Lighting Solution?

[Delphinus]

Any idea what kind of lighting you're interested in?

If it's halide lighting, like a 150W or a 175W which might work well for over a 25, unfortunately HD doesn't carry the ballasts anymore, you'll need to check places like Britelite, Litemore, or even BumperCrop or QuickGrow for the ballast and mogul sockets. Although mogul sockets can sometimes be found at Revy and HD. However expect to pay $60-100 for the ballast, unless you can find a good deal somewhere (it sometimes happens), or someone who has one (or some) to sell .

If it's PC lighting, I'm not certain at all where you can get a good deal on ballasts and sockets and etc. locally. Good deals can be found on mail-order though. Workhorse ballasts are a good choice, because they're electronic so they can be used to overdrive bulbs, and you can use them for PC lighting, NO fluorescents, VHO fluorescents, and possibly even combinations thereof (but don't quote me on that).

If it's fluorescent lighting, then indeed just about everything you need can be found at HD (except for VHO). With the one exception that you may still want to pay a visit to a hydroponics shop because they can sell you mylar, and/or polished aluminum reflectors, which tend to be worthwhile. I've used the standard white stand-off type endcaps in the past, and didn't have any problems with the sockets, but I would imagine that if condensation is going to be likely inside of the lighting fixture, that you may want to consider the waterproof endcaps. Again locally I don't know if there's a fantastic price on those anywhere, but they're not totally unreasonably priced, but of course with mail-order you can usually do better.

Anyways just my $0.02 ... HTH ...