sladerunner69
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Its not the lumens when it comes to red lights but rather the power density. For example any more than 5 minutes with my head under my 12 w 660 nm and I get the weirdest drugged out effect. I couldn't even imagine how powerful a 200 W red light would be.
I would recommend this one as it comes with a handy power density measurement chart
Proper Dosage For ABI 12W Deep Red 660nm LED
Interesting, I experience a strange effect under LED bulbs as well. My red LED bulb, I don't know the exact wavelength, but it is a 13.5 w red phillips LED bulb, looks designed for outdoors. It appears to have more of a purplish tint even though the glass is a deep red. Anyways I think I don't feel good under it like under my incandescent. It's a shame because my incandescent gets very warm and I get sweaty, and during summer it's ridiculous so I forget about it. The incandescent also uses considerably more power and raises the bill. According to the packaging the red led emits more lumens than the the incandescent, far more, but it's simply not true as I can look directly at the red LED without much discomfort but looking into my incandescent invokes serious discomfort though it uses far less lumens. I wish I could find a clear 250w incandescent-not heat bulb.
I bought I gigantic clear 500w bulb but the socket housing is too large for any of my rigs, which is disapointing. Also I have had multiple bulbs fall and crack, one of which burst into flames and seared/charred my carpet (which was thankfully fire-retardant). This bright light thing is proving to be tricky to get a tight grip on.