*Amazing LED Flat Panels* - the next generation of pool lighting

[The Renfro]

I have to admit you have my interest peaked... Every event we drag the Accu-Stats Arena to means we have to drag the lights along and set them up on the rig... One issue we have is with the venue having enough of circuits to handle the draw from our lights... IF these are lower draw and will put out the same light quality we might be willing to do something with you to get them out in front of people at the major events and exosed to them on the ESPN Star broadcasts....

What are the specs of the light in lumens and kelvin? I know that Matchroom used LED fixtures for Mosconi so they may be right up the alley of what is needed for production quality for TV.....

Chris

 

[BetItHigh78]

Nice would love to have one. Are they For sale?

 

[Bbutler]

Nice would love to have one. Are they For sale?

Absolutely. However, there's been even more interest than I was expecting so my inbox here is getting full. Please email me at brian_butler@hotmail.com to discuss ordering.

 

[pt109]

Do these LED lighting fixtures connect directly to a 110v-120v electrical source? Meaning that no power LED driver is required to run them?

 

[Kot_Bigemot]

Do these LED lighting fixtures connect directly to a 110v-120v electrical source? Meaning that no power LED driver is required to run them?

I am pretty sure there is a driver in between the line and LED panels. Those LED panels are just "slaves" that require a driver board of some sort.

 

[carguy]

Cool man, absolutely groovy!

Here in the heart of the Haight-Ashbury these lights, possibly emitting a different, fairly specialized part of the spectrum, are often used for grow lights.

35 years ago, back in my mad scientist days when I was doing spectrum analysis on lighting equipment for a big company growing gourmet mushrooms, these would have been a big hit.

Low power consumption= low heat production. They sound perfect for pool lighting.

Robin Snyder

 

[carguy]

I am pretty sure there is a driver in between the line and LED panels. Those LED panels are just "slaves" that require a driver board of some sort.

No "driver board" necessary. They run on low voltage DC, so a transformer or appropriate resistors and a rectifier and there you go.

Also, by choosing the appropriate LED's, you can tailor the spectrum to suit your needs.

Robin Snyder

 

[Kot_Bigemot]

Here in the heart of the Haight-Ashbury these lights, possibly emitting a different, fairly specialized part of the spectrum, are often used for grow lights.

35 years ago, back in my mad scientist days when I was doing spectrum analysis on lighting equipment for a big company growing gourmet mushrooms, these would have been a big hit.

Low power consumption= low heat production. They sound perfect for pool lighting.

Robin Snyder

I am not sure I'd agree with your statement about low heat.
Biggest issue with LED and solid state lighting in general is(or used to be) heat distribution. Yes, LEDs produce a lot of bang for the buck if you would but, they also produce heat as a side effect
For few years I was part of a company considered to be first to develop LED lighting fixtures. Industrial and later in life residential as well. It all started in one small basement in Boston :grin:

 

[pt109]

I am pretty sure there is a driver in between the line and LED panels. Those LED panels are just "slaves" that require a driver board of some sort.

That's what I was thinking too, but the OP indicated that everything was self contained ... and to me, that means a driver board was built into the design. Basically plug and play.

Just need clarification.

 

[Kot_Bigemot]

No "driver board" necessary. They run on low voltage DC, so a transformer or appropriate resistors and a rectifier and there you go.

Also, by choosing the appropriate LED's, you can tailor the spectrum to suit your needs.

Robin Snyder

Interesting. I would love to chat more about that off line.
I have been out of SSL business for 5 years now. Looks like industry improved a lot.
Who is the company manufacturing these?

 

[carguy]

I am not sure I'd agree with your statement about low heat.
Biggest issue with LED and solid state lighting in general is(or used to be) heat distribution. Yes, LEDs produce a lot of bang for the buck if you would but, they also produce heat as a side effect
For few years I was part of a company considered to be first to develop LED lighting fixtures. Industrial and later in life residential as well. It all started in one small basement in Boston :grin:

It just boils down to lumens per watt. The heat to light ratio of leds is vastly better than...anything else.

Robin Snyder

 

[carguy]

The REALLY old days...

In the late 50's, when I first started fooling with electronics, the first solid state diodes (germanium) were in small glass enclosures about the size and shape of a small medicine capsule. They were painted black on the outside, and if you scraped the paint off (how could I resist...I was like 10 years old!), in a dark room you could see a tiny glow from within them!
They were painted black because they work both ways: feed them power and they glow, feed them light and they produce power. Pretty cool stuff!

Robin Snyder

 

[carguy]

Better in many ways

Other huge advantage of LED lighting are light weight and small size. Big glass bottles with glowing wires inside are relatively huge and very heavy for their output. The transformer/rectifier package needed is tiny compared to any other lighting system.

Robin Snyder

 

[Bbutler]

That's what I was thinking too, but the OP indicated that everything was self contained ... and to me, that means a driver board was built into the design. Basically plug and play.

Just need clarification.

Not self contained, they use an external transformer to adjust the voltage.

The units give off no heat whatsoever. This is a nice feature not only for playing under but also for mounting, no need to worry about heat management as you would for a traditional light source.

 

[coastmezz]

Please pm me. I'm very interested. But have a few questions. Please leave contact info. Thanks Dave.

 

[Bbutler]

Weekend bump.

 

[BryanB]

I broke down and ordered mine today. Got a 2x4 for my 9ft. Even if the are a fe shadows it will be much better than the no light I've had over the table for the last year.

 

[yankee817299]

BryanB,

Let us know how this fixture does over your 9 footer.

Thanks.

 

[Bbutler]

If you hang them at 8' from the floor I think the shadow situation will be easily workable. I'm here at the US Open one pocket this week, and they're using what look like 2x4 fixtures at that height, there's no big shadow issues. The panels are the same size but brighter, so that height should be suitable for them as well...

Picture from the venue:

 

[ElLeon]

If my new condo purchase goes down well then i'll be needing one of these lights to put above the table. Thanks for keeping the information coming.