Hi all,
My first post here. Been reading Ray Peat/Danny Roddy/FPS, and other Ray Peat inspired bloggers for a couple years now. Have made lots of dietary tweaks but still haven't gotten around to red light.
So I've read (seemingly countless) threads on this topic, and it still feels like there is a bit of confusion, and that maybe there is something better out there than the typical incandescant 130v bulbrite bulb.
I used to raise live corals--which require special, very intense lighting, known as metal halides. Metal halides put out waaaay more intense light, and do it while using less energy and lasting longer than incandescents. So I'm wondering why no one seems to have thought of using metal halide bulbs. (Granted they would be significantly more expensive than a $3 incandescent bulb). "Metal-halide lamps have high luminous efficacy of around 75 - 100 lumens per watt,[2] which is about twice that of mercury vapor lights and 3 to 5 times that of incandescent lights."
From a quick search on line, it looks like it's possible to find metal halides in the red spectrum: http://www.expresslightbulbs.com/index. ... ts_id=1042
Any thoughts on why this approach may be wrong?
My first post here. Been reading Ray Peat/Danny Roddy/FPS, and other Ray Peat inspired bloggers for a couple years now. Have made lots of dietary tweaks but still haven't gotten around to red light.
So I've read (seemingly countless) threads on this topic, and it still feels like there is a bit of confusion, and that maybe there is something better out there than the typical incandescant 130v bulbrite bulb.
I used to raise live corals--which require special, very intense lighting, known as metal halides. Metal halides put out waaaay more intense light, and do it while using less energy and lasting longer than incandescents. So I'm wondering why no one seems to have thought of using metal halide bulbs. (Granted they would be significantly more expensive than a $3 incandescent bulb). "Metal-halide lamps have high luminous efficacy of around 75 - 100 lumens per watt,[2] which is about twice that of mercury vapor lights and 3 to 5 times that of incandescent lights."
From a quick search on line, it looks like it's possible to find metal halides in the red spectrum: http://www.expresslightbulbs.com/index. ... ts_id=1042
Any thoughts on why this approach may be wrong?