I have no problems just talking about the product. I seldom get emotional about it but I just don't like discussions without common shared data. So all I have to go on is my own data. It's not to rattle your bones, we have a difference in opinion and approach to the development, the technology and the openness in which we do our tests, and we operate on a different market. It's a sort of a culture clash.
I understand you are passionate about your product, but it sometimes feels like you are trying to prevent me getting to know your daughter
You don't publish a lot of data. So every time you release some I jump on it and ask about it, or question it if I think it doesn't make sense. So I have this image in my head of an air-cooled LEP with a reflector and a thick long coax lead to the driver outside the room that only lights a very snall space very intensely (I don't even know how many plants and what surface), through turners that distribute the light more evenly and from more sides to the plant. For flowering I have no idea how you are going to light that space with the same reflector without hanging it a lot higher, and I have no idea how you want to apply some UVB in the last weeks without removing your shield, and I have no idea how you are going to complement the spectrum (or if you are). I read things about special cooling units, yet I have no idea what you have in mind as we see no temperature problem at all. Surely as the distributor for the hydroponics market in the US you can elaborate a bit more about your system, the way it works, why it works and what you can achieve with it. There is nobody else who is going to sell it in the US. I mean if you planned to do business with the distributors who ban any canna related public activities, or had an investor that did not want to be related to cannabis, you would already have crossed that line. So why don't you share with us your views on your microclimate room? We all understand that products evolve, just like your filter evolved and maybe you will find an even better material, but that doesn't change the basic setup and grow method. So here's my invitation to you!
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for this test the contact to Gavita as I manage the project. Inquiries about the project are handled by me as I both have the close contact with sannie and Gavita. Doc is the leading man from Gavitas distributor for the Hydroponics market KJ Products, so naturally he has access to the same resources as I have. I think we explained that a few times on Opengrow. This test is originally a wietforum test, where I manage a section in which our members test new cutting edge and not so cutting edge technology, with products from different suppliers and manufacturers. We did a test on the re-introduction of the Gavita IR lamps, which were very popular amongst the local growers and breeders. So I already was in contact with Gavita. When I sent my request for information to Luxim early this year, I got an answer from Gavita through their local distributor
. It's funny sometimes how small the world is. I published my first review of the light in an editorial about light basics in Dutch EssensiE Magazine August issue.
But back on topic: So basically what you did is apply a high-pass filter, which filters out the wavelengths below UVA, including all UVB. But it does not "stabilise"(I'd rather say filter) the light spectrum above the 320 nm, it's just a barrier for that light. So, do I understand correctly that you are saying that only under 320 nm the LEP light is instable? If not, how does the filter help stabilise the rest of the spectral output of the lamp?