Re: NANFA-- My nanometers request answered

Bruce Stallsmith (fundulus_at_hotmail.com)
Tue, 23 Jan 2001 10:25:39 -0500

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>In a message dated 1/22/01 10:37:06 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>mbinkley_at_columbus.rr.com writes:
>
><< Wonder how that relates to intensity. I'm thinking that the special
> spectrum lights use filters to eliminate the unwanted wavelengths,
> effectively reducing the intensity of the light produced.
> >>
>Intensity is almost certainly important in growth regulation if not in
>photosynthesis.
>
>Moon
>

The bulbs differ by different phosphors being combined inside the bulbs, not
by filtering. Power and light quality are 2 different measures; all depends
what ya need...

--Bruce Stallsmith
Huntsville, AL

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