have positioned the lamps approximately 2.5 - 5.0 cm from the plants leaves, flowers were often getting burn damage back then. Moving the lamps farther away from the leaves as the shelves now do, inspired me to do this: Overdriving Fluorescent Lamps


Overdriving the lights makes them much brighter, though the lamps fail much sooner -- I don't worry so much about that, I purchase my lamps for less than $1 each and for me, the improvement in plant growth outweighs the early need for lamp replacement.
 
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  • #42
My mouth is still open from reading through that overdrive article! I need an electrician!
 
  • #43
My mouth is still open from reading through that overdrive article! I need an electrician!

The artical is amazing !! :jaw:
It really a good method, and I also need an electrician too.
 
  • #44
I'd like to know where Joseph gets his tubes for $1 a piece.
 
  • #45
It was at Lowe's, but just last night I discovered that they apparently no longer carry what was called their "value pack" (30 - 4 foot 34watt T12, Cool White lamps for about $25 before tax).:-(
 
  • #46
I got a 10 pack of floros at home depot for $11
 
  • #47
I just picked up a 10-pack of 4100K, 4 foot T8's, from Home Depot, to give them a try. Some threads mention that they produce more light per watt of electricity. With tax they were a little more than $2/each.
 
  • #48
My mouth is still open from reading through that overdrive article! I need an electrician!

No electrician but am farely good at electroncis,I'll try that sometime soon.
 
  • #49
Like most things in life, if one is given the chance to talked through a multistep task (and take notes), it's possible to do. I would definitely need to have someone right next to me. Same with hand-pollinating!
 
  • #50
If I could teleport there I'd help :D
 
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