Build Your Own Fluorescent Light Fixture

This is great fixture for growing plants.

Build your own fluorescent light fixture.

Now for building your own fixture. For t5 s and pc bulbs the wattages are basically equivalent. A burnt out lamp is the most common reason any light fixture does not light. This greatly decreases the cost of the fixture.

Each letter will be constructed of 4 lights. Locate a ballast as i mentioned above i have been recently experimenting with using spiral cfl ballasts to power other bulbs. This guide shows how to build a system that will fit for almost any growing needs indoors. Or you can read the printing on the tube to identify the correct replacement type.

A fluorescent tube that is failed or failing usually has darkened areas near one or both ends of the tube. Just attach the bulb ballasts plug it in. I want to build several letters out of fluorescent light bulbs for example one letter is o but it will look more like. Build a customized fluorescent lamp system t5 when growing seedlings and plants in the vegetative stage using fluorescents is a great way to provide the beloved plants with bright and balanced light.

You need to buy a spiral cfl with the proper wattage you want.