gogogadget Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Just curious what are your favorite lighting systems that work with control 4 and allow for changing either color or white temperature? Ideally looking for recessed options and accent options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo1738 Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 On 8/19/2021 at 8:26 PM, gogogadget said: Just curious what are your favorite lighting systems that work with control 4 and allow for changing either color or white temperature? Ideally looking for recessed options and accent options. For LED Strip lighting go DMX type. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lippavisual Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 I’ve put these ceiling lights in all of my bedrooms now to replace the older crappy 6” cans. https://www.ecolocityled.com/product/rgbww-led-down-light/rgbw-led-bulb very bright and ties right in to my house DMX system. Slowly but surely, I’m moving away from 120v lighting and have my house about 65% all low voltage LED currently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew H Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Mirus Lights are great for both accent and recessed lighting. The systems are all low voltage and are great for whole-home panalized as well as smaller systems. We have both strip and can lights offered in white as well as RGBW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 On 8/21/2021 at 10:47 AM, lippavisual said: Slowly but surely, I’m moving away from 120v lighting and have my house about 65% all low voltage LED currently. What is the advantage of switching to low voltage lighting from 120V and what sort of power supplies do you need to power them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lippavisual Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 20 minutes ago, zaphod said: What is the advantage of switching to low voltage lighting from 120V and what sort of power supplies do you need to power them? Lower power required= less electricity used= lower electric bill. I have 3 young kids who love to leave every dang light on everywhere they go. This, plus a solar system, has really helped. As long as solar is energized, I can run my house lighting all day long for free. Andrew H 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lippavisual Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Meanwell power supplies is all I use and come in many different sizes and flavors. Andrew H and mstafford388 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstafford388 Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Also use and recommend Meanwell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo1738 Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 We have LED can lights in every room pretty much and even our Edison bulbs are led now. Only problem is they don't dim that well at lower levels. But you can easily do a whole home LED lighting. LED Cans are High to low voltage cans and only about $6/ea at home depot. https://www.amazon.com/Commercial-Electric-Integrated-Recessed-5-Ways/dp/B07J23DL2S/ref=asc_df_B07J23DL2S/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309775248366&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3972353081995826946&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9015125&hvtargid=pla-568086813546&psc=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstafford388 Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Just now, Neo1738 said: We have LED can lights in every room pretty much and even our Edison bulbs are led now. Only problem is they don't dim that well at lower levels. But you can easily do a whole home LED lighting. LED Cans are High to low voltage cans and only about $6/ea at home depot. https://www.amazon.com/Commercial-Electric-Integrated-Recessed-5-Ways/dp/B07J23DL2S/ref=asc_df_B07J23DL2S/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309775248366&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3972353081995826946&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9015125&hvtargid=pla-568086813546&psc=1 The dimming is the big benefit of going to something like 0-10v low voltage lights. They will have a very clean dimming curve basically down to 0% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo1738 Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 6 minutes ago, mstafford388 said: The dimming is the big benefit of going to something like 0-10v low voltage lights. They will have a very clean dimming curve basically down to 0% Well the cans honestly dim great until 10% which below that wouldn't be necessary. They are all on C4 dimmers though so that's probably why they dim well. The Edison are the one's that don't dim well. Below 30-35% get flickering. The cans don't flicker at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 23 hours ago, lippavisual said: Lower power required= less electricity used= lower electric bill. I have 3 young kids who love to leave every dang light on everywhere they go. This, plus a solar system, has really helped. As long as solar is energized, I can run my house lighting all day long for free. Why does lower voltage mean lower power? Doesn't lower voltage just mean a higher current which leads to more resistance losses, which may not be significant at these levels? A 10W bulb uses 10W of power so at 36V that is 0.28A, at 120V that means 0.083A - isn't that the way how this works? And where do you put the Meanwell power supplies? Do you have one per room? Are they placed by your electrical panel? In the ceiling or attic near the cans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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