Lighting new grow room build

[flub]

ok guys and gals i will shortly be building a new grow room and will be going down the cfl route and need some idea of how many 125 w cfl's for a 6ft x 2ft grow space ?
thanks for any replys in advance

 

[namvet25]

Are those the big cfls from a web supplier?

 

[flub]

yeh nam i believe they are around 7" long but i'm open to suggestions mate

 

[Carbon]

Your phone will ring in 10.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.2.....

 

[JM]

go blackstar led and get more bang for the buck if you can swing it... the 240 veggers are the shit!

 

[The Dude]

IMHO Id look at a 4ft. four tube.But not sure about the width of those,maybe a 2 tube 4ft. long should cover it.Maybe make it slightly deeper to have a slightly wideer or deeper light?I run three 125W HydroFarms CFL's in roughly the same space.but they are independant of each other.

 

[flub]

plenty of food for thought there guys thanks for the replys

 

[flub]

ok guys i'm gonna be making a custom reflector with a heatsink built in to help cool the ballasts on 3 x 125 w cfl . I thought as i'm an engineer by trade it makes sense to build something i cant buy i will also be adding lower wattage side lighting . I'll throw some pics up once I've done the job

 

[The Dude]

Sweeet!!!

 

[flub]

gonna take a while to machine up the heatsink but should be worth it just hope it goes to plan lol