Every year I take a step back to look at the solutions we’re providing. The goal is to ensure the holistic, “big picture” results DistinctAV is known for are being achieved. In an industry as complex as ours, it’s important to stay one step ahead so we can avoid the rise and fall of all the over-hyped products.
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I use many different lighting control systems depending on the needs of the client, their budget, and various technical reasons.
A few years ago we did our first California Title 24 lighting system and the lighting control system had some problems with a specific compact fluorescent bulb when more than 5 were on a single load channel.
Like several similar loads, they were not dimmable, which gave me the idea for having a high channel count relay module. This would allow “scenes” by turning on and off sets of lights as part of the normal dimmable loads.
Point is, light bulbs are changing. Most current dimmers will not work with the new LED bulbs because the wattage is so low it’s below the bottom of their range.