• Do you need help identifying a 🌶?
    Is your plant suffering from an unknown issue? 🤧
    Then ask in Identification and Diagnosis.

Halogens......are they useful?

Ballzworth

Ballzworth

I have 2 250watt Halogens. primarly I like the heat they give off and I've been hearing they cover the red spectrum with over 3,000 lumens per light.

i haven't really heard much mention of halogens on here and wanted to know if they're a useful tool or not? I'm not looking to build any expensive system and I have a bunch of 40watt CFL's to start out next year, but I was thinking the halogens may help a bit when I bring in some containers in the near future to finish up the peppers that just need a bit more time.

I'm not looking to get into the HID's this season (maybe next).

any thoughts?
 
Halongens produce a large amount of heat, and I know some are not efficient by any means, but that might have changed as far as efficiency.
 
Unless you mistyped and meant 30,000 lumens rather that 3,000, they aren't worth the electricity it will take to run them. I have a 150 watt HPS that produces 15,000 lumens, a 105 watt CFL that puts out nearly 7,000 lumens. Without looking it up, I think 250 watts of incandescent bulbs will produce more lumens.

Mike
 
Halogens are pretty much the worst grow light you can get.

Keep to the High Pressure Sodium or Metal Halide, you know the drill, MH for growth, HPS for flower/fruiting, in all honesty, I would probably just go for a HPS, depending on how many plants, you could get away with a 150-200w one. Probably better to go with 400w though.
 
Thanks. I knew that the Halogens aren't considered good for growing but a few resources say they are still somewhat effective in the red spectrum (although not efficient). I guess in the end they'll be good as a heat lamp if nothing else.

Wordwiz, my lights are 3,600 lumens each (definitely not 30,000!)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top