Teach me how to use a Lux meter..... Pics!

[Mudslide9791]

SO I got my lux meter in today, it goes up to 50,000Lux according to the instructions. I'm not sure if I'm reading it right. Examples

In this photo I'm taking a reading of my flowering girl under a 1000 watt HPS. the setting says x100



So if 1 Lux is 1 Lumen/square meter then I'm getting 25,000 lumens per square meter at the tops of my plants right? The middle canopy of my plants showed 150 x 100 Lux which would mean 15,000 Lumens per square meter at the middle of my canopy?

So 1 Lux = 1 Lumen per square meter or am I reading this wrong?

Thanks!

 

[Mudslide9791]

Really nobody knows how to use one of these?

 

[Kodank Moment]

Lumens are a bitch lol. I just put the lights on and watch the magic happen...I know the more lumens the better Sorry. Good luck. Try googling..."how to read a lux meter"

 

[Mudslide9791]

Lumens are a bitch lol. I just put the lights on and watch the magic happen...I know the more lumens the better Sorry. Good luck. Try googling..."how to read a lux meter"

Yeah they are, lol. I'm pretty sure I got it though. What I wrote above is right according to Google and wiki. 1 Lux = 1 lumen per square meter or say 1 lumen roughly 3.25 square feet.

In my language that means 1000 watt light = baddassery =) lol. We'll just keep it at that =P