Bluetom Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 Depending on how good you were with a hacksaw or jigsaw and a rivet gun you could quite easierly convert a commerical box into 400mm and still have 4 tubes maybe even 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 If you want El Cheapo lights I think you may be best to buy second hand flouros. There is not much point in running massive metal halides because they give off a lot of heat and use a lot of power. Intense lighting is not much use unless you go the full hog and add fertilizers, CO2 and a bigger power bill. That is hardly cheap lighting. You will probably also need two or three to get a decent spread of light. MHs don't really use more power than a similar wattage of fluoro tubes or put out more heat. It's just more concentrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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