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Or use a 35,000 Lumen corn light (one I use https://a.co/d/idyzuiW ). Stopped a family from falling into depression regularly throughout the year. They are fanatical about getting the light because they don't want to go back.





I don't understand what's the benefit of the light (vs a regular light)? do you have it synchronized with the sun with no way to turn it off?

The benefit of such a powerful lightsource is that you can get roughly the same amount of light you'd get from a summer sun. That seems to be what you need to stave off seasonal affective disorder.

For waking up you'd need some kind of timed control, either old-school mechanical or maybe a smart relay. I've found that a single well-placed smart bulb programmed to ramp up over the course of 15 minutes works well to wake me up, but I'm pretty sensitive to light during sleep.


The benefit is that it's much much brighter. Human eyes adjust to any amount of light so they'll "look" similar, but unconsciously it makes you happier.

Where I live the days are very long during summer, and short during winter. If I wake up by sunlight it's either like 4 in the morning in summer, or soon now like after 9 in the morning.



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