JChenault
Well-Known Member
I'm looking to specify some LED units for our houselights. The intent is ( as part of a remodel) to replace the <expletive deleted> R30 floods that keep burning out, with something that will not burn out, and that we can control more easily using our console.
My working plan is to surface mount some kind of unit on the ceiling pointing down for house lights. ( We could recess if necessary )
So what's important to us?
1 - No fan.
2 - DMX control.
3 - Not just RGB or RGBA. IE we want a white circuit in there. I would prefer a warm / cool white - but I will take RGBAW - or RGBW if that is what it takes.
4 - An intensity channel in the DMX map.
5 - Smooth dimming curve. No stepping in the low ranges.
6 - Reasonable beam spread ( reasonable being around 30 to 40 degrees ). Our ceiling is fairly low - about 18 feet.
7 - Some way to reduce glare from the unit. Either put in hexcell or a top hat.
The units I have found so far:
Elation ELED DW Par56. Too narrow a beam spread. Color temp is high ( Their warm is 3000K)
Apollo HP5-70. Nice beam spread. No fan, no way to control Glare.
Altman Spectra series. 1Q38. A bit high in color temp ( 3000K minimum). Not clear what beam spreads available. They do support options for hexcel accessories, etc.
Chauvet Colorado 1VWTour Nice range of color. The warm white is 2700K. Reasonable beam/field. Can't tell if there is a fan and no way to control glare.
Anyone have other suggestions?
Thanks in advance for the help.
My working plan is to surface mount some kind of unit on the ceiling pointing down for house lights. ( We could recess if necessary )
So what's important to us?
1 - No fan.
2 - DMX control.
3 - Not just RGB or RGBA. IE we want a white circuit in there. I would prefer a warm / cool white - but I will take RGBAW - or RGBW if that is what it takes.
4 - An intensity channel in the DMX map.
5 - Smooth dimming curve. No stepping in the low ranges.
6 - Reasonable beam spread ( reasonable being around 30 to 40 degrees ). Our ceiling is fairly low - about 18 feet.
7 - Some way to reduce glare from the unit. Either put in hexcell or a top hat.
The units I have found so far:
Elation ELED DW Par56. Too narrow a beam spread. Color temp is high ( Their warm is 3000K)
Apollo HP5-70. Nice beam spread. No fan, no way to control Glare.
Altman Spectra series. 1Q38. A bit high in color temp ( 3000K minimum). Not clear what beam spreads available. They do support options for hexcel accessories, etc.
Chauvet Colorado 1VWTour Nice range of color. The warm white is 2700K. Reasonable beam/field. Can't tell if there is a fan and no way to control glare.
Anyone have other suggestions?
Thanks in advance for the help.
Last edited: