videoman40
Well-Known Member
Dude, you misread the post, it was suppose to be the difference between one 1000 watt light @ 150,000 lumens vs two 430 watt lights@ 55,000 lumens each.
Peace
Peace
Very silly indeed, If i have 3 1000watt lights, Two 400 watt lights do not equal the same lumen count, even using your chart's you can figure it out for yourself.
At 7' Inch's away from tops:
3 1000watt lights = 392,886 Lumen's
At 7' Inch's away from tops:
2 400watt lights = 93,544 Lumen's
Now two 400watt lights dont even compair to one 1000watt light bulb, and your trying to say differnt?
Thats bairly over one 600watt....
running two 400watts instend of a 1000watt is a waste of money.
I did not post this to start an argument, i merly looked up you're sheet and did the math for it.
There is also the Ballast, if your running two 400watt's thats two Magnetic ballast's that take 30 mins to fire up, during that 30 minute's is when the power consumption increases, it takes less electricity to leave them running 24/7 then shutting off and fireing it up everyday.
The digital ballast's have saved us there since they only take 3 seconds to fire up and give you the most lumen's for your buck.