New tiny, long-life 6000K argon plasma bulb reaches 140+ lumens per watt

TEN · 23rd March 2008, 12:52 PM

Presented in the ZDnet video The lightbulb of the future?, Luxim (known for projection and street lighting products) have developped "tic-tac sized", RF-fed bulbs (i.e. no electrodes through the glass that could become points of failure) which reach staggering efficiency (i.e. very little wasted as IR) such as nearly 25.000 lumens of 6012K light at 170 watts and a lifetime of 20,000 hours. The manufacturer has several press releases since last October and trade show appearances scheduled where some on this forum might have the opportunity to discuss availability and options for use in DIY projection (presumably requiring a version at no more than 10-30% of the maximum output).

FRIDAY · 23rd March 2008, 09:28 PM

Cool. Thanks for the info.

I think the DIY effort just got kicked up a notch; I hope their pricing will be reasonable.

TEN · 23rd March 2008, 09:48 PM

The Lumenlabs forum has more, including a link to this article detailing a 20-100% digitally dimmable 4000 lumens projection lamp (with cross-sections, spectrum plot and all - and they also have an 8000 lumens model now).

23rd March 2008, 12:52 PM	#1
TEN diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2007	New tiny, long-life 6000K argon plasma bulb reaches 140+ lumens per watt Presented in the ZDnet video The lightbulb of the future?, Luxim (known for projection and street lighting products) have developped "tic-tac sized", RF-fed bulbs (i.e. no electrodes through the glass that could become points of failure) which reach staggering efficiency (i.e. very little wasted as IR) such as nearly 25.000 lumens of 6012K light at 170 watts and a lifetime of 20,000 hours. The manufacturer has several press releases since last October and trade show appearances scheduled where some on this forum might have the opportunity to discuss availability and options for use in DIY projection (presumably requiring a version at no more than 10-30% of the maximum output).

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23rd March 2008, 09:28 PM	#2
FRIDAY diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2004	Cool. Thanks for the info. I think the DIY effort just got kicked up a notch; I hope their pricing will be reasonable.

23rd March 2008, 09:48 PM	#3
TEN diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2007	The Lumenlabs forum has more, including a link to this article detailing a 20-100% digitally dimmable 4000 lumens projection lamp (with cross-sections, spectrum plot and all - and they also have an 8000 lumens model now).

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