How many Watts is the sun???

[Hypertek99]

Might be a stupid question but how many watts does the sun equal?? LOL

 

[surfn]

uhhhh......i think its like 1000w per square meter of LAND if the sun is directly over head at the equator, with no clouds or shade etc.

if you are on a boat, or out on a mountain top of snow it seems brighter/hotter due to the reflection of rays off the water and/or snow.

 

[gflat65]

I looked for par rating in different areas of the ocean and found some interesting reads. Some of it seemed to contradict other articles, but interestig nonetheless.

 

[BigBadZoaDaddy]

Julian SPrungReeef Aquararium VOL 2 First chapter first coupld pages I belive has a bunch of differant readings from differnt parts of the world and it is done in LUX or LUmens not par.

 

[Mr.Firemouth]

Sun PAR is between 1400 and 2000.
Our lighting systems can get as high as 1000 PAR, but average between 250-550 PAR.