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Re: new light from Energy Savers
> > Does anyone know anything or have an opinion about the new fluorescent
> > bulb put out by Energy Savers which is 10,000K? It is advertised as
> > having the same spectrum as their Trichromatic bulb, which I have been
> > using already (and is rated as 6500K). I like the Trichromatic; it's
> > relatively bright and has a full spectrum, and the plants like it, but
> > this new bulb is even brighter; sounds interesting!
>
> Sounds like a mixed bag of marketing hype. 10,000K is NOT the same
> spectrum as 6500K. 10000K would be MUCH bluer than the TriChromatic.
>
> Even brighter, huh? I would doubt it until I measured it myself.
> Which I would never do because I won't buy one of their bulbs after
> the last bit of hype -- the "reflectorized" bulbs. Just my opinion,
> of course.
Ok, George, perhaps you can explain. Coralife is touting their 10,000K
bulb as being daylight. All of the comments I can find about it indicate
that it is a very bright daylight sort of bulb. However, I have a 7100K
bulb and it is actinic. 5500K is high noon and 6700K is daylight; what
gives?
I used to be quite confident that going from a 2700K bulb to a 20000K
bulb was going from yellow to blue. However, all the verbage written about
10-12,000K flourescents and 10-20,000K Metal Halide has me doubting this
previous assumption of mine.
Can you detail this further relating Kelvin temp to CRI and Lux/Lumens or
give a competant, trustworthy source for the info.
Thanks,
Matthew