LED LIghting Options

[frizbeedog]

What' the story? Is it Coming? Anyone been using this stuff yet? Resources? Dimming?

[frogneck77]

I have sold some LED's to customers based on the energy savings and lamp life, but have been dissapointed by the lumen output. I bought the 65W Par 30 eqivalent LED lamps, and they dont seem nearly as bright as an incandescent lamp. They are still a little too pricey also.
Bill

[e57]

A handfull... Most get scared off by the cost, and more importantly the color, or lack there-of, of colors they like....

http://www.brucklightingsystems.com/products/orion_series_leds/
http://www.advancetransformer.com/products/led.jsp?pbid=33
http://www.dreamscapelighting.com/linear.html


Starfire also has some I recently seen at the Rep's (Puck lights that had good color) but I don't think they are listed yet.

Bottom line is Color, and to get good color costs... And what I recently learned (From the Rep above) is with SOME - every LED of the whiter variety are hand soldered, as they haven't tooled machines to heat sink them yet. And can not be re-flow proccesed. It better be good at the $50 per foot COST!!!!

(I have one going next week - I'll let you know how goes it....)

[frizbeedog]

Other than my awsome collections of LED flashlights that seems to grow everytime I go to the supply house or the outdoor store... I put in some decora style LED lights for a stairwell recently. Color is a problem.

[electricguy45]

As the others have stated, the color seems to be the constant issue, I recently found and sold some recessed retro trims to a customer. They offer a couple different light colors. Here's the link http://www.llfinc.com/index.aspx
they were like $112.00/ fixture, but you figure over the life of the fixture, the bulb changes the customer would have. They do dim, but not alot of control there yet.

[pbeasley]

at the higher end of the market you have Color Kinetics. Residential would likely be most interested in the essential white and intelliwhite lines.. http://www.colorkinetics.com/ls/essentialwhite/ewmr/ . they also offer full RGB in architectural fixtures. Not for the faint of budget.

Linear units also available from http://www.tivoliusa.com/index.htm and http://www.tokistar.com/

There are a large number of other high quality units that are crossing over from the themed environment and "archi-tainment" industries, with prices dropping as they do so. If you are looking for something specific let me know and I will see if I can point you in the right direction.

paul

[e57]

"archi-tainment"

The Vegas campus of the Disney School of Architecture.... :grin:

Goes well with the Black-jack table sheets, and red velvet sofa.