cfl bulb or hps bulb please help me out?
okay so you all know how expensive a hps light costs now I am wondering if a 400w hps will grow better than a cfl that uses 80w but puts out 400w. I personally think that cfl and hps are like the same thing same wattage same power but cfl has allot more hours of life and is like $180 cheaper so just seeing if they have the same effect. thank you. only people who know what they are talking about and people who have tried both can answer this question. 10 points to the best answer
CFL usually gets sold on “equivalent” wattages, you’ll buy a small house bulb one that’s equivalent to a 100watt regular bulb as example. It’ll do the job but a proper CFL grow bulb is huge compared to a regular energy saving bulb my 250w CFL is around 35cm long I believe.
I’ve never used HPS or MH bulbs so I can’t make a comparison, I’ll just say that I’m always happy with the CFL results and sleep easier knowing I have a smaller chance of burning the house down with a faulty ballasts that are out there.
For the legal snitches trolling the questions (I use my grow lights for purely legal purposes to grow cactii and exotic flowers indoors all year round)
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