Roger A. Shrubber
Well-Known Member
if you convert energy into work, the work passes that energy along as friction, resistance, impact, w/e, most of which dissipate as heat....you can't win....the law is the law....if it goes in, it comes out. ask any physics teacher. if you put 100 watts into a light, its going to come out as 100 watts of heat. i'm really not trying to be a dick, or even argue. i realize it sounds wrong, but its right, and until you accept that, you'll never get the math right. try putting a 1000 watts worth of cobs in an area that had a 1000 watt hps in it, wait a few hours, and see what happens. its easily provable if you have the equipment. the test with the black spot above was invalid, unless you want to know the temperature of a black spot. if they would have put an ambient thermometer in that space and waited long enough, they would have read the same.
as photons degrade, they turn into heat...even the wind from your fans eventually turns back into heat....
as photons degrade, they turn into heat...even the wind from your fans eventually turns back into heat....