Lighting Information![]() by Slimguy32USEFUL LIGHTING TABLES for INDOOR HORTICULTURE1. Photosynthesis Rate across the Electro-Magnetic Spectrum2. Abridged Lighting Product List 2.1. High Presssure Sodium (HPS) bulbs 2.2. Metal Halide (MH) bulbs 2.3. Flourescent tubes, 96" 2.4. Flourescent tubes, 48" 2.5. Mercury Vapor bulbs (*) 2.6. Tungsten Halogen double end lamps (*) 2.7. Halogen Floodlights (*) 2.8. Incandescent Floodlights (*) 1. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RATE across the ELECTRO-MAGNETIC SPECTRUMUV violet blue green yellow orange red infrared 100 - + + + + + R 80 - + + + + + + + A 60 - + + + T 40 - + + + + + + + + E 20 - + + + + 0 - + | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | nm 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 K 7000 6500 6000 5500 5000 4500 4000 Radiation Wavelength & Black Body Temperature + Photosynthesis Rate (percentage) nm Nano-meters (Angstroms = nm x 10) K Kelvin temperature (K = 2.89 x 10^6 nm K / Wavelength nm) Source: J. Whitmarsh, et al. Department of Plant Biology and Center of Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (unpublished data). 2. Abridged LIGHTING PRODUCT LISTHigh Presssure Sodium (HPS) bulbsTemp Avg Lumens Watts LPW (K) Hours Company Product Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 140000 1000 140.0 2100 24000 Iwasaki Eye Sunlux 130000 1000 130.0 2100 24000 Sylvania LU1000 Lumalux 130000 940 138.3 2100 24000 Iwasaki Eye Sunlux (MH conversion) 84000 600 140.0 2100 18000 Sylvania LU600 Planta 53000 430 123.3 2000 16000 Philips Son Agro 51500 430 119.8 2100 18000 Sylvania LU430 Planta 50000 400 125.0 2100 24000 Philips ALTO HPS Lamp 50000 400 125.0 2100 24000 Iwasaki Eye Sunlux 50000 400 125.0 2100 24000 Sylvania LU400 Lumalux 45000 360 125.0 2100 24000 Iwasaki Eye Sunlux (MH conversion) 29000 250 116.0 2100 24000 Sylvania LU250 Lumalux 28000 250 112.0 2100 24000 Philips ALTO HPS Lamp 22000 200 110.0 <2100 24000 Sylvania LU200 Lumalux 16000 150 106.7 <2100 24000 Sylvania LU150 Lumalux Metal Halide (MH) bulbsTemp Avg Lumens Watts LPW (K) Hours Company Product Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 125000 1000 125.0 3700 10000 Philips Pulse Start Metal Halide 125000 1000 125.0 4200 12000 Iwasaki MH BSX/BU 1000 115000 1000 115.0 4000 12000 Sylvania MS1000/BU Super Metalarc 115000 1000 115.0 3400 12000 Sylvania MS1000/C/BU Super Metalarc 40000 400 100.0 4300 20000 Philips Pulse Start Metal Halide 40000 400 100.0 5000 20000 Philips 5K High Output Metal Halide 39000 400 97.5 4200 20000 Sylvania MS400/HOR Super Metalarc 38000 400 95.0 4200 20000 Iwasaki MH 400 Eye Sunlux 38000 400 95.0 3800 20000 Sylvania MS400/C/HOR Super Metalarc 34500 400 86.3 3200 20000 Sylvania MS400/3K/HOR Super Metalarc 30400 320 95.0 4300 20000 Philips Pulse Start Metal Halide 23000 250 92.0 4300 10000 Philips Pulse Start Metal Halide 23000 250 92.0 4200 10000 Sylvania MS250/HOR Super Metalarc 22000 250 88.0 3800 10000 Sylvania MS250/C/HOR Super Metalarc 18000 250 72.0 3200 10000 Sylvania MS250/3K/HOR Super Metalarc 15000 175 85.7 4200 7500 Sylvania MS175/HOR Super Metalarc 15000 175 85.7 3800 7500 Sylvania MS175/C/HOR Super Metalarc 15000 175 74.3 3200 7500 Sylvania MS175/3K/HOR Super Metalarc 9300 100 93.0 4200 7500 Philips 4K Master Color ED-17 6800 100 68.0 4200 7500 Philips 4K Master Color PAR-38 Flourescent tubes, 96"Temp Avg Lumens Watts LPW (K) Hours Company Product Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9400 110 85.5 3000 12000 Sylvania F96T12/D830/HO 9400 110 85.5 3500 12000 Sylvania F96T12/D835/HO 9050 110 82.3 4100 12000 Sylvania F96T12/D841/HO 8800 110 80.5 6500 12000 Sylvania F96T12/D865/HO 5200 110 47.3 3400 12000 Sylvania F96T12/GRO/HO/WS Gro-Lux Flourescent tubes, 48"Temp Avg Lumens Watts LPW (K) Hours Company