Grow Light..plz help

[Buddy21]

Can somebody use a 65watt soft white Flood light in a Standard light bulb socket?

[Racefan]

as in incandescent flood light? Won't work. Wrong spectrum. Floros, HID's and some say LED's are the only lights for growing. not flood lights.

[Boss]

In the other thread, I thought he was talking about a flouro ;-)

[Racefan]

Well he still might be but I've never seen or heard of a floro flood light before.

[HeadMed]

diffuser lens over standard floro, "weathertite"

[Boss]

Ya, that's what i have seen, the reflectors wrapped around a CFL encased in plastic. 65w equiv, like a 23w bulb. I think they make larger though.

[Racefan]

Oh...like the ones I use. Except mine are not only billed as a security light with a dawn to dusk sensor but are 500watt equivalent with a 65 watt bulb. I got my last one at lights of America for $35.00 but they sell the same ones at Home Depot and Cosco. I bought one at the local cosco 5 years ago for $15.00 and it's still working great. Here's a link. Either one will work. The only difference is the outer case color.

Lights of America 65W Fluorex floodlight (Brown) (9266)
Lights of America 65W Fluorex floodlight (White) (9265)
Here's a tip...remove the lens. It reduces the amount of lumens reaching the plants. You have to cover the dawn to dusk sensor for the light to work right.

[Boss]

Ahh those are cool.

[Racefan]

Yeah they used to come with a clear dawn to dusk sensor cover and a smoke coloured one that allowed a person to cover or bypass the sensor and use a light switch to turn on and off the light until they found out we were using them to grow with.lol Now they only give you the clear cover. A piece of duct tape works just as well though.

And to answer the original poster...no you cannot use this bulb in a standard socket unless it has it's own ballast. All the 65watt ones I've seen and the ones I use have a external electronic ballast in the case.

[Buddy21]

The Spot is only 24" high x 29" wide

So how many lights should I use for such a small space?

[Boss]

2 or 3 :-) As many as heat allows.