Phil

Short answer, they are unlikely to be compatible. Symptoms may include flickering, poor low level dimming control or other issues of instability.

Some things were never meant to work together. If you intend to upgrade some lights to LED, ensure that there are no old technology lights remaining on the same circuit.

When we have a chance to escape the city and the sky is clear, the stars are an amazing sight. Unfortunately, light pollution is the primary reason our view of the stars is limited in cities.

Lux and Lumens are often confused. “Lumens” is the total amount of light produced by the lamp or light fitting, while we use “Lux” as a measure to know how much of that light is arriving on to a particular point of a surface. Lux meters can be purchased cheaply to allow measurement of light on your working surfaces, but the cost and complexity of accurately measuring Lumens is far greater.

Do LED’s work with “drivers” or “transformers?” Short answer, it depends on the design configuration….Most mains operated LED downlights commonly available in Australia today need a driver, which is a collection of electronics that delivers a trickle of DC current to the LED chips to make them illuminate.

LEDs generate far less heat than the incandescent technology they replace, so they are a significantly safer option. However, the small amount of heat they do generate must be efficiently removed from the LED chip, otherwise the anticipated life of the product may be reduced.