quick question about merged emitters
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:45 am
If you merge 5 emitters (sharing the same material), that’s 20watts each, do you set the emitter material to 20watts or (5x20=)100watts?
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Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 12:47 pm
trofaster - I think that's right. I'm not sure if it's quite that linear but it seems to give the correct results. We'll wait for an expert to confirm...
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:23 pm
Not to be offensive but trofaster's question was an "A or B" type question and, oz42, your response was "I think that's right." Huh? 
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:53 pm
leoA4D - 
sorry, you're right! I misread the post. I would go with 5x20=100.
sorry, you're right! I misread the post. I would go with 5x20=100.Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 4:06 pm
That's correct, multiply the emitter strength x the number of emitters. It might not work so well if the emitter planes are different sizes.
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 12:26 pm
Thank you - I felt a lurking sense that something should be dealt with exponententially, but my results seems to match your advice.