Spectrum Reflex?

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[FONT='Myriad-Bold','sans-serif']Cultivating with Spectrum[/FONT]
[FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif']Spectrum Reflex has developed a lamp(set-up) that uses considerably less power, gives out much[/FONT]
[FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif']less heat, but gives the exact amount of light to encourage optimal development of the plant and therefore the desired yield.[/FONT]

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[FONT='Myriad-Italic','sans-serif']Please note![/FONT]
[FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif']The Spectrum Reflex lamp was not developed as an energy saving light. It has been demonstrated that a crop covering one square metre uses, or rather, consumes 150 Watts of electricity during the entire cultivation process. Why then do people use 600/400 Watt bulbs? If you ask experienced growers, the answer you'll receive is: "light equals yield". So true! But the question is: how much light and what sort of light? The use of 600/400 Watt bulbs for cultivation has crept in as an established notion.[/FONT]

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[FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif']Developing and researching better alternatives has always been difficult. With these considerations in mind Spectrum Reflex has started a research and development programme that aims to develop[/FONT]
[FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif']more advanced cultivation methods. Its main aim in this was: - a drastic reduction in power consumption but retaining potential yields that are at least the equivalent of those achieved with[/FONT]
[FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif']conventional methods.[/FONT]

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[FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif']Experience has shown that the same yields are possible as those achieved when using sodium lamps, better, in fact, when considering the more favourable light spectrum of the bulb. When choosing your lamp the intensity of the light is not the most important factor as long as it is more than 150 Watt and is in the right spectrum. What is most important for the sodium lamp and for the Spectrum Reflex lamp is the right climate.[/FONT]
[FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif']Like the sodium lamp the Spectrum Reflex lamp has the correct spectrum. In fact it is even slightly better, which means that the bulb really works! The bulb has different characteristics, however, which means that the correct climate has to be achieved and maintained in some other way than with the sodium lamp.[/FONT]

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[FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif']Nothing changes with regard to the plant. It still requires the same light and cultivation conditions.[/FONT]
[FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif']As the Spectrum Reflex lamp produces less heat, it is necessary, particularly during the colder periods of the year, to have an additional source of warmth. When the lights are on, the temperature must always remain above 23 degrees![/FONT]
[FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif']An advantage is that less cooling is required during the summer. As far as additional heating is concerned, it is a fact that much less air will be extracted or blown in than when cultivating with sodium lamps. Keeping the area at the right temperature is quite easy therefore.[/FONT]
[FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif']The Spectrum Reflex lamp also offers the advantage of being easy to take hold of without burning your hand.[/FONT]

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[FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif']This means that the lamp can be positioned close to the plants and should be suspended above them. There is much less risk of tops being scorched. What's more, less height is needed in the space where cultivation takes place and this also makes it easier to cultivate in layers.[/FONT]
[FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif']The advantage of sodium lighting during cold periods of the year is the warmth that it generates, because for the plants to develop well the temperature needs to be above 23 degrees.[/FONT]
[FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif'] During the warm periods of the year that enormous amount of generated heat is a disadvantage and it can be very difficult to keep the temperature under the desired 30 degrees. The fanning and extraction system needs to work non-stop which presents the necessary risks. The scorching of flowers is another problem that occurs quite often.[/FONT]
[FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif']The composition of the lamp; eight tl tubes side by side ensures very even distribution of the light, compared to a single sodium lamp per square metre.[/FONT]
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[/FONT][FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif'][FONT='Myriad-Bold','sans-serif']Photosynthesis[/FONT]
[FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif']Photosynthesis is largely the result of the presence of red light and two types of chlorophyll:[/FONT]
[FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif']- chlorophyll A, that has two absorption peaks: one at 440 nm and one at 680 nm;[/FONT]
[FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif']- chlorophyll B, that has two absorption peaks: one at 480 nm and one at 650 nm;[/FONT]
[FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif']These are the colours of the spectrum in respect of which the Spectrum Reflex system is far superior compared to sodium and mercury lamps![/FONT]

