Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #01529
To: pwebster@clinipath.com.au, beam@corp.sgi.com
From: TurtleTek@aol.com
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 21:51:10 EST
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: RJP lighting.
In a message dated 3/15/99 1:31:17 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
pwebster@clinipath.com.au writes:
> Well, I just hope you're not going to try and tell us that a given
> sized "Gro-Lite=AE" uses any more money than any other tube in the same
> fixture.
>
> Leaving them on continuously, or at least half the day, as with indoo=
r
> gardening or a terrarium, will use a bit of power. The lights which
> *really* chew power, and I keep seeing at garage sales, are the big one=
s
> which seem to be used by certain enthusiasts in indoor/ hydroponic
> gardening ;-)
Well, the amount of power consumed isn't really a problem. Unless, of cour=
se,
you want to keep the light on ALL THE TIME. I don't know about you guys b=
ut I
only turn the light on to the RJP when I want to see the bots move. If for
some odd reason you want a light on all the time, then by all means, use a
cheap light!!!
-TurtleTek
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