dkholland Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Anyone make this light hut? What kind of bulb did you get? I bought a spiral flourescent bulb that is 13 w but equals 60w regular lightbulb. Am I going to set our box on fire using this? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotsofpumpkins Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 We made the light hut. We had bought a kit (the one that cbd.com carries), so it came with a flourescent light bulb. I don't remember the wattage on it. Anyway, we built the light hut, but then decided not to use it. Dh and I weren't comfortable leaving a lightbulb on inside a box 24/7, even if it was a cooler flourescent one. We have lots of sun year-round, so the light hut wasn't really necessary. But since we bought the kit, I kind of felt like I had to do all the activities to make it worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Coast Mom Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 We made one earlier this year. We used the bulb that came in the Apologia lab pack from Homeschool Science Tools. I don't remember the wattage, but you can check the website. Worked like a charm and there were no fires. Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down_the_Rabbit_Hole Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 We used an ordinary light bulb (did this about 5yrs ago)and it never set fire, burned, or singed the box. We turned it off at night though because it was in ds's bedroom. The plants grew great. I will be making another when dd does this book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SebastianCat Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Anyone make this light hut? What kind of bulb did you get? I bought a spiral flourescent bulb that is 13 w but equals 60w regular lightbulb. Am I going to set our box on fire using this? That's what we used, and it didn't set anything on fire. Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rene Austen Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 We used the spiral bulb, too. No problems. . .unless you count DD continually having to be reminded to water her plants. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plink Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 We used a regular bulb and it worked splendidly. The box was only warm inside, never hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2boyzez Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 You can use a fluorescent or regular bulb and it works great! Stuff grows like crazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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