Do any LED fixtures produce an HPS-like color?

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this is wrong.

No its not.

 

[grotbags]

No its not.

oh yes it is!...

 

[bk78]

No its not.

Colour temp of sun is 5900k, HPS 1900-2000k

Google told me this

 

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Colour temp of sun is 5900k, HPS 1900-2000k

Google told me this

I believe they make HPS as high as 4200k, but i can't tell if thats marketing or not.. HPS emits more of the spectrum, at a higher intensity, than the commercial LEDs I'm aware of

This isn't to say LEDs are bad, just that they target specific wavelengths using diodes. HPS have a broader range (of mostly useless yellow light) making them closer to the sun.

 

[bk78]

I believe they make HPS as high as 4200k, but i can't tell if thats marketing or not.. HPS emits more of the spectrum, at a higher intensity, than the commercial LEDs I'm aware of

This isn't to say LEDs are bad, just that they target specific wavelengths using diodes. HPS have a broader range (of mostly useless yellow light) making them closer to the sun.

So regardless you’re wrong.

 

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So regardless you’re wrong.

By what metric?

 

[bk78]

By what metric?

You stated HPS colour is closer to the sun in colour, and you were wrong.

 

[grotbags]

the only thing you have been right about is that hps has more yellow in it than your average led.

 

[grotbags]

the only area where i would say hps and sunlight are undeniably closer than led is to sunlight is in IR output. the rest of the spectrum not so much.

 

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You stated HPS colour is closer to the sun in colour, and you were wrong.

the only thing you have been right about is that hps has more yellow in it than your average led.

HPS emits more of the spectrum, at a higher intensity. It is closer to the sun than conventional LED. does that make it close? No. Its closer.

 

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the only area where i would say hps and sunlight are undeniably closer than led is to sunlight is in IR output. the rest of the spectrum not so much.

Thats fine. We don't have to agree.

 

[PopAndSonGrows]

Scynce Dragon Alpha, you can change the lighting color & spectrum to (probably) resemble HID lighting.

 

[grotbags]

HPS emits more of the spectrum, at a higher intensity.

how can something that is watt for watt less efficient produce more output than than something that is more efficient???...

 

[PopAndSonGrows]

The simple answer is HPS is closer to the sun.

The complicated answer is either buried in scientific literature or undiscovered.

No, thats way off. CMH is the closest artificial lighting to the sun.

 

[bk78]

HPS emits more of the spectrum, at a higher intensity. It is closer to the sun than conventional LED. does that make it close? No. Its closer.

What colour temp is the sun?

 

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how can something that is watt for watt less efficient produce more output than than something that is more efficient???...

Because it uses more watts.

 

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No, thats way off. CMH is the closest artificial lighting to the sun.

I was responding to OP, they never mentioned CMH.

 

[Fallguy111]

this is wrong.

Being that I'd hang hps much higher above canopy then my led bars, physically hps is closer to the sun.

 

[grotbags]

Being that I'd hang hps much higher above canopy then my led bars, physically hps is closer to the sun.

yes and dont forget hps smells very similar to the sun. so its closer in that respect too.

 

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What colour temp is the sun?

5900k