Building an artificial sun that looks realistic [video]

Re:Building an artificial sun that looks realistic [video] by kossTKR on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @07:20PM (#24985552)

Sounds very interesting - i am currently in Europe and can see that the price is about 350 usd, and you can get versions from 3000 (warm) to 6400 kelvin (sunlight?).

What kelvin did you choose, and how large is your room? Did you put something in front of the lamp to diffuse?

Looking forward to get out of the lockdown slump! :)

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Re:Building an artificial sun that looks realistic [video] by vimota on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @08:02PM (#24985773)

My diy lamp shade has been wrapping parchment paper around the LED corn bulb (making sure to leave space for airflow so it doesn't overheat!). It's not perfect but it helps diffuse the light and make it less intense to look at.

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Re:Building an artificial sun that looks realistic [video] by whoisburbansky on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @07:49PM (#24985709)

The one I got is 5k kelvin, which was advertised as sunlight as well, and is about as cold as I can take. If I had to buy it again I probably would get something slightly warmer, tbh. I've got a lampshade on it that diffuses the light at the cost of attenuating it a bunch, but it hasn't lessened the effectiveness as far as I can tell.

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