Below are some tables compiled from data about various lamps sothat you can compare and contrast different lamps yourself. Things toremember! Different sources of light have different light spectrumssome better for plant growth and some not so good such as incandescentbulbs. Plant growth is heavily influenced by the amount and colour ofthe available light. Blue light at about 450nm favours root growth andintense photosynthesis. Red colours at 600 to 700nm stimulate rapidstem growth, intense flowing and chlorophyll production.
An interesting note about PAR watts and lumens for MH and HPS lampsis that the correlation between the two is over 97%. Meaning that forHPS and MH lights (remember the very restricted sample used here) onaverage there is less than 3% variance when estimating PAR watts fromlumens. But remember that is an average and some lamps the differencemay be much more.
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Lamp Efficiency In PAR WATTS
BRAND
MAKE
CATEGORY
WATTS
INITIAL LUMENS
PAR WATTS
CCT
Argosun
Classic
MH
1000
117000
581
~3K
Hortilux
Super HPS TM EN
HPS
1000
145000
535
~2K
Sunmaster
Warm Deluxe
MH
1100
133000
505
~3K
Sunmaster
Warm Deluxe
MH
1000
117000
470
~3K
Sunmaster
Warm Deluxe
MH
1000
117000
470
~3K
Sunmaster
Natural Deluxe
MH
1000
117000
442
~4K
Sunmaster
Warm Deluxe
MH
1000
110000
441
~3K
Sunmaster
Natural Deluxe
MH
1000
110000
416
~4K
Sunmaster
Cool Deluxe
MH
1000
80000
340
~5K
Hortilux
Super HPSTM EN
HPS
430
58500
220
~2K
Sunmaster
Super HPS Deluxe
HPS
600
85000
205
~2K
Hortilux
Super HPSTM EN
HPS
400
55000
205
~2K
Sunmaster
Warm Deluxe
MH
400
40000
159
~3K
Sunmaster
Natural Deluxe
MH
400
40000
151
~4K
Sunmaster
Cool Deluxe
MH
400
32500
138
~5K
Sunmaster
Natural Deluxe
MH
400
36000
136
~4K
Sunmaster
Super HPS Deluxe
HPS
400
55000
132
~2K
Sunmaster
Warm Deluxe
MH
250
22000
87
~3K
Sunmaster
Natural Deluxe
MH
250
23000
87
~4K
Sunmaster
Warm Deluxe
MH
250
21500
85
~3K
Sunmaster
Cool Deluxe
MH
250
19000
81
~5K
Sunmaster
Natural Deluxe
MH
250
21000
80
~4K
Hortilux
Super HPS Deluxe
HPS
250
32000
77
~2K
Lamp Efficiency In LUMENS
BRAND
MAKE
CATEGORY
WATTS
INITIAL LUMENS
PAR WATTS
CCT
Hortilux
Super HPS TM EN
HPS
1000
145000
535
~2K
GE
Lucalox® Standard
HPS
1000
140000
.
~2.1
Sunmaster
Warm Deluxe
MH
1100
133000
505
~3K
Philips
Son Standard
HPS
1000
130000
.
~1.95K
Philips
Son T
HPS
1000
130000
.
~1.95K
Osram Sylvania
Lumalux® Standby
HPS
1000
127000
.
~2.1K
Sunmaster
Warm Deluxe
MH
1000
117000
470
~3K
Sunmaster
Warm Deluxe
MH
1000
117000
470
~3K
Sunmaster
Natural Deluxe
MH
1000
117000
442
~4K
ArgoSun
MS
MH
1000
117000
581
~3.2K
GE
High Output (HO)
MH
1000
115000
.
~3.8K
Osram Sylvania
Super Metalarc®
MH
1000
115000
.
~4K
Sunmaster
Warm Deluxe
MH
1000
110000
441
~3K
Sunmaster
Natural Deluxe
MH
1000
110000
416
~4K
GE
High Output (HO)
MH
1000
110000
.
~3.4K
GE
Multi-Vapor® Standard
MH
1000
105000
.
~4K
Philips
Son T Plus
HPS
600
90000
.
~1.95K
Sunmaster
Super HPS Deluxe
HPS
600
85000
205
~2K
Sunmaster
Cool Deluxe
MH
1000
80000
340
~5K
Hortilux
Super HPSTM EN
HPS
430
58500
220
~2K
Hortilux
Super HPSTM EN
HPS
400
55000
205
~2K
Sunmaster
Super HPS Deluxe
HPS
400
55000
132
~2K
Philips
Son T Agro
HPS
400
55000
.
~2.05K
Philips
Son T Plus
HPS
400
55000
.
~1.95K
Philips
Son Plus
HPS
400
54000
.
~1.95K
GE
Lucalox® Standard
HPS
400
51000
.
~2.2
Philips
Son Standard
HPS
400
48000
.