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[FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif']Suspend the Spectrum Reflex lamp approximately 25 cm above the plants. There is no need to shift the lamp until the plants have[/FONT]
[FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif']actually reached the lamp.[/FONT]
[FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif']During the growing period provide the plants with 20 hours of light during a 24-hour period.[/FONT]
[FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif']Once the plants have started flowering, they will need 14 hours of light until week 7 of the flowering period, after which you can[/FONT]
[FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif']reduce to 12 hours to let the plants finish flowering till the desired results are achieved. There is no difference when it comes to the[/FONT]
[FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif']length of the flowering period compared to conventional methods such as cultivation with sodium light![/FONT]

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[FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif']"Everything stands or falls with the correct climate".[/FONT]
[FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif']With regard to climate there are considerable changes compared to conventional methods because the Spectrum Reflex lamp[/FONT]
[FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif']does not radiate its own heat and this means that you will need to supply heat throughout the entire cultivation process.[/FONT]
[FONT='Myriad-Roman','sans-serif']It should be noted that during the cultivation process up to week 7 it is possible to ventilate as required. It is advisable to keep the temperature above 23 degrees throughout the entire cultivation process[/FONT]

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Eh, sorry about the font mess up.

But apparently it seems be an equivalent to hid, but with much less heat
anyone have any experience with these?

Here is some more info.

Despite the high value harvests that ae being had from using Specrum Reflex fittings, the urban myth still persists that for a decent yield you need HPS lamps. A misconception that nonetheless is still something of a unshakeable dogma in the world of weed growing. But it is smply not true.

The spectrum reflex consists of eight Philips tl-D 840 tubes, a lamp with a balanced light specrum that is comparable to that of the well known SON-T Plus bloom lamps. These tubes have been widely used for some time now in the regular horticulture industry. They are equipped with an inwendige reflection layer, thanks to which an extenal reflector is unnecessary. As has been shown time and again in practice, the spectrum reflex delivers a much higher return per watt than conventional lamps, with a reported yield of up to 350 grams per armature (256 watt), then a 600 watt lamp would need to produce 800 grams to to get the same level of efficiency. And such figures have never been reached

Because the heat build up of tl cannot be compared to that of a 600 watt lamp, this opens up new frontiers for the growers. The buds can be allowed to grow right up to the tubes without the risk of being burned. Even when they have spent a couple of days against the bulbs the is only mild singe symptons. That means that a space of 1.0x 1.2 x 2.35 m high, you can grow in 2 layers. To do this spectrum reflex has developed the uitgekiende Q-Big rack. With that a square metre can yield up to 700 grams.

In addition there is the plus point that weed grown under specrum refleis of outstanding quality. The buds tend to be a little bit smaller than we have become used to but they are compact, firm and very aromatic. It is also apparent that the begeerde white weed effect is much stronger under tl. Logically enough since thanks to the geringere heat there is very little evaporation of any resn or etherische olieen. That makes a huge difference in the odour given off too, making another security aspect that spectrum reflex scores high on. but perhaps the most important thing is the chance of discovery via infra-red heat detection is pretty much ruled out.

many growers are prepared to accept the specrum reflex system works effectively but find the price too high and think they can cobble their own one together. But it doesnt cost much less. Naturally the saving of money begins as soon as you plug the unit in. when growing on 2 levels, you will be saving (compared to 600w lamp) 88 watts every hour or approximately 1 KW per day. There are more savings on reduced air extraction energy costs as less heat. The tl-D tube delivers 10,000 hours use in its lifetime and 100%of its spectrum - with a HPS lamp the light yield falls by at least 30% after just 3000 hours use. In other words u can run spectrum reflex for 12 hours per day for 2 years b4 needing to change bulbs.. Yet further savings can be had from less nutrient usage due to less evaporation

Ganjaman approved. At the Ganjaman grow-shop in Brabant they had some healthy scepticism as to the effectiveness of teh Sectrum reflex. All such doubts evaporated once he grew 44 grams per plant. He managed this with a set up of 4 plants, which didnt even cover half of space available, so with 8 plants 350 grams is do-able

Awesome.. very very awesome.. now where can I get some?

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