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Re: [APD] LEDs and color temperature



"S. Hieber" <shieber at yahoo_com> wrote:
<snip>
>plants? I'd like to hear about that lamp, energy
>efficiency, light dispersion, spectral output, etc.

Long time ago I posted something about LEDs (see
http://fins.actwin.com/aquaticplants/month.200108/msg00601.htm
l)

As far as I can tell, LEDs are not more efficient than
regular incandescent bulbs. And won't become better than
fluorescents are nowadays (about 30% efficiency). IMHO,
not good enough to justify the expense.

-Ivo Busko
 Baltimore, MD
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