Kushash
Well-Known Member
This was a great post.yes, and because of the direction of LED light most of it is absorbed by the leaves. if the photon is absorbed by a chloroplast it'll trigger a chemical bonding, and only a small fraction - the rest of the energystate of what's left over, is subsequently converted to heat. Ofc there are other materials there which can absorb photons that range in the visible spectrum which then can cause higher excitation states of baryonic matter.
However, the energy (heat) is not gone just chemically conserved - it will be released again upon decomposing. That's the reason why stuff thats decomposing heats up and can be used to drive a power plant.
And because LED puts out more PAR than HPS the emitted photons will create relatively more biomatter than initial heat.
Also, one reason to go for LED is to draw less power from the wall, so it makes not much sense to even compare the same tent-power-intake....
This was my favorite part:
However, the energy (heat) is not gone just chemically conserved - it will be released again upon decomposing. That's the reason why stuff that's decomposing heats up and can be used to drive a power plant.