Saw some new
LED fixtures this week that for install in ceiling can, if you remove the rear contol and cooling of them, they can be wired directly and controlled by a Sensor rack and fit into a ceiling can for say
house lights. Not ready for
PAR can's yet as slip in replacement but no doubt TBA at some
point. Not economical enough yet to do so either. That's perhaps a race though.
Wondering when the
drop in
LED for a
PAR 64 Rock can in white light dimmable will come to market. This in an economical way - say one year pay off or even five year pay off realistically over the
bottle price and lamp life cost effictiveness - as with color
rendering and output important. This with energy savings being less of a factor as it's not a direct factor in buying them sufficiently. So assuming a
LED upgrade kit that will replace the 1Kw
PAR 64
bottle, and
wire directly in normal means to the
dimmer rack and control, that might be something good to bring to market or develop first. Price
point obviously being hard to achieve, and as class study obviously one would have to factor in long term profit over short term profits in keeping the resale price down.
Don't know if it helps, but an idea at least.
Another idea... rope lights used to be good quality. Basically the same, except the lamps were cast inside the tube. These days the lamps are pulled thu tube and they don't survive as well in flexing and use. Figuring out how to get a dependable rope light would be useful - even if figuring out how to get back to past technologies in finding a cost effective way to do so. Still have some rope light from the 90's that I could use as a lasso... it still works no matter the abuse. This as opposed to modern stuff that you often use once and it's already dead in a section. This concept to the extent of even going
shunt type rope light so a lamp goes out but you don't loose a section. Something perhaps easier to work on.
