AngryHorse
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I like these, it looks a good color mix, but how come their low voltage? |
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All of these globes, operates from a 230V -> 24V step down transformer. |
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But why here?, most low voltage stuff in the UK is used either as on site contractors equipment, or in swimming pool installations. |
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I don't know why these globes operates from a 24V supply.
But incandscent lamps of low voltage, are way more efficient than 230-240V ones. |
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Ah right, they also may have a longer life too, the red and the blue/white do go together well though. |
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I don't know what is the operating voltage of the LED lamps, but the are very dim compared to the incandescent lamps. They aren't glaring at all. |
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I lives in Israel, which is a 230-240V, 50hz country.
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Efficiency was not the thing here. I think originally (with hte low poles with accessible lamps) it was done for safety
One question though - Where did they source those 24v LEDs ? |
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They probably thinks that the LED will save them more energy than the incandescent: Indeed, the first white globe, which both of its lamps replaced by LEDs, have a kerosene lamp light output.
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Wouldn`t a Kerosene lamp resemble more of a GLS color? |
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I meaned that the globe with the two LED lamps, isn't stronger than a kerosene lamp, but of course, it have a different light colour than a kerosene lamp. |
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I lives in Israel, which is a 230-240V, 50hz country.
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As those splitters are almost always parallel wired, the LEDs are running on the same 24V as the incandescent lamp. They look like some of the Ebay special LEDs that have a load of SMD LEDs run in series on a capacitive dropper, so they are probably just 24V variants of the same thing (LEDs in series parallel for string drops of 15V to 20V and only resistors for current limiting). |
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Old school FTW!
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