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Re: HPS lights
Leonardo <cathouse at cdsnet_net> sez:
> ...Much to my disappointment, the fixtures that I thought were MH
> turned out to be high pressure sodium. I haven't seen HPS mentioned
> on this list...
>
> What are the problems with this sort of light? Heat? Efficency?
> Color temp? Any thoughts, anyone?
>
HPS lamps are more efficient than most MH lamps, and they maintain their
luminence better as they age. Normal HPS lamps have a color temperature
somewhere around 2000K and a CRI of about 20. So I think they would
look terrible (like those pinkish-yellow street lights). There are
deluxe HPS lamps available that have color rendering of about 65, but
their color temp is still so low that I think they too would suck.
regards,
bob