Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #01483
To: Feser, Jason jfeser@ea.com
From: George Rix rix.g@bmts.com
Date: Friday, March 12, 1999 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: RJP lighting.
>I tested a solar panel (one of the largest ones from Solarbotics) under my
>mom's gro-light, and it produced (from 2 feet) 3 times the power as it did
>when it was 6 inches from my bedroom light! Weird, eh?
>I'm gonna get a fluorescent fixture for my room and install a gro-light in
>it! That thing is awesome! I guess it might also be how crappy my bedroom
>light is. I pretty much have to replace it every 2 months. THAT gets old
>real fast...
>Signing off,
>Rob Rix
>
>'If anything can possibly go wrong, it probably already has'-Murphy's law
>
>----------
>>From: "Feser, Jason"
>>To: "'Steven Bolt'" , beam@corp.sgi.com
>>Subject: RE: RJP lighting.
>>Date: Fri, Mar 12, 1999, 2:17 PM
>>
>
>> I've had success under flourescent lights by using a combination of both
red
>> and blue (hot & cold) tubes. This is a combo I used in hydroponic
cloning
>> and is the closest thing to natural light that a flourescent setup can
crank
>> out. A good ratio is 2 red to 1 blue. My bots move around pretty well
>> under this light, but the buzzing from the ballast gives me a headache!
>> I've never tried it, but I would assume that a gro-light would also work,
as
>> they are also supposed to produce something close to natural light
spectrums
>> ~ although not as good as the red/blue combo.
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