[OT] Re: LED lighting - ready made units

["Rob Lamb" <rjl@xxxxxxx>]

Lumileds are made by Agilent Technologies one of my company's
clients. We supply them with LED lit signs that use the Nichia range
of LEDs. Bit like selling sand to the arabs...................

Rob

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG)"
<haweste@a...> wrote:
>
> I don't recall seeing these mentioned here before so I'll post
this message. I recently posted something similar to the Selfbuild
list so apologies to those that will see it twice.
>
> I have found a manufacturer of 1W & 5W LED fittings. These draw
around 0.7 amps but claim to be the brightest LEDs in the world. The
basic LED assemblies are available through Farnell
(www.farnell.co.uk, lookup "lumileds" or "luxeon") but
there's a
spin-off company that deals with the application side, their site
is: www.lumidrives.com.
> I particularly like the HaloLED LED Lamp and the HaloLED RGB
version. These fittings appear to have been used in the Nestle
kiddies feature at the Bluewater shopping centre in Kent. Very
bright.
>
> Big benefit is that the "Halo" products are a similar size
to
conventional LV lamp, but very shallow. I presume that you could use
a conventional fitting but an LED "bulb" instead.
>
> Nik, maybe these solve your low clearance problems in you ceilings.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tim H.
>
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