Blowmonkey
Bluelight Crew
A new type of lamps has hit the market.. They're called "Induction Lamps", here's a piece of pretty helpful text from a website I cannot link to since it's a source:
So, for the people that DO understand what the benefits of these lamps are, are you gonna switch from HPS or fluoro's to this one? Seems to me they save money like crazy.
Q: How many kinds of induction lamps exists within your induction lamp range? What are the wattages?
Q: How long is the life time of the whole lamp system?
- The 1st type is the compact design, that means tube and ballast are combined together with a lamp base E27. The wattage is 40W and the 20W compact induction lamp is already in the testing.
- The 2nd type is the separated design "O" shape Saturn lamp. Main wattages are: 40W, 80W and 120W, it is now a very mature product on the production line.
- The 3rd type is the separated design (lamp and ballast separately) "¡õ" (rectangular) shape Smart Dragon lamp. The. wattages are 40w, 80W, 120W, 150W and 200W. We mainly supply the high wattages of 150w and 200W.
- The 4th type is the stereoscopic design Smile Dragon induction lamp. Wattages are:150W and 200W. These lamps are not yet on the mass production line.
As the lamps are made without filaments and without electrodes, the LVD electromagnetic induction lamp provides the unprecedented super life time longer than 10 years or 60.000 hours, equal to 30 years of normal night time operation and it is virtually maintenance-free.
Q: How about the light technical data?
When the color temperature is from 3500k to 4000k, the color rendering index (CRI) is above 90.The high CRI makes it looks very bright, very soft, clear and natural. Meanwhile since it's luminous efficiency is above 80Lm/W, color rendering is perfect; it avoids the problem of color differentiation, makes it more bright and more energy saving than any other lamp of the same wattage.
Q:How about the LVD induction lamps electric technical data?
The power factor of ballast is above 0.99, much higher than all the other light source, thus more energy saving. Generally, the power factor of electric ballast is around 0.6 to 0.85, the power factor of induction ballast is around 0.4 to 0.5. LVD induction lamps provides the wide voltage from 100V to 270V , the voltage fluctuation will not affect the lamps operation. It has the constant power output function, that ensures a constant luminous flux without brightness wave. Because of the very high frequency there is no flickering effect
Q. What is the working situation when induction lamps start?
As the lamps have no filaments or electrodes they can be switched on/off frequently. In the meantime, it has the self-protection function in case of short-circuit. Whenever you turn on/off, there is no damage for bulb and ballast even when short ¨Ccircuit happens. As there are no electrodes, the lamps do not need the pre-heating for filaments. The lamps can quickly start. It's normal phenomenon with the amalgam that it will change from warm white color to white color when starting within several minutes and then it will become normal white color.
Q. What is the lumen maintenance for Induction Lamps?
They have been tested in the laboratory for one year. The light decline phenomenon is not obvious. As there are no electrodes, the two ends of the tube will not become black like the common fluorescent tube which has the electrodes on the double ends. The induction lamps will keep their lumen output and will not depreciate by 20-30% like other fluorescent light sources do after 6 months operation. According to the initial test, light decline ratio of induction lamps is 15-20% after 10-year operation, and as such it will be the most lumen maintaining lamp in the world
So, for the people that DO understand what the benefits of these lamps are, are you gonna switch from HPS or fluoro's to this one? Seems to me they save money like crazy.