LED lights at home

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aerosmith - 04 Oct 2006 22:44 GMT

Hi,

There has been a lot of news about using LEDs to replace the traditional
bulbs. I see that they use a lot less power, are very economical and
also give a very good aesthetic look.
I was wondering if anyone has installed LEDs in their house already. If
yes can you give me some suggestions and links to web-sites where I can
get more information?

Thank you very much in advance.

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cel - 09 Oct 2006 04:13 GMT

They are very expensive and the light output is weak compared to old
technology, fluorescent. But in areas where weak output is ok and bulbs are
hard to replace they are a good fit.

cel

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RGU - 30 Nov 2006 02:02 GMT

I'm using them outside, to replace MR16 20W lamps, one problem is that
electronic transformers need to see a load, this can be sorted with a 6.8
ohm 25W resistor as a '21W dummy load' (Based on 12V units). A 60W
transformer modified in this way can power lots of LED bulbs.

x10
If you use Osram Halotronic transformers you can also dim the LED lights
with an LD11 (the standard plug in dimmers work as well). The only
disadvantage is that you dont seem to get the same contract through the dim
levels compared to filament lamps. Seems to be mure 10-30% variation than
0-100%

NOTE - NOT ALL ELECTRONIC TRANSFORMERS WILL WORK WITH X10 DIMMING! the
Osram Halotronic are Leading and Trailing edge compatable.

Hope this helps
Ron

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