~1.95K
Philips
Son T
HPS
400
48000
.
~1.95K
Osram Sylvania
Lumalux® Standby
HPS
400
47500
.
~2.1K
GE
Extra High Output (XHO)
MH
400
44000
.
~4K
GE
High Output (HO)
MH
400
41000
.
~4K
Osram Sylvania
Compact Super Metalarc®
MH
400
41000
.
~3.8K
Sunmaster
Warm Deluxe
MH
400
40000
159
~3K
Sunmaster
Natural Deluxe
MH
400
40000
151
~4K
ArgoSun
MS
MH
400
40000
.
~3.2K
Sunmaster
Natural Deluxe
MH
400
36000
136
~4K
GE
Multi-Vapor® Metal Halide Standard
MH
400
36000
.
~4K
Sunmaster
Cool Deluxe
MH
400
32500
138
~5K
Hortilux
Super HPS Deluxe
HPS
250
32000
77
~2K
Sunmaster
Natural Deluxe
MH
250
23000
87
~4K
Sunmaster
Warm Deluxe
MH
250
22000
87
~3K
Sunmaster
Warm Deluxe
MH
250
21500
85
~3K
Sunmaster
Natural Deluxe
MH
250
21000
80
~4K
Sunmaster
Cool Deluxe
MH
250
19000
81
~5K
Lamp Efficiency for MH & HPS
BRAND
MAKE
CATEGORY
WATTS
INITIAL LUMENS
PAR WATTS
CCT
Argosun
Classic
MH
1000
117000
581
~3K
Sunmaster
Warm Deluxe
MH
1100
133000
505
~3K
Sunmaster
Warm Deluxe
MH
1000
117000
470
~3K
Sunmaster
Natural Deluxe
MH
1000
117000
442
~4K
ArgoSun
MS
MH
1000
117000
.
~3.2K
GE
High Output (HO)
MH
1000
115000
.
~3.8K
Osram Sylvania
Super Metalarc®
MH
1000
115000
.
~4K
Sunmaster
Warm Deluxe
MH
1000
110000
441
~3K
Sunmaster
Natural Deluxe
MH
1000
110000
416
~4K
GE
High Output (HO)
MH
1000
110000
.
~3.4K
GE
Multi-Vapor® Standard
MH
1000
105000
.
~4K
Sunmaster
Cool Deluxe
MH
1000
80000
340
~5K
GE
Extra High Output (XHO)
MH
400
44000
.
~4K
GE
High Output (HO)
MH
400
41000
.
~4K
Osram Sylvania
Compact Super Metalarc®
MH
400
41000
.
~3.8K
Sunmaster
Warm Deluxe
MH
400
40000
159
~3K
Sunmaster
Natural Deluxe
MH
400
40000
151
~4K
ArgoSun
MS
MH
400
40000
~3.2K
Sunmaster
Natural Deluxe
MH
400
36000
136
~4K
GE
Multi-Vapor® Standard
MH
400
36000
~4K
Sunmaster
Cool Deluxe
MH
400
32500
138
~5K
Sunmaster
Natural Deluxe
MH
250
23000
87
~4K
Sunmaster
Warm Deluxe
MH
250
22000
87
~3K
Sunmaster
Warm Deluxe
MH
250
21500
85
~3K
Sunmaster
Natural Deluxe
MH
250
21000
80
~4K
Sunmaster
Cool Deluxe
MH
250
19000
81
~5K
Hortilux
Super HPS TM EN
HPS
1000
145000
535
~2K
GE
Lucalox® Standard
HPS
1000
140000
.
~2.1
Philips
Son Standard
HPS
1000
130000
.
~1.95K
Philips
Son T
HPS
1000
130000
.
~1.95K
Osram Sylvania
Lumalux® Standby
HPS
1000
127000
.
~2.1K
Philips
Son T Plus
HPS
600
90000
.
~1.95K
Sunmaster
Super HPS Deluxe
HPS
600
85000
205
~2K
Hortilux
Super HPSTM EN
HPS
430
58500
220
~2K
Hortilux
Super HPSTM EN
HPS
400
55000
205
~2K
Sunmaster
Super HPS Deluxe
HPS
400
55000
132
~2K
Philips
Son T Agro
HPS
400
55000
.
~2.05K
Philips
Son T Plus
HPS
400
55000
.
~1.95K
Philips
Son Plus
HPS
400
54000
.
~1.95K
GE
Lucalox® Standard
HPS
400
51000
.
~2.2
Philips
Son Standard
HPS
400
48000
.
~1.95K
Philips
Son T
HPS
400
48000
.
~1.95K
Osram Sylvania
Lumalux® Standby
HPS
400
47500
.
~2.1K
Hortilux
Super HPS Deluxe
HPS
250
32000
77
~2K
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