Kingrow1
Well-Known Member
I cant seem to work out how you increase the brightness of a cfl - is it to do with the tube construction, amount of tubes/length of tubes, just the ballast or all three options.
I referenced two 200watt cfls and one was brighter but couldnt work out the why and how.
As far as i can get is that less tubes of longer length increase the tubes wattage absorbtion.
One bulb of 200watts had a 130w tube absorbtion the other a 150w absorbtion making it brighter. The higher absorbtion brighter tube was longer meaning less u bends/tubes on the bulb.
This is probably complex but beforeci try to work it out i thought id post in case an engineer of this subject was growing weed.
Thanks
I referenced two 200watt cfls and one was brighter but couldnt work out the why and how.
As far as i can get is that less tubes of longer length increase the tubes wattage absorbtion.
One bulb of 200watts had a 130w tube absorbtion the other a 150w absorbtion making it brighter. The higher absorbtion brighter tube was longer meaning less u bends/tubes on the bulb.
This is probably complex but beforeci try to work it out i thought id post in case an engineer of this subject was growing weed.
Thanks