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Forum: Lighting

01-07-13, 03:15 PM

Replies: 25

Protecting your new LED lighting??

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Posted By Xringer

The Phillips LEDs are fine.. But the Lowes...

The Phillips LEDs are fine.. But the Lowes Utilitech 40w and their designer blubs aren't so good. Infant mortality maybe..
The last one started to strobe but the others just stopped emitting.

Forum: Lighting

01-07-13, 08:50 AM

Replies: 25

Protecting your new LED lighting??

Views: 17,240

Posted By Xringer

I've got 20 120VAC LEDs installed.

LEds video by Xringer | Photobucket (http://s46.beta.photobucket.com/user/Xringer/media/Green%20slot/MyLEDs.mp4.html)

And, I've had four go bad, after less than a year.
So, I wouldn't...

Forum: Lighting

12-31-12, 10:09 AM

Replies: 25

Protecting your new LED lighting??

Views: 17,240

Posted By Xringer

http://www.hobbyprojects.com/ri_in_AC_circuits/ima...

http://www.hobbyprojects.com/ri_in_AC_circuits/images/acl.gif

The fast rise time of the lightning-jolt into an iron core transformer,
results in a high input XL (measured in ohms) which makes ...

Forum: Lighting

03-11-12, 01:00 PM

Replies: 25

Protecting your new LED lighting??

Views: 17,240

Posted By Xringer

I think he was talking about what might happen...

I think he was talking about what might happen during a storm..
http://ecorenovator.org/forum/lighting/1817-protecting-your-new-led-lighting-2.html#post16672

That it might be possible for the...

Forum: Lighting

10-14-11, 08:20 AM

Replies: 25

Protecting your new LED lighting??

Views: 17,240

Posted By Xringer

I was responding to your idea that a drop in...

I was responding to your idea that a drop in voltage would "causes the breaker to trip",
by over-explaining :o why that can't happen. (with the Sanyo).

The "manufacturers installation...

Forum: Lighting

10-13-11, 09:23 AM

Replies: 25

Protecting your new LED lighting??

Views: 17,240

Posted By Xringer

IIRC, since the breakers were installed about 35...

IIRC, since the breakers were installed about 35 years ago, (goodbye fuses) we have never had one pop open.
And we do get a LOT of over-voltage.

IMHO, the inverter type mini-split power supply...

Forum: Lighting

10-12-11, 09:09 PM

Replies: 25

Protecting your new LED lighting??

Views: 17,240

Posted By Xringer

Yeah, I looked at the rotor LRA number.. ...

Yeah, I looked at the rotor LRA number..

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f147/Xringer/NCL/F106.jpg

17.5 amps.. Which means you need a 15A breaker on this system..
But what's the deal with...

Forum: Lighting

10-12-11, 11:54 AM

Replies: 25

Protecting your new LED lighting??

Views: 17,240

Posted By Xringer

Sorry, maybe I should have said, "my Sanyo's dual...

Sorry, maybe I should have said, "my Sanyo's dual 20A breaker".. (These Sanyo units run on 230vac and require a dual breaker).

Forum: Lighting

10-11-11, 09:27 PM

Replies: 25

Protecting your new LED lighting??

Views: 17,240

Posted By Xringer

Well, the chspt2micro is now installed.. And,...

Well, the chspt2micro is now installed.. And, nothing in the house has been damaged by surges.. ;)

The install sheet said to use an un-used 15A dual breaker, to connect
to each side of the line...

Forum: Lighting

10-07-11, 02:54 PM

Replies: 25

Protecting your new LED lighting??

Views: 17,240

Posted By Xringer

That says "36k amp surge current capacity per...

That says "36k amp surge current capacity per phase rating"..
Does that mean 36K for each side of the box? 72k amps total?

I know very little about these things. Lightning hits are rare around...

Forum: Lighting

10-07-11, 07:57 AM

Replies: 25

Protecting your new LED lighting??

Views: 17,240

Posted By Xringer

I just saw this bit of info about Triac dimmers.....

I just saw this bit of info about Triac dimmers..

GreenMark Inc. (http://www.green-mark.com/gn3.html)

"Figure 1 shows the current waveform of triac dimmer at different dimming levels.
We can...

Forum: Lighting

10-07-11, 07:40 AM

Replies: 25

Protecting your new LED lighting??

Views: 17,240

Posted By Xringer

Protecting your new LED lighting??

I've seen reports of LED blubs lasting for a very short time,
where others with the same model LEDs lasted just fine.

A few folks think some of the failures might be due to spikes on the AC...

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