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Dimmable LED's for CBUS


  • Subject: Dimmable LED's for CBUS
  • From: Gareth Cook <g@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:25:04 +0000

Anyone tried using dimmable LED's yet ? With CBUS or any other system
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I'd like to remove all my dichroics so i can insulate the loft and
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consumption.

I've heard Cree are a good brand to target - their lamp ranges from =A310
t=
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=A3300 (!). What I need to understand is how to map the "quality"
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50w/35w dichroic lamp to one of their LED's They appear to be more=20
expensive, but some of them only consume 1W, despite being
"superbright".

Would we agree that we should try to map the Lumens, beam angle, and=20
"warmth" ? And then perhaps the transformers ? Most of mine are
the old=20
wire-wound toroidal transformers, so there shouldn't be a problem with=20
minimum load - only the newer electronic transformers might have to be=20
changed out for the smallest load models (ie 10w perhaps)

Here'a an ebay page with some of their range - http://tinyurl.com/yajj5sx

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