I’m trying to replicate the experimental set-up at home, anyone know what kind of string lamp to buy? All the ones I’ve seen seem to not be bringht enough, but maybe I’ve done the Lumen/watt/volt conversion wrong...
There are 2 basic approaches to the lumenator thing:
get premade super-high-lumen lights. These are often sold for use in garages or on vehicles when off-roading at night. If you get vehicle lights, you may need a special power supply, but garage or workshop lights just plug into the wall. Even with these, you’ll probably need several if you want the total light output to approach a sunny summer day.
Get a lot of e26 sockets, and a corresponding number of high-lumen e26 bulbs. That’s where the “string lamps” often come in—the 50-foot “cafe light” strands can offer the sockets you need. However, they will never be summer-sunshine-bright out of the box if they come with bulbs, or even if you stick regular household bulbs into them. Bulb shopping is a rabbit hole; there are a lot of options in terms of lumens per bulb, color temp, and CRI (color rendering index).
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I’m trying to replicate the experimental set-up at home, anyone know what kind of string lamp to buy? All the ones I’ve seen seem to not be bringht enough, but maybe I’ve done the Lumen/watt/volt conversion wrong...
There are 2 basic approaches to the lumenator thing:
get premade super-high-lumen lights. These are often sold for use in garages or on vehicles when off-roading at night. If you get vehicle lights, you may need a special power supply, but garage or workshop lights just plug into the wall. Even with these, you’ll probably need several if you want the total light output to approach a sunny summer day.
Get a lot of e26 sockets, and a corresponding number of high-lumen e26 bulbs. That’s where the “string lamps” often come in—the 50-foot “cafe light” strands can offer the sockets you need. However, they will never be summer-sunshine-bright out of the box if they come with bulbs, or even if you stick regular household bulbs into them. Bulb shopping is a rabbit hole; there are a lot of options in terms of lumens per bulb, color temp, and CRI (color rendering index).