Been perusing these boards for a while now and am a total noob when it comes to lighting. I'm interested in going the flourescent route since they don't run as hot. Just wondering if anyone can recommend a kit that will at least give me enough light to learn with. This would be for low budget short films mostly. Thanks.

try pclightingsystems.com they have a variety of flo lighting kits

I just put together a flo kit, see here:

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=116629

I am very skeptical of the PClightingSystems. Their product seems overstated. I was going to go with the Coollights but they did not have what I needed in stock so I went with Amvona.com. Links, info, etc are in the above thread.