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When I had CBus in the old house, I bought in a load of 9W LED bulbs from
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ustralia- brighter than the mega man bulbs but unfortunately I can't
rememb=
er what they were called! A search on the yahoo group might work though as
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I did discuss them a few years ago. They were specifically designed to
work=
with the CBus dimmers apparently.
Paul.
Paul Gale / Director
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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d@xxxxxxx> on behalf of John Ben=
t john@xxxxxxx [ukha_d] <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 7:08:58 AM
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] C-Bus and dimmable LED bulbs
Thanks Ben and Mark - I'll investigate the MegaMan bulbs.
On 22/01/18 23:19, ben addison ben@xxxxxxx [ukha_d] wrote:
> Hi John,
>
>
> Yes just 1a 8ch dimmers. We have used universal but they sometimes
keep
> switching between leading and trailing so stopped using them.
>
> Thanks
>
> Ben Addison
> Ben Addison ltd
> 07889845712
>
> On 22 Jan 2018, at 22:18, John Bent john@xxxxxxx
> <mailto:john@xxxxxxx> [ukha_d]
<ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> <mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Ben I'll take a look.
>>
>> Are you using them with the regular DIN mount dimmers? Mine are
the
>> L5508D1A - 8 channel 1A per channel, leading edge.
>>
>> I have seen mention of new "universal" dimmers being
offered by Clipsal,
>> but I don't know much about them.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> John
>>
>> On 22/01/18 21:14, ben addison ben@xxxxxxx
>> <mailto:ben@xxxxxxx> [ukha_d] wrote:
>> > Hi John,
>> >
>> >
>> > We install Cbus almost every week.
>> > The lamps we use mainly are from mega man
>> > https://www.megamanuk.com/products/led-lamps/reflector/gu10/141435/
>> >
>> > We have been using them for about 4 years with no problem.
But one
>> batch
>> > we got before Xmas made a small buzzing noise when dimmed.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > Ben Addison
>> > Ben Addison ltd
>> > 07889845712
>> >
>> > On 22 Jan 2018, at 20:05, John Bent john@xxxxxxx
>> <mailto:john@xxxxxxx>
>> > <mailto:john@xxxxxxx> [ukha_d]
>> <ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>> > <mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi all,
>> >>
>> >> My entire house is kitted out with C-Bus leading edge
dimmers, with a
>> >> mixture of MR16 low voltage and GU10 mains voltage lamps,
amongst oth=
er
>> >> things.
>> >>
>> >> This setup has been working extremely well for over 12
years, however
>> >> due to the phasing out of halogen lamps I am now looking
at my option=
s.
>> >>
>> >> So far as I can tell, leading edge dimmers are not great
with dimmabl=
e
>> >> LEDs, and trailing edge would be better. However, I don't
fancy
>> >> swapping out a bunch of rather expensive C-Bus dimmers
that are
>> >> otherwise in perfect working order.
>> >>
>> >> So... what are my options?
>> >>
>> >> How are the rest of you handling the move to LED? Any
recommendations
>> >> for brands to try?
>> >>
>> >> ......or are we all just going to stock up on halogens
while we can!
>> >>
>> >> (which to be honest wouldn't take that many bulbs, as due
to someone'=
s
>> >> advice on here, I run all my dimmer channels at 95% load
which
>> >> dramatically extends the life of the lamps)
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >>
>> >> John
>> >>
>> >
>>
>
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house, I bought in a load of 9W LED bulbs from Australia- brighter than the
mega man bulbs but unfortunately I can’t remember what they were
called! A search on the yahoo group might work though as I did
discuss them a few years ago. They were specifically designed to work with
the CBus dimmers apparently.
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<div class="PlainText">Thanks Ben and Mark - I'll
investigate the MegaMan bulbs.<br>
<br>
<br>
On 22/01/18 23:19, ben addison ben@xxxxxxx [ukha_d] wrote:<br>
> Hi John,<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Yes just 1a 8ch dimmers. We have used universal but they sometimes
keep <br>
> switching between leading and trailing so stopped using
them.<br>
> <br>
> Thanks<br>
> <br>
> Ben Addison<br>
> Ben Addison ltd<br>
> 07889845712<br>
> <br>
> On 22 Jan 2018, at 22:18, John Bent john@xxxxxxx <br>
> <<a href="mailto:john@xxxxxxx";>mailto:john@xxxxxxx</a>>
[ukha_d] <ukha_d@xxxxxxx
<br>
> <<a href="mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx";>mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx</a>>>
wrote:<br>
> <br>
>> Thanks Ben I'll take a look.<br>
>><br>
>> Are you using them with the regular DIN mount dimmers?
Mine are the<br>
>> L5508D1A - 8 channel 1A per channel, leading
edge.<br>
>><br>
>> I have seen mention of new "universal"
dimmers being offered by Clipsal,<br>
>> but I don't know much about them.<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks,<br>
>><br>
>> John<br>
>><br>
>> On 22/01/18 21:14, ben addison ben@xxxxxxx <br>
>> <<a href="mailto:ben@xxxxxxx";>mailto:ben@xxxxxxx</a>> [ukha_d]
wrote:<br>
>> > Hi John,<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > We install Cbus almost every week.<br>
>> > The lamps we use mainly are from mega
man<br>
>> > <a href="https://www.megamanuk.com/products/led-lamps/reflector/gu10/141435/";>
https://www.megamanuk.com/products/led-lamps/reflector/gu10/141435/</a><br>
>> ><br>
>> > We have been using them for about 4 years with no
problem. But one <br>
>> batch<br>
>> > we got before Xmas made a small buzzing noise
when dimmed.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Thanks<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Ben Addison<br>
>> > Ben Addison ltd<br>
>> > 07889845712<br>
>> ><br>
>> > On 22 Jan 2018, at 20:05, John Bent john@xxxxxxx
<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:john@xxxxxxx";>mailto:john@xxxxxxx</a>><br>
>> > <<a href="mailto:john@xxxxxxx";>mailto:john@xxxxxxx</a>>
[ukha_d]
<br>
>> <ukha_d@xxxxxxx <<a href="mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx";>mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx</a>><br>
>> > <<a href="mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx";>mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx</a>>>
wrote:<br>
>> ><br>
>> >> Hi all,<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> My entire house is kitted out with C-Bus
leading edge dimmers, with a<br>
>> >> mixture of MR16 low voltage and GU10
mains voltage lamps, amongst other<br>
>> >> things.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> This setup has been working extremely
well for over 12 years, however<br>
>> >> due to the phasing out of halogen lamps I
am now looking at my options.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> So far as I can tell, leading edge
dimmers are not great with dimmable<br>
>> >> LEDs, and trailing edge would be better.
However, I don't fancy<br>
>> >> swapping out a bunch of rather expensive
C-Bus dimmers that are<br>
>> >> otherwise in perfect working
order.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> So... what are my options?<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> How are the rest of you handling the move
to LED? Any recommendations<br>
>> >> for brands to try?<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> ......or are we all just going to stock
up on halogens while we can!<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> (which to be honest wouldn't take that
many bulbs, as due to someone's<br>
>> >> advice on here, I run all my dimmer
channels at 95% load which<br>
>> >> dramatically extends the life of the
lamps)<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Thanks,<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> John<br>
>> >><br>
>> ><br>
>><br>
> <br>
<br>
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