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Or use a 35,000 Lumen corn light (one I use https://a.co/d/idyzuiW https://a.co/d/idyzuiW ). Stopped a family from falling into depression regularly throughout

Or use a 35,000 Lumen corn light (one I use https://a.co/d/idyzuiW https://a.co/d/idyzuiW ). Stopped a family from falling into depression regularly throughout the year. They are fanatical about getting the light because they don't want to go back.

pazimzadeh 2y ago
I don't understand what's the benefit of the light (vs a regular light)? do you have it synchronized with the sun with no way to turn it off?
- dvdkon 2y ago
  The benefit of such a powerful lightsource is that you can get roughly the same amount of light you'd get from a summer sun. That seems to be what you need to stave off seasonal affective disorder. For waking up you'd need some kind of timed control, either old-school mechanical or maybe a smart relay. I've found that a single well-placed smart bulb programmed to ramp up over the course of 15 minutes works well to wake me up, but I'm pretty sensitive to light during sleep.
  - cameronh90 2y ago
    As bright as those lights are, they're still no comparison to the summer sun really. I went into a rabbit hole a while back of investigating whether it would be possible to light a room in my house equivalent to the summer sun, so I could avoid SAD during the long nights of the British winter. Taking that 35,000 lumen light above, even assuming it's lumen rating is accurate, in a 3 by 3 metre room, that's less than 4,000 lux, and that's if it was entirely focused on the floor area. Direct sunlight is 32,000 to 100,0000 lux. The sun is just really bright. Normal indoor home lighting is about 100 lux. The most efficient LEDs on the market are 200 lm/watt, so a reasonable lower bound for the amount of lighting you'd need for a 3x3 room is 1440 watts to get to the minimum 32k lux, but you'd have to factor in electrical inefficiencies and the directionality too. All that being said, those corn cob bulbs are fantastic and do make you feel a lot better. Just not quite the same as relaxing on a hammock in the garden, sadly.
- astrange 2y ago
  The benefit is that it's much much brighter. Human eyes adjust to any amount of light so they'll "look" similar, but unconsciously it makes you happier.
matsemann 2y ago
Where I live the days are very long during summer, and short during winter. If I wake up by sunlight it's either like 4 in the morning in summer, or soon now like after 9 in the morning.

pazimzadeh 2y ago

I don't understand what's the benefit of the light (vs a regular light)? do you have it synchronized with the sun with no way to turn it off?

dvdkon 2y ago
The benefit of such a powerful lightsource is that you can get roughly the same amount of light you'd get from a summer sun. That seems to be what you need to stave off seasonal affective disorder. For waking up you'd need some kind of timed control, either old-school mechanical or maybe a smart relay. I've found that a single well-placed smart bulb programmed to ramp up over the course of 15 minutes works well to wake me up, but I'm pretty sensitive to light during sleep.
- cameronh90 2y ago
  As bright as those lights are, they're still no comparison to the summer sun really. I went into a rabbit hole a while back of investigating whether it would be possible to light a room in my house equivalent to the summer sun, so I could avoid SAD during the long nights of the British winter. Taking that 35,000 lumen light above, even assuming it's lumen rating is accurate, in a 3 by 3 metre room, that's less than 4,000 lux, and that's if it was entirely focused on the floor area. Direct sunlight is 32,000 to 100,0000 lux. The sun is just really bright. Normal indoor home lighting is about 100 lux. The most efficient LEDs on the market are 200 lm/watt, so a reasonable lower bound for the amount of lighting you'd need for a 3x3 room is 1440 watts to get to the minimum 32k lux, but you'd have to factor in electrical inefficiencies and the directionality too. All that being said, those corn cob bulbs are fantastic and do make you feel a lot better. Just not quite the same as relaxing on a hammock in the garden, sadly.
astrange 2y ago
The benefit is that it's much much brighter. Human eyes adjust to any amount of light so they'll "look" similar, but unconsciously it makes you happier.

matsemann 2y ago

Where I live the days are very long during summer, and short during winter. If I wake up by sunlight it's either like 4 in the morning in summer, or soon now like after 9 in the morning.