Fluorescent Bulbs

High Pressure Sodium Bulbs For Healthy Indoor Gardens

While it’s true that HPS bulbs and metal halide bulbs are both high intensity discharge lights, HPS lights produce a more efficient light that has a more ideal light spectrum for growing. 10 percent more efficient than metal halide lights, HPS lights focus a very bright reddish yellow light and completely omit blue or violet light, creating ideal growing light for growing and flowering.

In fact, HPS bulbs are 10 to 15 percent more efficient than a metal halide light. They also produce a higher amount of lumens per bulb, which measures the amount of light used against how much electricity you are using. Typically, HPS lights produce a yellow-orange light that has 97 to 150 lumens per watt. Metal halide lights typically produce 67 to 97 lumens per watt.

That added percentage adds up to more beautiful plants and a healthier harvest of vegetables from each plant. It also makes HPS lights more environmentally beneficial by providing better lighting for your plant with less electricity. The extra electrical savings are good not only for your wallet, but are also beneficial to the earth itself, leaving less of a carbon footprint. The impact of these lights is undetectable.

Keep in mind that High Pressure Sodium lamps need to be changed every year or so as they dramatically lose their performance after a growing season or two, resulting in less efficiency and more energy use. Older lights grow less healthy plants that produce lower yields.

High Pressure Sodium bulbs can also run considerably hot, so it’s always good to keep them a decent distance away from plants to avoid scorching them. Don’t move the lights too far from the plants, however. The amount of light weakens two fold as lights are placed away from plants. A light placed far away from a plant will give the plant considerably less light the farther away it is. It’s always best to keep plants as close as the light can get without scorching or damaging the plants. Good fans and adequate ventilation can keep plants cool and healthy.

High Pressure Sodium can be used to produce a healthy indoor garden, making year round fresh vegetables a reality. They are considerably less expensive than LED lights. While less efficient than LED, they work a little better than metal halide. With a little practice, you can learn the exact amount of light your plants need to grow and bloom beautifully, reaping a healthier harvest as your thumb grows greener.

It is also important to not put the HID light source to close to your plant. Since HID systems put off more heat than fluorescent lighting and LEDs. This could cause the plant to get burnt. Lower wattages should be placed 2-3 ft above the plant. Higher wattages (400W-1000W) should be place 4 to 6 feet from your gardening area.

HPS is optimal in the flowering and budding stages. They need to be supplemented by a light source to will help in the “growth phase” Metal Halide and Fluorescent work extremely well. If not, your plants will tend to get “leggy” and appear unhealthy.

About LED Lighting

This article deals with some information about LED Lights and also lets us know of their various applications in our day-to-day lives. You can use LED lights in your house as well as your place of business for better impact on people who come visiting.

What are LED Lights?

LED is a short form for Light Emitting Diodes. They were initially developed in the 1920s and then they were first made commercially viable as indicator lights in the 1960s. Today they have developed from being simple indicator lights to being lights for replacing halogen and fluorescent light bulbs.

Because of its versatility  LED lights can be used in a number of applications

Decorative Lighting

LED Lights come in many different colours and shapes which can be used in many different applications. They are not only rich in colour but are compact in size, are energy saving, durable and have a long life, making them a perfect source for decorative lighting. They can be mounted on a flexible PCB, cable wire or any other electronically conductive material.

Commercial and General Illumination

Because of the innovations in the field of LEDs such as WLED, better known as White LED technology, it can be used as a single light, in clusters or in arrays as it is now bright enough to be used for general and commercial illumination. It can be used in public buildings, homes, shopping centers and many other places. Today the application of WLED based products is new trend that is catching on fast.

LCD Backlight

LED’s compact size, energy saving features, durability, low power consumption and long life makes it a perfect source for LCD backlight displays.

As Display Lights

LED Lights find a large customer market in the industry as display lights. Indoor and outdoor light displays for a visually stunning effect is rapidly becoming a thing to do.  LED lighting is required for display and signage as well. LED lights are affordable and cost reducing and the affordable LED screens and displays are improving through better resolutions and varied pixel pitch. The largest LED display that you can see is situated in Times Square, Manhattan, USA and is 36 meters high.