View Single Post
Old February 28, 2013   #87
artis
Tomatovillian™
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: central NJ z6/7
Posts: 73
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hotwired View Post
If you really want to waste some money, then invest in LED tubes for fluorescent fixtures. I just did a comparison of 5 brands relative to PAR, and "they're bright in all the wrong places". Almost sounds like a song title. I just did a post on it.

Hotwired,

Sorry to intrude here but there is something very wrong with the graph that you provided. Warm white LEDs are actually quite good at matching the PAR action spectrum. For a reference, I am attaching PAR action spectrum from Inada's original research, #14 is tomato.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg PAR action spectra.jpg (218.9 KB, 58 views)
artis is offline   Reply With Quote