LED LIGHTING
LR6 - The first viable LED downlight for commercial and residential applications.
World-Changing Technology
The LR6 is an amazing combination of technical innovations, including breakthroughs in optical design, electronics design, mechanical design, and thermal management. The core of the innovation is a new way to generate white light with LEDs.
A Better Way to Generate White Light
The technology is elegantly simple, yet incredibly effective. It delivers high efficacy light with beautiful, warm color characteristics by mixing the light from yellow and red LEDs. This approach enables active color management that maintains tight color consistency over the life of the product.
Effective Thermal Management
Ensuring the long life of an LED product depends on effectively controlling the operating temperature of the LEDs. The LR6 was designed to utilize all components to effectively transfer heat and keep the maximum LED temperature at or below acceptable levels - even its worst-case environment.
Tom's Take
This product is the one I am most excited about. It is one of the fastest growing and ever changing products on the market today. The LED light has come a long way from the little lights on the front of your stereo receiver. The lights on the market today are 12 watts as compared to a traditional light that is usually 65 watts or more. This means far less energy is used (65 watts - 12 watts = 53 watts in savings) and there is also the temperature factor. I compared an LED recessed light to a traditional one being 65 watts. The sheetrock had a temperature of 78 degrees. The traditional light had a temperature of 199 degrees while the LED's temperature was only 80 degrees. That means there is an extra 119 degrees for each of the 65 watt bulbs being added to the room! Now your air conditioner doesn't have to work as hard to keep that extra 119 degrees at bay and the bulbs last 15 to 20 years.
Yellow 2700K
LR6
White 3500K
Product Description
The LR6 is a downlight module for new construction and retrofit that installs easily most standard 6" recessed IC or non-IC housings. The LR6 generates white light with LED in a new way that enables an unprecedented combination of light output, high efficacy, beautiful color, and affordability. U.S. Patent #7,213,940 issued. Numerous patents pending from Cree and other manufacturers.