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Old 07-20-2006, 01:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Moogled
A glass top filters out too much light IMHO. It depends on what kind of lights you use too.

Thusly, a glass top is less distracting than holey eggcrate, but it takes away even more efficiency of the lighting.
actually glass blocks less light than you think, I did a test with a sheet of glass about a year ago and posted the results.. basically it wasn't even worth worrying about with 1/4" glass as it was almost no difference on the PAR level.

the problem that glass does present is it retains heat.

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