Aha one of these! Good thinking using that, borrowing equipment is going to be the way to get things started on a budget for sure and I bet he won’t want it back once he sees you actually growing in it
I feel that, my electricity is up there for the US, $0.35 or more per kWh so I went LED even though CMH was appealing for the temperature help in the winter. Been moving my wattages down and realizing I could be more efficient and save money in the long run.
If you can wire one yourself heck yeah go for it with some Bridgelux strips! Can save money on a heatsink by using an old road sign or a commercial aluminum baking sheet, those are cheap to free used and a great way to get a frame/thermal management. There’s a sponsor here who sells lights of his own design and one of the styles is the sheet pan, so you can source it locally and save on shipping by just getting his LED boards, look at these for a little inspiration, it works really well by all accounts. I like his touch with the premade ones of cutting a hole for a small computer fan to draw the hot air out of the recessed sheet pan and push it up across the driver all at once, very minimalist.
Alternately these are pretty cheap and @PhlizonGrowLight is a sponsor here with a decent rep so far, they seem to be moving hard into the same bracket of the market as Mars Hydro and the like, quality inexpensive lights
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B083SDVKTQ
@PhlizonGrowLight can we sponsor my guy here with a little board to get rocking in the tent? Looks like you have some of the best lights available on Amazon UK how about getting some UK Flowerists talking about them?