Having owned the Halo recessed lighting fixtures for my home and modifying them to handle custom piped optics with integrated heatsink Cree LED X-Lamp series technology, I can say that the future of lighting is coming in many stylish ways. As far as I can tell, this is the first commercial corporation providing and producing a series of high-quality solid-state recessed lighting fixtures to complement and replace older recessed lighting in a home, office, and commercial applications. This is worth discussing since I am a loyal fan of the Halo Corporation as such with the development and deployment of solid-state lighting, I feel that this is the next evolution in the future of LED lighting technology.
First off, the entire lighting housing is manufactured in the United States, as such providing valuable jobs in this rather desperate economy. The LED is provided by Cree and the heat sinks provided are through several companies that properly handle the heat generated by the semi-conductor. Unlike CCFL and filament bulbs, LED doesn't pass heat in the form of light energy, but rather through contact patches similar to a microprocessor and heat sink package. Since the chassis and housing is primarily made of steel and alloys, the heat is then sink out to through the aluminum casing to the housing. I have modified Halo housings since these fixtures weren't available in 2000 so I basically used a modification to integrate the heat sink and the Halo recessed lighting housing/chassis. The power supply line-regulator and digital dimmer circuit using current reduction rather PWM thus a flickering effect is not present. Back in 2000, I had to convert all the lighting systems from AC to pure, double redundant line-conditioned power supplies in DC form to supply power to the Halo LED units. Then a digital dimming line-regulator supply is used to provide the dimming capability and the Levitron digital switches used worked well with the custom modified Halo Housings.
Now Halo offers a completely new line of solid-state lighting technologies that really make my existing system rather antiquated. The Halo Sustainable LED design is currently installed in my enlarged WOK room and offers better lighting dispersion and higher output with is little less electrical input. In this case, I had to run VAC into the newer Halo lighting system thus using their own Puck driver and power delivery system. The H7 600-series is what I am using for the newly reconstructed Wok room thus having the proper lighting without having to modify the housing and or the electrical system. First it is up to code and second I can use an industrial light switch rather than the more elegant digital light switches by Levitron. Six of these lighting systems are employed and deliver as much light as having four 75-watt Par-60 halogen flood lights thus my electrical consumption is reduced in a vastly superior manner. Solid-State lighting has many electrical and significant advantages over the typical filament lighting method with one of them being longevity.
At the end of the day, Halo has reinvented itself by offering a newer lighting solution that can turn any old house into a modern day marvel. Newer houses will appear as though "Green" friendly developers are turning up to lend a hand in reducing energy consumption and waste creation. The rating for the new Halo lighting solutions hovers around 30000-hours, which is far greater life expectancy than that of the halogen and compact florescent light tubes. All-in-all the future of lighting is here and Halo is one brand that comes as well respected and reliable.
Hope this helps and everyone reading this or not, have a great week and year. Take care and stay well.
First off, the entire lighting housing is manufactured in the United States, as such providing valuable jobs in this rather desperate economy. The LED is provided by Cree and the heat sinks provided are through several companies that properly handle the heat generated by the semi-conductor. Unlike CCFL and filament bulbs, LED doesn't pass heat in the form of light energy, but rather through contact patches similar to a microprocessor and heat sink package. Since the chassis and housing is primarily made of steel and alloys, the heat is then sink out to through the aluminum casing to the housing. I have modified Halo housings since these fixtures weren't available in 2000 so I basically used a modification to integrate the heat sink and the Halo recessed lighting housing/chassis. The power supply line-regulator and digital dimmer circuit using current reduction rather PWM thus a flickering effect is not present. Back in 2000, I had to convert all the lighting systems from AC to pure, double redundant line-conditioned power supplies in DC form to supply power to the Halo LED units. Then a digital dimming line-regulator supply is used to provide the dimming capability and the Levitron digital switches used worked well with the custom modified Halo Housings.
Now Halo offers a completely new line of solid-state lighting technologies that really make my existing system rather antiquated. The Halo Sustainable LED design is currently installed in my enlarged WOK room and offers better lighting dispersion and higher output with is little less electrical input. In this case, I had to run VAC into the newer Halo lighting system thus using their own Puck driver and power delivery system. The H7 600-series is what I am using for the newly reconstructed Wok room thus having the proper lighting without having to modify the housing and or the electrical system. First it is up to code and second I can use an industrial light switch rather than the more elegant digital light switches by Levitron. Six of these lighting systems are employed and deliver as much light as having four 75-watt Par-60 halogen flood lights thus my electrical consumption is reduced in a vastly superior manner. Solid-State lighting has many electrical and significant advantages over the typical filament lighting method with one of them being longevity.
At the end of the day, Halo has reinvented itself by offering a newer lighting solution that can turn any old house into a modern day marvel. Newer houses will appear as though "Green" friendly developers are turning up to lend a hand in reducing energy consumption and waste creation. The rating for the new Halo lighting solutions hovers around 30000-hours, which is far greater life expectancy than that of the halogen and compact florescent light tubes. All-in-all the future of lighting is here and Halo is one brand that comes as well respected and reliable.
Hope this helps and everyone reading this or not, have a great week and year. Take care and stay well.
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