Cheapest possible lighting!

[pszarwufl]

Hi everyone,

 

First thread for me!

 

I am trying to work out how to get my hands on some lights that are cheap if not free;

 

can i use like lights from a pet store that a designed for lizards etc who need the warmth

 

they had some 150watt lights and like some decent looking ?reflectors? that house them for a fairly decent price...

 

can i use a couple of these instead of an expensive hydro light?

 

update:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Reptile-Guys-Day-Li...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

that ebay item, looks exactly the same (if not a different brand name, i remember reading very similar text on the box packaging)

 

what do you guys think?

Edited June 21, 2008 by pszarwufl

[nouseforaname]

hey,

You are better off working with flurescents, metal halide or high pressure sodium... they will grow alot better than the lights ur thinking about.. heres a link to diff light styles Light descriptions

[Radic]

can i use like lights from a pet store that a designed for lizards etc who need the warmth

 

no

 

cheap if not free

car recycler

look for bmw hps headlights and running gear

 

street light the yellow ones are hps and blue ones are mh

[Frazz]

Yea the only way i know to get any useful free lights is knock off the lights @ ya local footy oval , but watch the live electricity as it can kill ..

if there were cheap lights apart from proper growing lights dont ya think we would be using them?

growing lights have a certain spectrum of light waves that closely mimick the Sun's light , unfortunately other lights do not have these abilities because they are made for all different types of daily uses