yeah pico, i own a few cool suns and a couple of super suns. takes a man and two boys to lift em, lol.
your numbers surprised me between the two. the cool sun is so much wider than the super sun and i thought the outside numbers(#5,9,8,12) would have been higher with the cool sun. go figger!

[pico]

Well I was thinking that the reason for that was becase with the super sun the light has to travel less distance before being reflected. Plus the SuperSun has more reflective aluminum inside than any of the other reflectors tested.

The 1000w test may tell a different story for the coolsuns.

Originally Posted by pico

Well I was thinking that the reason for that was becase with the super sun the light has to travel less distance before being reflected. Plus the SuperSun has more reflective aluminum inside than any of the other reflectors tested.

The 1000w test may tell a different story for the coolsuns.

just take a lil nap before the next round of tests, heheh. but hey, i hope ya had fun doing the whole thing. numbers dont lie,rite? again, nice thread!!!
i would be sure to wake and bake and read the results of the 1K tho. i don't own any 600's. wink,wink.

hey , wait a minute. super sun, 26 x 13=338/sq in. cool sun, 22 x 24=528/sq in.
are those numbers rite?

[robotwithdreams]

Can u test without the tempered glass? I was just wondering if there was any lumen loss due to the glass, if so, about how much?

Originally Posted by robotwithdreams

Can u test without the tempered glass? I was just wondering if there was any lumen loss due to the glass, if so, about how much?

on the third hood he did both. i beleive it was 2% loss.

[pico]

nap? Sleeping is a waste of time.

Yeah the supersun2 is a smaller hood than the coolsuns.

I just picked up a sun system super sun 1 hood to test out. Not a very good air cooled hood, but I know a few people have these so we will test them anyways. No one in town sells the daystar or silverstar.

[jcsmooth]

Originally Posted by pico

Unfortunately other people will not be able to add their own data for other reflectors. I used the same bulb for every test and if a different bulb was used the results would be totally different.

Yes, but if people replicated exactly what you're doing (using one bulb like you are), they should theoretically come up with the same deviations as you have.
In other words, if the super sun 2 reads 20% brighter than other reflectors it should read that way always.

Ya know?

I wish I could send you my silverstar reflector...it's a bit big for my set-up. It's really best with a 1000 and my 400 watt looks tiny in there. It is a really good hood though...light is really evenly dispersed from what my eye sees. I'd love to see what the lightfoot candle says though!

JC

Thanks for all the hard work pico. Totally enjoyed this thread with my morning coffee..

The man took his hoods down from the flower room for testing! Right on!!

k+



(Glad I have a Super Sun )

[pico]

Originally Posted by jcsmooth

Yes, but if people replicated exactly what you're doing (using one bulb like you are), they should theoretically come up with the same deviations as you have.
In other words, if the super sun 2 reads 20% brighter than other reflectors it should read that way always.

Ya know?

I wish I could send you my silverstar reflector...it's a bit big for my set-up. It's really best with a 1000 and my 400 watt looks tiny in there. It is a really good hood though...light is really evenly dispersed from what my eye sees. I'd love to see what the lightfoot candle says though!

JC

Yeah 20% should be the same regardless. I was just saying noone could compare their numbers to my numbers because of the difference in bulb intensity.

stretchpuppy - Not sure which supersun hood you have, but I tested the Supersun 2. I will be testing the SuperSun 1 shortly so if you have that one look for the results.