Reddit reviews 5 in 1 Light Socket Splitter JACKYLED E26 E27 Adapter Converter Horizontal Designed 360 Degrees Adjustable 180 Degree Bendable
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IMPORTANT PARAMETERS: Max Wattage is 300W, 100-240V working voltage,suitable for any E26 E27 standard LED, halogen, incandescent and CFL light bulbs, you can use any type of bulbs you need.In order to respond to energy saving and environmental protection and to avoid the life of the product being shortened under long-time high-power work, we recommend that customers use LED bulbs or CFL bulbs with low power and energy saving, and minimize the use of high-wattage incandescent light.360 ROTATING DEGREE: This 5 in 1 light socket splitter is horizontal designed, each socket has 360 rotating degree design, and the bending degree is 180. You can adjust the angle of the socket at your will. Easy to increased brightness with this 5 in 1 E26 E27 light splitter.SAFETY ASSURANCE: This 5 in 1 adapter splitter is made from inflaming retarding PBT fireproof material, copper and nickel-plated brass, this adapter comes in a solid construction, the heat resistant is up to 200 degree. 100% safe from electric flaming, no fire hazard.WIDE APPLICATON:Ideal for any occasion .For bedroom, living room, kitchen, hallway, conference room, office and exhibition, etc.100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE: We strive to provide each customer with the highest standard of customer service to ensure you have a pleasant shopping experience. If you have any issues, inquiries or need assistance, please feel free to contact us directly. 30-day money-back guarantee for any reason, 12-month warranty for quality-related issues.
The lights are on for 14 hours per day
What will you be putting in there? If it's mostly high light species you probably don't want to cheap out too much on light, but if you have a mix or mostly intermediate to low light you can probably get away with cheaper and fewer fixtures.
I have a few of these led panels, which are strong enough to tan a cattleya at a close range and could also cover a very wide area at a further distance for lower light plants. My oldest ones have been running daily for a little over a year and no issues so far, so hopefully they'll last a good long time. You could probably use one of these on each side at an angle so that the front of each shelf gets some direct light and arrange your plants closest by ordered of light requirements.
I also have some areas where I supplement light with a setup of cords---socket splitters---and smaller sized grow bulbs that I can swivel to target a wider or narrower area.
One more tip that I haven't tried with orchids but might be worth a shot in a setup like this, you could line the walls with foil or something reflective to help bounce light to the back sides of the shelves and have less spillover "going to waste". I've only ever done this with seedlings for my garden but it seemed to help.
What a great window of plants you have there!
For optimal coverage, a lamp shaped like a classic T8/T5 fixture with the same length as your window would be suiting (shape-wise).
Although, classic T8/T5 fluorescents are very inefficient at both producing light and directing it where we want it, which is why I recommend LED. Also, having plants in different heights makes this a little impractical as the distance between lamp and plant will affect light intensity a lot.
A square-shaped lamp performs best in a square-shaped area. A longer lamp fixture might give you better coverage but may not be very fun to have hanging all across your window.
Another way to work around this can be to have a couple of smaller light sources spread out. A popular option in the DIY culture is bulbs + splitter. I do not necessarily recommend these two specific options, I just want to show them as an example.
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If it were my window, I'd aim for bulbs that are a little bigger and only use three of them. Instead of a lamp splitter, I would hang each lamp individually in its own cable at a desired height, something like this: https://i.imgur.com/DpL1H6o.png
Optics or focusing lenses will confine the light and produce a more narrow light footprint. This allows for greater distances between lamp and canopy compared to a LED lamp with no optics. Depending on your desired look and how you want to hang your light sources, you could use either type.
I can't really recommend a good T8 (LED) lamp from the top of my head, neither can I recommend a good E27 lamp (on Amazon). I have seen that the SANSI bulbs are quite popular but it is difficult for us to know how they perform as there is very little information shared about this by SANSI. Other than that, I have no personal opinion about them.
I made a video recently about e27 bulbs with focusing lenses. This video might be interesting if you choose to go for the bulb-option.
Hope this was somewhat helpful :-)
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If you have more of the clamp lamps, just get some more bulbs. Or you can get something like [this] ( https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076S6927J/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_r0cZAbMKZDBX3) and get more bulbs.
My set up is kind of similar to yours. My dear sweet husband heard me saying I needed some grow lights for my seeds this year since we're in the actual north with an actual winter. So get got me some light bulbs kind of like yours and some clamp lights. Yeah, that was enough for like 8 seedlings. As the seedlings grew, I ended up getting some of the converters and more bulbs. And I have about 20 seedlings growing fairly happily under it with some room to spare.