Quote Originally Posted by karmaxul
Turtle I made fiber optic cable and it does have an IR coating of sorts under the buffer (outer coating) it is either Med Na or High Na or so it was called but is not sodium and gives you a crazy rash if you touch it. Very unstable and must be heated to liquify. It is cured under 600 watt flouresent bulbs the size of a permanent marker. I was going to try growing under these lights but the engineer told me they produce harmfull RF waves so I did not. not only that but the little buggers get damn hot. They are pricey aswell for a ballast setup. all glass bulbs no metal. prob need a certain ingition temp. The thing about the cable is it really does not produce light out of the sides and just really out of the ends unless reflected back thru the buffer which is made of like kevlar or nylon. The nylon is nasty shit to work with.

As far as the glass goes Lumens are decreased every layer of glass they travel through. Light waves can also be streched making a strange or unbalanced spectrum. What that means is beyond me right now, but it sounds like a groovey experiment.

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Thanks for the reply Karmaxul, I hadn't read it.

Interesting info on the little bulbs...