Re: [apple-crop] Grading table lighting

2015-09-23 Thread kuffelcreek
Warmer light enhances reds, yellows, and oranges, so the cool white fluorescents can make it tough. The easiest way may be to install a solatube skylight http://www.solatube.com or for the budget-minded, a liter of light https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-Fpsw_yYPg But with shortening day

Re: [apple-crop] Grading table lighting

2015-09-23 Thread Kurt W. Alstede
Hello, We just installed LED lamp fixtures in our new cider mill. We love the quality of light that it provides our work including our grading. Kind Regards, Kurt W. Alstede General Manager, Alstede Farms, LLC P.O. Box 278 1 Alstede Farms Lane, Chester, New Jersey 07930 United

Re: [apple-crop] Grading table lighting

2015-09-23 Thread Brian Heatherington
The "Natural Light"  4 foot fluorescent T-8 bulbs at H. Depot have one of the highest color index ratings available, 94 (out of 100) or thereabouts if memory serves correctly. The Daylight bulbs are a close second (or maybe I have these 2 reversed). I experimented with

[apple-crop] Grading table lighting

2015-09-23 Thread Charles Davis
We currently use a couple of 4ft fluorescents above the sorting table before bagging. Seems more difficult, as we are getting a little older each year, to distinguish between dark red and brown or black. I was wondering what others were using in their operations? Thank you kind hearted souls.

Re: [apple-crop] Grading table lighting

2015-09-23 Thread Thomas Green
Great to hear about all of these solutions re lighting. I was excited about the question and hoped to see some innovative solutions for the underlying problem, the aging part.. Thomas A. Green, Ph.D., CCA, TSP President IPM Institute of North America, Inc. 1020