Power Compact & New Unit ordered today

[Tony Romano]

Is there such a thing as a dimmable power compact ballast?

 

[AQD_ottawa]

Yes but it has its own dimmable controller and not compatible with ProfiLux

 

[Tony Romano]

No work abound? Is one in the works that is compatible.

Not meaning to sound rude, but who are you?

 

[kidney514]

He is the official distributor of GHL product in north america.

 

[AQD_ottawa]

Who am I????

Please see my signature.

to answer your question, basically no as they do not have a 1-10 volt interface.

Best wishes
Michael

 

[Tony Romano]

Ahh - Michael, Todd at Cherry mentioned you in our e-mailing about buying your system. I just bought the WLAN package, looks fantastic. Can't wait to see it!

 

[lpkenneys]

I think "Lutron" does, but I'm not sure if the will work on the 1-10v interface, and they are quite pricey...:-(

 

[Tony Romano]

Looked at Lutron site -10% max dimming, I assume T5s go much lower for our reef needs?

Thanks for help.

 

[AQD_ottawa]

Nope 10% is about it, this is why you need zero volt switching so the unit is turned off completely, this is taken care of in the EVG-AP PCB card

 

[LooklikeME]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11880904#post11880904 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Tony Romano

Not meaning to sound rude, but who are you?

Yeah!! you always answer are question and solve are problems along with that other guy Matthias!! LOL

 

[AQD_ottawa]

Well without Matthias we would all be relying on test kits or dodgy gear! :eek2:

 

[Tony Romano]

Humm 10% doest sound like a smooth sunrise or sunset. Should I be looking at LEDs?

 

[elzool]

Dimmable 54w T5s should work nicely.

 

[AQD_ottawa]

As Elzool says, the dimmables work fine, 10% on a T5 is very low, you can then intergrate some LED's to carry the effect on.

Dimming T5's alone will not create the correct light colour for sunrise and set, you need a level of red in the mix, and this is where the LED's come in

 

[Tony Romano]

Ohh 10% power cut - looks like more to eye?

 

[Matthias Gross]

I think there are some misunderstandings or maybe I just understand what you are talking about.

To make it clear:
- T5 tubes or compact fluorescent lamps can be dimmed in the range 1% ... 100% with most dimmable ballasts. Some ballasts dim in the range 3% ... 100%.
- MH can be dimmed with special ballasts, too. Not very well, only in the range of 75% ... 100% (or: -25%) - in my opinion useless.
- our dimmable LEDs lamp can be dimmed between 1% and 100%

 

[AQD_ottawa]

Sorry Matthias I was talking more of the intensity/% rather than physical driven dimming range.

 

[Tony Romano]

I am asking when a ballast says 10% dimming - is that talking about 10% brightness or 10% power cut?

Real point is T5 and LED will do the trick - nice to see big guys here! Just wait until I get my hands on this, I'll keep you going for a few days!

tHANKS