Oh i am certain that many of the growers on here can and will adopt any tech and apply any new information that will give them the best possible results. More available data is always preferable for people with an open and analytical mind. My only point was that you seemed to indicated that you were being paid by cutter? I may have misread or misunderstood what you stated in a previous post.
I am doing this for free as I believe it is overdue and there has been too much confusion regarding horticulture lighting over the past 10 years. My machine is really fast at doing tests and a lab usually charges alot to do these tests. By utilising these tests it will take most of the confusion away, The only thing that will be left for people to decide on is what spectrum suits them.
Please refrain from using my profile picture.
I apologise for discussing real testing, I completely understand how this knowledge may be completely over your head hence why you are so active in the quantum board knock off thread as opposed to the genuine products that have the real people like the guys from HLG and thier supporters that do the real research and development, I am going to keep discussing goniometer testing and also bring to this forum my 13 years of experience in the LED industry and my dealings with China knock off companies like the ones you prefer to deal with. I noticed that it is possible for you to block me so you can not see anything I post. Please do it as I am not here to be trolled but simply improve results for the really clever people on the forum and there are alot of really clever people on this forum.
Actually you've been called out by multiple people with your incessant self aggrandizing. FYI I own HLG boards as well, not just knock off ones. You're actually just polluting the forums now.
OK can you block me now so it doesn't happen again please. I really don't want to cause or have arguments with people here, it is not my intention
Hi 619, the program Dialux is free to download and it is an awesome program, I didn't make it, it is something that all lighting designers use to view IES files, secondly the IES files will not be my intellectual property, they will be open for all to view. It will be and is all open source. 3rd It is a completely free program and IES files are everywhere just not specifically for horticultural lighting. 4th I believe the time is now for people to take hold of this technology and use it to set up thier own grow room big or small. 5th I can offer free IES files when I have the time to do the tests, in most cases the tests can be done quickly as my machine is upto 100X faster than most that do the same job. I really believe that the time for people to start to use these programs is now and the benefits it will bring to a community like RIU are huge.
I would actually prefer it if HLG and other companies supply goniometer tests for thier own products rather than testing them myself, goniometer testing is expensive to do, one light would also need to be tested about 5 times over various currents, costs on doing 5 goniometer tests would be around $2000. I just want to have a database for them in one nice neat place.
@TEKNIK it might be worth creating a solo thread for just this very concept and show the various work you are doing. That way you have the best chance at building some momentum and peaking interests. This thread is more meant for DIY QB's for the consumer purchase and assembly. Most of us are trying to help each other on driver selection, materials used, heat sinks, grow results, etc. Best of luck to ya!
