To preface, Im a cheap bastard.
From what I have read, Lux is not an accurate light measurement for LEDs due to them measuring all light rather than just the necessary light for growing. That is why PAR ratings are used and I looked into meters, but I refer you to the preface.
My curiosity kicked in and I started looking a bit to see if my idea would work, but I havent seen anything so I might just be dumb. Anyway, my idea is to use my lux meter in combination with my optical spectrometer to verify that all the light(lux) is in the proper wavelength. The combination of the two giving an equivalent reading as spending the money on another reader.
1 to 10, how dumb of an idea?
From what I have read, Lux is not an accurate light measurement for LEDs due to them measuring all light rather than just the necessary light for growing. That is why PAR ratings are used and I looked into meters, but I refer you to the preface.
My curiosity kicked in and I started looking a bit to see if my idea would work, but I havent seen anything so I might just be dumb. Anyway, my idea is to use my lux meter in combination with my optical spectrometer to verify that all the light(lux) is in the proper wavelength. The combination of the two giving an equivalent reading as spending the money on another reader.
1 to 10, how dumb of an idea?