Jimster
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I was perusing the wish list catalogs and came across a 1000 watt metal halide light bulb with a 10000k color rating. I know this is way above my Eye Blue Hortilux and typical MS1000's (Usually between 4000k - 7000k). The price wasn't too bad but it didn't indicate if it was pulse start or magnetic, like me. I had a bulb a few grows ago that was pretty blue overall, but I can't remember the mfg or the color rating...but it was notably blue with decent yields, but I never really followed up any more.
So, the question is...has anyone used lights this high in color temp or higher and how have things worked out for you? I still haven't quite made the PAR spectrum and how it interacts with the color temp connection, although the relationship between the PAR values for different chlorophylls and various wavelength of light is pretty straightforward. I could never put the color temp and the spectrum output together in my mind, other than the higher the temp, the blu-er things are...and vice versa. Just a mental block type of thing.
So, the question is...has anyone used lights this high in color temp or higher and how have things worked out for you? I still haven't quite made the PAR spectrum and how it interacts with the color temp connection, although the relationship between the PAR values for different chlorophylls and various wavelength of light is pretty straightforward. I could never put the color temp and the spectrum output together in my mind, other than the higher the temp, the blu-er things are...and vice versa. Just a mental block type of thing.