Product Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4400 60 73.3 3000 12000 Sylvania F48T12/D830/HO Designer 4250 60 70.8 4100 12000 Sylvania F48T12/D41/HO Designer 4250 60 70.8 3500 12000 Sylvania F48T12/D35/HO Designer 4250 60 70.8 4100 12000 Philips F48T12/SPEC41/HO 4250 60 70.8 3500 12000 Philips F48T12/SPEC35/HO 4250 60 70.8 3000 12000 Philips F48T12/SPEC30/HO 3400 60 56.6 6500 12000 Philips F48T12/D/HO Daylight 3700 40 92.5 5000 20000 Philips F40/AX50 Advantage X 3700 40 92.5 4100 20000 Philips F40/AX41 Advantage X 3700 40 92.5 3500 20000 Philips F40/AX35 Advantage X 3700 40 92.5 3000 20000 Philips F40/AX35 Advantage X 3600 40 90.0 5000 24000 Philips F40T12/ADV50/ALTO 3600 40 90.0 4100 24000 Philips F40T12/ADV41/ALTO 3600 40 90.0 3500 24000 Philips F40T12/ADV35/ALTO 3600 40 90.0 3000 24000 Philips F40T12/ADV30/ALTO 3500 40 87.5 4100 20000 GE Staybright 3500 40 87.5 3500 20000 GE Staybright 3500 40 87.5 3000 20000 GE Staybright 3300 40 82.5 4100 20000 Sylvania F40/D841 Designer 800 3300 40 82.5 3500 20000 Sylvania F40/D835 Designer 800 3300 40 82.5 3000 20000 Sylvania F40/D830 Designer 800 3300 40 82.5 4100 20000 Philips F40/41U Ultralume 3300 40 82.5 3500 20000 Philips F40/35U Ultralume 3300 40 82.5 3000 20000 Philips F40/30U Ultralume 3280 40 82.0 5000 20000 Philips F40/50U Ultralume 3200 40 80.0 4100 20000 Philips F40T12 Home Light Cool 3200 40 80.0 3500 20000 Philips F40T12 Home Light Warm 3000 40 75.0 6500 20000 Sylvania F40/D865 Designer 800 2600 40 65.0 6500 20000 Philips F40D Daylight 2250 40 56.3 5000 20000 GE Sunshine Full Spec 1900 40 47.5 3050 20000 GE Plant/Aquarium WS 1875 40 46.9 3400 20000 Sylvania F40GRO/WS Gro-Lux 1600 40 40.0 na 20000 Philips Agro-Lite 800 40 20.0 6750 20000 GE F40PL "Gro & Sho" (*) Mercury Vapor bulbs (*)Temp Avg Lumens Watts LPW (K) Hours Company Product Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 60500 1000 60.5 4300 24000 Sylvania H36GW-1000/DX Brite White Dlx 22000 400 55.0 4300 24000 Sylvania H33GL-400/DX Brite White Dlx 12500 250 50.0 4300 24000 Sylvania H37KC-250/DX Brite White Dlx 8400 175 48.0 <4300 24000 Sylvania H39KC-175/DX Brite White Dlx 4200 100 42.0 <4300 24000 Sylvania H38AV-100/DX Brite White Dlx Tungsten Halogen double end lamps (*)Temp Avg Lumens Watts LPW (K) Hours Company Product Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 22000 1000 22.0 <3200 2000 Sylvania 1000T3Q/CL 11000 500 22.0 <3200 2000 Sylvania 500T3Q/CL 10000 350 28.6 3075 2000 GE Q350T3/CL/ULTRA Halogen Ultra 6000 300 20.0 <3200 2000 Sylvania 300T3Q/CL 5950 225 26.4 2965 3000 GE Q225T2/CL/ULTRA Halogen Ultra 3600 200 18.0 <3200 2000 Sylvania 200T3Q/CL 2800 150 18.7 <3200 2000 Sylvania 150T3Q/CL 1600 100 16.0 <3200 2000 Sylvania 100T3Q/CL Halogen Floodlights (*)Temp Avg Lumens Watts LPW (K) Hours Company Product Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3000 150 20.0 2900 2250 Philips HalogenA 2200 150 14.6 <3200 3000 Sylvania 150PAR/CAP/FL/30 Capsylite 1900 120 15.8 <3200 3000 Sylvania 120PAR/CAP/FL/30 Capsylite 1880 100 18.8 2900 2250 Philips HalogenA 1680 90 18.7 2900 2250 Philips HalogenA 1260 90 14.0 <3200 2500 GE Miser Plus Halogen Flood 1260 90 14.0 <3200 2500 Sylvania 90PAR/CAP/2FL/30 Capsylite 1040 75 13.9 <3200 2500 Sylvania 75PAR/CAP/FL/30 Capsylite Incandescent Floodlights (*)Temp Avg Lumens Watts LPW (K) Hours Company Product Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2175 150 14.5 <3000 1000 Sylvania 150PAR/SP Spot 1740 120 14.5 <3000 1500 Philips 120PAR/FL27 Silver Line Plus 1545 150 10.3 <3000 2000 Sylvania 150BR/GRO "Spot-GRO" 1300 120 10.8 <3000 500 GE 120BR40/PL Plant Gro n Show 770 75 10.3 <3000 2000 Sylvania 75BR30/GRO "Spot-GRO"(*) This type of lamp is too inefficient for indoor garden use.
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