Light Output of the LGM5
light output
Solar Oasis LED plant lights produce only light
that plants can use for growth, health, smell, and
taste.  Currently, the best light measurement for
LED grow lights is the microEinstein commonly
written as uMols of energy.  However, this
measurement must also be weighted by
wavelength in the
PAR spectrum based on
published plant absorption curves before a true
comparison between traditional and LED based
grow lights can be made.

Measuring equipment corrections must be made
when measuring LED based grow lights.  The
quantum sensors commonly used to measure
light output, such as the Li-Cor and Skye product
lines are known to be very inaccurate at
measuring light output from artificial light
sources, and have even greater errors when
measuring light output from LED arrays (See
Accuracy of quantum sensors measuring yield
photon flux and photosynthetic photon flux.
Barnes C, Tibbitts T, Sager J, Deitzer G,
Bubenheim D, Loemer G, Bugbee B. Department
of Plants, Soils, and Biometeorology, Utah State
University, Logan 94322-4820).
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