Re: exposure lights and re-introduction

Ok, Ok, here I go

Judy, you are fatally wrong in ...

Just joking :-) I have also read somewhete that grow lights are not
good...

Laura, I built recently an exposure unit with 12 Philips 24" BL tubes
and it works flawlessly. But I have never used metal halide lamps,
only an Osram Vitalux of the type used for tanning. Nice for smaller
formats up to 20x25cm.

Anyway my new concoction can hardly be called 'plug and play'. Rather
it was 'plug and pray'. I built it from scratch.

I bought all the elements in a Madrid store. I think that in all the
major European cities there are such stores, some of them surely sell by
mail, but perhaps you could look it up via Internet.

If you know exactly what you want, I could buy it here in Spain and send
it to you to Iceland.

Bye
Tom Sobota
Madrid, Spain

Judy Seigel wrote:
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>
> On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Laura Valentino wrote:
>
>> So here's the question: Can someone recommend a supplier of lighting
>> fixtures in Europe? I want to do gum printing and am thinking about
>> metal halide grow lights. I need the european standard, 220V/50Hz
>> preferably with a european plug. I suppose changing the plug is not
>> too big a deal, so I could also order from the UK, but I'd prefer
>> something I could just "plug and play". I live in Iceland. You'd
>> think that in a country where everything is grown in greenhouses that
>> I could buy these lights here, but nooooo! :)
>
> Laura, I think the European-available lights most mentioned are
> Phillips, "black light fluorescents." I have no experience with
> something called specifically "metal halide grow lights" but the "grow
> lights" I tried in the US were lousy. It was long ago & I disposed of
> them, so I can't say what they were precisely, but they were extremely,
> even terminally slow, so -- my suggestion is, don't take "grow lights"
> as a given.
>
> Frankly, I'm surprised some European maven hasn't answered your question
> yet... except it being August maybe they're all at the beach or in the
> mountains. But now that I've said something, I expect a rush -- make
> that a STAMPEDE ! -- to correct me.
>
> so good luck.... and cheers !
>
> Judy
>
>
Received on 08/18/06-01:56:20 AM Z