Heat

When you heat something, you notice that its temperature rises. This may make you think that heat and temperature are the same thing. Because of this misconception, heat and temperature are often used interchangeably. Although the two concepts are related, they are not the same. It is therefore very important...

In indoor plant growing, artificial light is needed because there is no or insufficient sunlight. HID, HPS and LED lamps are generally used as artificial light sources. LED grow lights stand out as a new generation solution in this field and have some advantages over HID technology.

Although LEDs have an unrivaled light output compared to conventional lighting technologies, they still face the challenge of efficiency. The highest efficiency LEDs currently available on the market convert only 60 percent of the electrical power into light. The rest of the energy is released as heat. When excess heat...