LED Flat Panels - the next generation in lighting

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This is the newest thing in pool lighting, it looks like a whiteboard or something, but really it's a light...

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It's only 1/2" thick, weighs about 18lbs, and only draws 84W of power, but it gives off 4500 Lumen of pure, white light...

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The room owner has hung them using thin aircraft cable, which gives them the appearance of just floating in mid air (very cool), but they can be hung in a variety of ways. They can also be hung way higher than standard lights, because they give off so much light.


Here's a ball sitting at the centre of the table, very clear edges, very soft shadow...

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Here's one at the edge. Again soft shadow, no darkness under the rail, and very clear view of the edge of the ball...

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Personally I was so impressed by their light output that I started repping them for the company (I posted a thread here, in the Wanted/ForSale forum, if you want more info, or you can PM me, don't want to tard up the main forum with sales talk).

I think, though, that the future of pool lighting is in these panels. They draw so little power, last so long, and give off such excellent light that they're going to be a game changer. What do all you pool nuts think?

Discuss...
 
Looks very nice, but I think you would need two of that size over pool table for even lighting.
 
Not really, they give off an insane amount of light.

Here's a view of the foot end of the table, you can see how even the light dispersion is...

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And here's a ball being shot up the side rail, very little glare, very little shadow...

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beetle said:
Looks very nice, but I think you would need two of that size over pool table for even lighting.
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That is kind of what I was thinking. If you go big enough you would have virtually no shadow under the balls except on balls near the rail on the rail side. That could look fairly cool.
 
I'm pretty impressed.
I'm surprised that my logos aren't visible on any of the cases in those pictures.
Great light option for real.
 
Yeah I bet they aren't cheap ($150+ ?) - but they seem great in all other aspects...
Photo's can be misleading regarding the appearance of light dispersion etc. I have found this to be the case when snapping shots of my table at least anyways....
ie. Light levels sometimes look worse in a photo than what they really are.
 
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Yer lagging Darcy, you have to start sending out more patches.

That is a fantastic light for a great price. My Bud just put a table in his basement and is
currently using the pot lights in the ceiling. He wants to build a light like the Diamond lights but this looks much better, and most likely much cheaper by the time he is finished.

I will turn him onto this one fer sure. Any more contact info, PM me ok.
 
Like someone mentioned, I think you may have to have two of those panels to evenly distribute the lighting. Either that or raise it higher.

Also, does the light emit heat?

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The light on the table is inconsistent. I'm not picky, it's just a fact. Need another light the same size end to end over that table. Might get away with one on a BB tho.

Cheers!
 
I was just wondering the other day if there was some way that tables could be lit for streams or broadcasts that wouldn't fundamentally change the way the table plays. Maybe LEDs?

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Short of a few 1000 watt halides, I doubt that you would get it perfect.

Diamond lights that I have seen with the silver grids diffused the light from high efficiency tubes pretty well, but do you think that you could get it perfect.

For the price and adjusting the lights up or down, I think this is pretty right on. These pictures aren't going to show you 100%. You would have to be there to see it in person.
 
The picture does not do the light justice at all.
I agree that two panels would provide better coverage, but probably overkill to be honest
 
Darcy knows about lighting. He lives in the Land of the Midnight Sun.

He lives in (Dog) Sledmonton Alberta.
 
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dom_poppa said:
Like someone mentioned, I think you may have to have two of those panels to evenly distribute the lighting. Either that or raise it higher.

Also, does the light emit heat?

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Almost no heat to speak of, which is standard for LED lighting.

The pictures are distorting the look because the camera picks up the light differently than the eye. Believe me the light is very even over the entire table. Two panels on a 9' table are, as Darcy said, overkill quite frankly. Two 2x4 panels would light up a snooker table.

I'll get some more pictures tomorrow.
 
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How do they react to power surges? Do they have to be isolated from the power grid for protection?
 
Maybe Pops. They aren't as good as they used to be. Neither is my hearing. Don't even get me talking about the prostate.

Just sayin that the pics don't do it justice and I couldn't see any dark spots.

Hey, look at it this way. That light for a 4x8 is a great price. 40 to 60 thou hrs and it costs
you a penny a day. Maybe less. I was joking with a friend. I said that if he bought it, he would be dead long before the light was. Me too.

Much better than most lights that are available today with either 100 or 60 watt bulbs.

I'm used to playing in halls that if one light burnt out, you went and robbed one from another table. We had a mis match of 100s and 60s. If we had 3 lights, we were happy.

What happens when we are forced to buy those high efficiency low watt bulbs. These LEDs are gonna work better than those.

I remember playing a tourney during a storm. Power went out and people stood around the table with lighters until we got the power back. It was fun.
Talk about shadows tho.
 
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