The 5 Best T5 Grow Lights To Buy
T5 grow lights are a type of fluorescent lighting system commonly used by hydroponic gardeners (gardeners who grow their plants indoors). Unlike the more conventional HID and metal halide lights, T5 fluorescent lights are affordable and often cheaper to maintain in the long run. Ordinarily, T5 fluorescent lights are highly energy efficient. This is because they produce a lot less in terms of heat, which often becomes wasted energy at the end of the day. Grow lights that generate a lot of heat also incur the additional cost of installing cooling fans to keep the plants from losing too much moisture. In comparison, T5 fluorescent lights emit light at a standard ambient temperature of about 95 degrees, and therefore there is no need for extra ventilation. Despite being the smallest in diameter (about the size of a dime), T5 fluorescent bulbs are very popular with hydro farmers because of their high lumen per watt output. This is what makes them more energy efficient than larger bulbs, b...