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Old January 16, 2010   #38
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Originally Posted by TZ-OH6 View Post
Dennis,

-------Metal Halide HIDs have probably the best spectral overlap with plant pigments for a “white light“ source, much higher intensity per unit area than fluorescents, and good efficiency, but heat production and sound are problems.-----------
Not necessarily true with electronic ballast.
Check this out:

http://tomatoville.com/showthread.ph...t=metal+halide

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