LEDLighting-TR-Ep107

This week Jake Adams does a great interview with Tullio del Aquilla, a real leader in the LED lighting industry. This is a great interview for anyone interested in Lighting technologies and LEDs.

Here is a list of items discussed in this interview
- Introductions
- how LEDs got started in the hobby
- Where LED moonlights came from
- Hi flux and low flux LED
- LED environmental requirements
- Details of LEDs wavelength output
- LEDs ability to target the wavelengths needed by coral
- Directivity of LEDs and how that affects there use
- Luminous Efficiency of LED, and comparison to other lighting types
- How LEDs work
- Columniation (Focusing) vs reflected light
- why aren't LED lights everywhere, what's the hold up
- LEDs do not emit UV, how will that affect coral
- Thoughts on Commercial LED fixtures