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From: Bonaventure Magrys <bonaventure at OPTONLINE.NET>
Subject: Re: Grow Lights
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Hi Carolyn,
The wall-mounted fixtures are just that, but instead of being mounted on =the side of the garage or house they are on the inside wall of the grow c=ase, about 4 feet up the 5 foot tall sides. A board is behind them for ex=tra stability,attached to the outside top and bottom of the frame. The fi=xture is screwed into the board, and the loose wiring goes around it and =through the mylar out of the grow case. I then spliced the wires (3, incl=uding a ground) to a powercord. If you're not sure of this, its a simple =job for an electrician. This cord is pluged into a circuit breaker power =strip along with all the other lighting which is then plugged into a grou=nded timer for 18-hour days. Small cumputer-type fans aimed downward are =hung in each corner and run 24 hours a day.
Bonaventure

----- Original Message -----
From: Carolyn Schaffner <drsnooks at BUFFNET.NET>
Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 8:28 pm
Subject: Re: Grow Lights

> Bonaventure, in two messages, said:
>
> High Pressure Sodium (HPS) bulbs. One 175 Watt uses only a little
> more power than a bank of 4 flourescent 40 Watt tubes
>
> ****
>
> I have mounted 2 outdoor type 75W wall mounted HPS fixtures (Home
> Depot). I moved some of the high MH light orchids and a putative
> saxatile x tortuosum hybrid, from the central area, to within 1
> foot (~ 35 cm) under one HPS unit and they have responded well
> even though the light gives the plants a yellow cast when on.
> &&&&&
>
> ====> This sounds like a fantastic idea!  Any chance you can
> explain the set-up a bit more thoroughly?  Do the HPS fixtures
> need to be re-wired? How do you mount them over the bench/table?
> Can you send me a photo?  (I get the messages in digest form)
>
> Carolyn Schaffner in cold, windy, icy Buffalo, NY
>