August 18, 2009 – 4:19 pm
Summer’s months are almost over, which means so are gorgeous days where the daylight stretches well into the evening. As you enjoy a bountiful harvest, it’s natural to be a little sad knowing that the growing season is almost over. Fresh herbs and vegetables taste better than anything you could possibly buy in the store. Sadly, freshness doesn’t last. Even if you can your own vegetables, they won’t taste as great as the cool summer evening you picked them from the garden and sliced them Finish Reading this Post
August 15, 2009 – 9:42 pm
When setting up an aquarium, there are several important components that you must purchase beforehand. By taking the time to properly establish your tank, you can guarantee that it will be ready for your fish when you bring them home.
August 11, 2009 – 9:23 pm
Many sophisticated growers shun fluorescent lighting after they discover the efficacy of high pressure sodium and metal halide lighting. But the best growers know that there is always a place for fluorescent lighting in a grow room.
In most growing operations, metal halide light bulbs are the workhorses, usually on for 16-24 hours a day during the plant’s vegetative stage to promote a healthy branch system and foliage that increases plant metabolism and will ultimately lead to a bigger pla Finish Reading this Post
In recent years halogen lighting has gone out of vogue almost as precipitously as the Macarena. The primary reason for this is a number of overblown safety concerns specific to halogen lamps. Part of what makes halogen light so clean and bright – the proximity of the quartz envelope to the tungsten filament – is also what makes the bulb hot enough to start fires – if someone is negligent enough to let that happen. In actuality halogen lights are less dangerous than incandescent holiday lig Finish Reading this Post
August 5, 2009 – 10:03 pm
Are you looking for saltwater lighting solutions? Are you a budding aquarium hobbyist that is ready to establish a larger scale aquarium and introduce marine life?
Households and businesses around the country celebrate the holidays with a decoration that is at once tacky and charming: Christmas lights. Their colors are synonymous with good cheer and revelry, which many business owners believe also translates into higher sales. But standard incandescent lights can be costly to buy, run, and replace. For all their advantages in spreading cheer, it seems there are few economic advantages to the light unless they directly translate into a sale or nice big gift Finish Reading this Post
Volumes have been written about the hows whys and wherefores of indoor lighting for growing. Growers of all sorts of plants all swear by different sorts of bulbs and configurations. For those who are looking to buy light bulbs for indoor growing, here are is a basic primer on the different types of bulbs.
Fluorescent lighting. These bulbs emit very little heat and a clean white light that is fuller-spectrum than incandescent bulb. Because the spectrum is broader and they are much more energy eff Finish Reading this Post
Although the light bulb has been around for over a century now, it has evolved tremendously as a technology. While new styles of bulbs – HID, fluorescent, halogen – all use some of the same principles as Edison’s original, they really are a new species, if not a new class. On top the changes in technology over time, different bulbs designed for different fixtures, applications, and electrical currents are responsible for the creation of literally thousands of kinds of bulbs produced by Finish Reading this Post
While there are a number of reef lighting options available, you will have to do some work to find the one that will support your aquatic life and properly illuminate your tank. Your best option is to ask a professional for their advice.
Over the last ten years or so, halogen lighting has gone somewhat out-of-favor because halogen light bulbs burn so hot. This heat, combined with negligence, has resulted in a number of high-profile fires that led to a softer appetite for the bulbs from consumers and a lower appetite for risk on the part of retailers who sell halogen lamps. Yet many people swear by halogen lighting because of its warm spectrum and bright intensity, so it is worth knowing just how a halogen bulb works in order und Finish Reading this Post
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