August 3, 20206 yr I am looking for some inexpensive LED striplights with a colour temperature of about 6000k-6500k. That is roughly "daylight". They will need to be linkable, and plug into the mains - so 240V or maybe a transformer. The product area may be shop display lights or under counterd lights. My application is as growlights for microveg, as I continue to experiment. I picked up the idea from an American site who recommend these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F2WMCP2/ I need slightly shorter ones 30-70cm long, as I am. I already have some designed-as-growlights LED grid things, but I want to try these too. Any ideas? Thanks Ferdinand
August 3, 20206 yr Daylight is generally referred to the 4000k temperature range. 6000k is cool white.
August 3, 20206 yr Author 26 minutes ago, ryder72 said: Daylight is generally referred to the 4000k temperature range. 6000k is cool white. I don't think that is correct: " Quote Colour temperature is measured in Kelvins (K), and typically ranges from 2000K-6500K. The lower the number, the warmer the light. A typical warm white light bulb for use in living rooms and bedrooms would have a colour temperature between 2700K-3200K. Cool white bulbs are anywhere upwards of 4000K. At the far end of the scale, ‘daylight’ bulbs have a colour temperature of 6500K and are supposed to replicate the tone of light that the sun emits during the day. These would look very blue in a typical living room. https://www.simplyled.co.uk/info/colour-temperatures/
August 3, 20206 yr I have found that when you start to go into the 5000 to 6000k range the white is very much too blue for me. i like 3000 to 3500k in bedrooms and living rooms 4000 to 4500k in bathrooms and kitchens
August 3, 20206 yr Author 43 minutes ago, Roys said: I have found that when you start to go into the 5000 to 6000k range the white is very much too blue for me. i like 3000 to 3500k in bedrooms and living rooms 4000 to 4500k in bathrooms and kitchens Thanks for the comment. I tend to agree. But this is for my green vegetables ?, such as watercress and dill weed. 4000k would be for flowers, and I can't eat so many of those. Edited August 3, 20206 yr by Ferdinand
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