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LED vs Conventional lights

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Forum Name: Lights and Sound
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Topic: LED vs Conventional lights

Posted By: RoseColored Gla
Subject: LED vs Conventional lights
Date Posted: 9/17/08 at 9:52am

Has anyone ever had the chance to use LED pars? what is your experience with them? Are they as good as they claim to be?

I have a chance at a complete 8 led par set (w/controller, cables, tree) for just over $1k, but want to know if they are worth the investment, or should i just stick with conventional lights?

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Dennis Dippary
Artistic Director
Songs for a New World http://rosecoloredglassestheater.com - RoseColored Glasses
May Dionysus smile upon your every performance!

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Posted By: Spectrum
Date Posted: 9/22/08 at 12:40pm

While I do not have any direct experience with LED pars, I understand they are brighter and more energy efficient, but tend to dim down (how much, I don't know) with age. This is pretty much true of all Light Emitting Diode technology, but it is always improving. I also know cities and large industries are switching to LED lighting (street lights and general coverage lighting) for the long life and energy savings, so I doubt these pars will ever be so dim they are worthless to use. The "magic" is in what type of controller is used.

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Posted By: skoehler
Date Posted: 9/22/08 at 2:17pm

I have not worked wiht any yet, but they are probably the wave of the future. It is looking like that within a few years (decades at the most) the traditional tungsten-halogen lamps will be phased out, even illegal in some locations.
Let us all know how they work if you do get them, I think we will all be using them soon enough.

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Steven Koehler
Managing Director
Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette
www.lafayettecivic.org

Posted By: JoeMc
Date Posted: 9/22/08 at 9:13pm

This may help & also the previous greenroom topic, not that I have any experience with them either:-

Led & parcan comparison;-

http://srforums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/mv/tree/19196/0/ - http://srforums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/mv/tree/19196/0/

Previous topic;-

http://www.communitytheater.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2842 - http://www.communitytheater.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2842

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