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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Group Buy: Budget CRI 95 LED Strip Lights

Interested in the longer tubes. But how much light loss from the Tubes? Can they be silvered on one side with a very very light diffusion on the other side? I ask because regular window glass has about a 50% transmission, aka a stop loss of light. These aren't the world's brightest lights already I wouldn't want a dimly glowing LED tube.
 
Add me to the list for tubes & chinaball

thx
 
Brandon, i propose a Google doc or Icloud or etc. would be nice to have an overview of all is written here in 70 pages. People can check if they are on the list or not, with how many units are registered and so on. For example, me i said i want tubes but never said how many. Or a locked thread to summarise all this info.
 
Cristian Mihai said:
For example, me i said i want tubes but never said how many. Or a locked thread to summarise all this info.
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No one had said how many they want yet. The group buy for tubes will start early next week. The options will be listed then and people can choose what they want. The list I'm keeping now is preliminary.
 
Ok, you guys said you want beefier... How does 8A x 4 channels (32A total) sound? Wireless remote and/or wireless knob control. Stay tuned... (and cross your fingers)
 
Is there an ETA on the first Group Buy order?

I have some upcoming projects that requires the LED strips :)
 
I'm all for beefy dimmer/controllers. All I care about is absolutely zero flicker. Speaking of that, and you certainly know more about these than I do, but I thought that PWM dimming was a no-go for film speeds and flicker. I always assumed that one needed voltage regulated dimming for LEDs used for motion. But, as I said, I really don't know much at all about these things.

What do the big Litegear controllers use?

EDIT: Nevermind, I just saw that they call it "Dynamic PWM". As I said, I know little about these things...

Beefy. No flicker. Carry on : )
 
Eric Santiago said:
Is there an ETA on the first Group Buy order?
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I should have target dates for LED strips tonight or tomorrow.

Paris Remillard said:
I'm all for beefy dimmer/controllers. All I care about is absolutely zero flicker. Speaking of that, and you certainly know more about these than I do, but I thought that PWM dimming was a no-go for film speeds and flicker. I always assumed that one needed voltage regulated dimming for LEDs used for motion. But, as I said, I really don't know much at all about these things.

What do the big Litegear controllers use?
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I think you may have that backwards. They use PWM.

The other thing about these high-powered controllers is you can bridge the channels 4 x 8A = 2 x 16A = 1 x 32A. It does look like this may be the way to go, but the quantity we have to order is much larger and they will cost more, which is to be expected since they are 5x more powerful. If everyone wants to upgrade it looks like we will have the numbers to reach their minimum quantity. Tonight or tomorrow I'll have all the details once they get back to me about my last few questions. There may be a medium powered option as well.
 
A medium powered option would be good, as the beefier version is likely to be considerably bigger & heavier as well as more expensive than the original.

From a portability and battery powered perspective it will be a tradeoff.

Can you give us dimensions and weight of the new options, as well as the originals for comparison?

Thanks!
 
Hey Brandon, could you explain the bridging you talked about in the circuits and how that relates to the powering of the legs compared to the original units?
 
ericyoung said:
A medium powered option would be good, as the beefier version is likely to be considerably bigger & heavier as well as more expensive than the original.
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The beefier version only weighs 7 ounces.

Jordan Raabe said:
Hey Brandon, could you explain the bridging you talked about in the circuits and how that relates to the powering of the legs compared to the original units?
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Bridging the channels looks like this:

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I'm still waiting on answers to a few more questions I have about this new option. I'll be putting together a big update on it soon. It's looking very promising...
 
Eric Santiago said:
Is there an ETA on the first Group Buy order?

I have some upcoming projects that requires the LED strips :)
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+1 Please (Hopefully not next month)
 
I'll have an update tonight. There are some exciting new developments.
 
With the "bridging" idea. Does that mean that you would then need a master dimmer? Because if you dimmed one or two channels then wouldn't that over power the other channels? Because they would try to keep the same flow of power? And possibly burn it out? I'm not 100% sure how electronics work but I feel like that could be an issue?

I personally think it's kind of getting a little complex for a simple item.(not saying it's simple to make it FF) I just think it would be nice to have a simple inline dimmer that will be pretty trouble free. I understand it's a wireless design at this point. But if we're changing ideas it would be great to go with a knob style inline switch. So you can have the options to have a smooth dimming option(lighting cue) and you can also see and know exactly what level you are set to. I think they should also incorporate a fuse in them to protect it all. That's just my opinion. Simpler the design the more reliable it will be to use.

I also think those wireless ones could get jumpy with the dims on camera.
 
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